Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hoping that you say it was raining and er |
| 2 | Sandra Melhuish found it was teaching that really made her happy |
| 3 | It 's like it 's it was a you know it 's been and still is an experience you know it 's sort of n none of us almost you know we we do n't realize it 's happening and you know you like back on the minutes of . |
| 4 | Erm but one , one one , I mean cl clearly the policy which was pursued was one of inequality and there was a rich peasant economy and either you say well yes there is , there is an economic imperative for that and that 's the explanation or you say well there might have been a political factor involved in this that there was a recognition that progress was going to come through class conflict and therefore if you are actually promoting the kind of you might realize it was happening and you might be more prepared |
| 5 | All her opponents know it is coming and , in theory , it is the easiest thing in the world to stop — you just step backwards . |
| 6 | I always felt it 's asking that matters . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ One had a certain amount of training ; one knew it was coming and so in a way , fear did n't come into it very much . |
| 8 | He knew it was coming because the girl who sold her story to Playboy magazine in America and the Sunday Mirror in London — British model and actress Karen Mayo-Chandler — warned him . |
| 9 | Anne thought it was growing as she stared at it . |
| 10 | Why , ai n't I supposed to mention it 's recording or anything ? |
| 11 | Yeah , well it 's dead yeah but what happens is , when it dies the volts go down , that 's why the the yo your radio or whatever got it 's operating and stops working . |
| 12 | ‘ No , I think it 's flattering that somebody would take the time . |
| 13 | I think it 's deceiving because it 's got such high ceilings |
| 14 | Mr Kemp said : ‘ Given the scale and complexity of the closure programme , I think it is going as well for residents and staff as it could be at this stage . ’ |
| 15 | Somebody mind you was on about Torbay this morning on the radio I think it was saying that there were so many complaints and nurses are under such great stress . |
| 16 | Stuart Goldie , business manager at the Botanic Centre said it was fitting that it would be opening in May , as Middlesbrough started its year as Environment City . |
| 17 | The Prison Officers Association said it was astounding that it was so easy to escape from a building which was supposed to be secure . |
| 18 | Sources within TRT said it was considering whether apply for a licence of its own , but it is not certain that the company will actually need one : it may be able to operate under the Worldcom licence — assuming that IDB 's acquisition goes through , TRT and Worldcom will share the same parent . |
| 19 | The Pentagon also said it was closing or reducing operations at another 29 military sites overseas , including 14 in Germany , as part of a plan to shut 42 per cent of US defence operations abroad . |
| 20 | But the army said it was investigating whether he had a grenade when he was shot . |