Example sentences of "[v-ing] [subord] it 's [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I carry on walking till it 's really dark and all the cars have got their lights on . |
| 2 | September is one of my favourite months for walking as it 's invariably cooler — and wetter , it 's true ! — yet the days are still long and it 's easier to avoid the crowds . |
| 3 | Okay , so the gradient which shows you how fast they 're going If it 's more or less horizontal , they 're still . |
| 4 | It could be , or I 'm just wondering if it 's actually squirrels , because although the , the excreta contains berries erm a squirrel will eat berries , it will also eat nuts and of course they do bury their nuts and I 've actually seen squirrels in other parts of the country digging holes and starting a bit of a larder and of course there are a lot of , of erm squirrels in Croydon so I think unless you actually see the animal you can only speculate that it is something small like a vole or , or a squirrel . |
| 5 | We made the mistake of not putting in the trees before the hedges and it 's taken them seven or eight years to get going because it 's so exposed . |
| 6 | That comes up as waiting because it 's not the right side . |
| 7 | But in any case I 'm not complaining if it 's back to the days of sitting downstairs with a brandy and soda while midwives rush about boiling water and collecting towels . |
| 8 | I think , I think in fact you 're , you 're not having the problems that we 're having where it 's very difficult so you 've got er a really nice representation but have n't quite gone far enough . |
| 9 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 10 | Do n't have to start taping cos it 's on now . |
| 11 | Mm it 's probably shaking cos it 's up there my leg does that sometimes . |
| 12 | See the little bunnies sleeping till it 's nearly noon |
| 13 | So the , the May the fourth directive is not working because it 's not guaranteeing that the poor get enough to bring them up to the middle peasant status which is , is the aim . |
| 14 | I bought an answering machine — I leave it on all day when I 'm working because it 's quite a foil ! |