Example sentences of "[pron] 's [prep] [v-ing] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | But it 's about trying to define requirements to the , to the best erm level and best degree . |
2 | It 's about trying to understand what is going on , almost through the eyes of the participants themselves . |
3 | Abbott offers the disarming creative theory : ‘ It 's about trying to find something to persuade someone . ’ |
4 | So erm that 's , if you 're , if you 're getting behind on that it 's worth trying to do something about it soonish before you get too far behind to manage to catch up |
5 | if it 's worth trying to hit anything I was on top of him |
6 | It 's worth pausing to examine the peculiar animosity which Rushdie seems to arouse , quite unconnected with Muslim wrath at his supposed blasphemy . |
7 | And it 's worth remembering to carry the nuts in a soft cloth bag and not a rustling plastic one . |
8 | It 's worth going to see is n't it ? |
9 | send the photograph and that gives me an idea whether it 's worth going to look at it at all . |
10 | It 's like trying to breathe through a thick chador . ’ |
11 | It 's like trying to turn beef steak rawk into a New Age lentilburger , not by changing the ingredients but simply enveloping it all in a laser-fried wholemeal bun and hoping that nobody will notice the difference . |
12 | It 's like trying to peel an onion . |
13 | ‘ It 's like trying to break into the Kremlin strongbox . ’ |
14 | He was more elated than when he had been shooting as an international for Great Britain : ‘ It 's like trying to get eight draws on the football pools — anybody can win . |
15 | The momentum is there and it 's like trying to change the course of a battleship . |
16 | If you are , it 's a real strength It 's like going to buy a packet of peas . |