Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [v-ing] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is getting us nowhere . |
| 2 | Thing is this is taking me further away from my trade . |
| 3 | But I think this is taking it too far . " |
| 4 | This is up This is upsetting me more than the breathing job really . |
| 5 | ‘ To say I 'm disgusted is putting it mildly , ’ said Swail . |
| 6 | ‘ To say I 'm disgusted is putting it mildly , ’ said Swail . |
| 7 | Radio 5 is giving nothing away whatsoever . |
| 8 | ‘ Busy is putting it mildly , ’ he said when giving evidence . |
| 9 | And I 've not had a good enough reason why — that 's all I 'm hurting Brian , I do n't think that is taking anything too far . ’ |
| 10 | Phew — ha — that is putting it mildly . |
| 11 | Scottish Opera promises a ‘ delightful evening ’ of music from Vienna — and that is putting it mildly , for they have chosen a stunning programme of the very best of the best loved highlights of Viennese operetta . |
| 12 | ‘ That is putting it rather more strongly than I would have done . |
| 13 | And even that is putting it too strongly . |
| 14 | Very few of us stop to ask what it is that is pulling them together . |
| 15 | But that is simplifying it too much ; for it is like learning how to ride a bike : you can read about the technique , but only lots of practice will give you a feel for it and the essential balance you need . |
| 16 | ‘ They may be large — around 40 feet long — but like icebergs 90 per cent is under the water and that is making them incredibly difficult to see among the waves . ’ |
| 17 | It sleeps on , oblivious of everything but the source of life within it that is strengthening it daily . |
| 18 | The persistence of this balance has placed the two sides in positions in which each is seeking something apparently unattainable . |
| 19 | That 's bugging me now ! |
| 20 | And that 's giving it away . ’ |
| 21 | Let's face it — we 're all friends here ; Peter wo n't mind my talking about it — your father 's a little eccentric , and that 's putting it kindly . ’ |
| 22 | He was a good person to be in the band in the early days but he might have held them back later on because he is not as good a drummer as Simon , and that 's putting it mildly . |
| 23 | What I do understand is that if the master 's not home for the party tomorrow , the mistress wo n't be pleased — and that 's putting it mildly . |
| 24 | I 'm a great fan of blasting games but Black Hornet is n't very good ( and that 's putting it mildly ) . |
| 25 | And that 's putting it mildly . |
| 26 | Adams said : ‘ Some of his decisions were laughable — and that 's putting it mildly . |
| 27 | I think that 's putting it mildly ! |
| 28 | Erm that 's putting it bluntly because erm obviously being a volunteer is a sort of two way thing , we could n't run without volunteers , we 're very grateful for the ones we 've got but So it 's clearly a matter of whether you decide and whether you like the way we like to run things or or not . |
| 29 | It is , yes , that 's making it worse she 's an old lady |
| 30 | But it 's not that that 's keeping him away from tomorrow 's London marathon . |