Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may also include in discourse deixis a number of other ways in which an utterance signals its relation to surrounding text , e.g. utterance-initial anyway seems to indicate that the utterance that contains it is not addressed to the immediately preceding discourse , but to one or more steps back . |
| 2 | It says it 's already built a prototype . |
| 3 | But the council says it 's already doing all it can to help the bikers . |
| 4 | The council says it 's already doing what it can to make Oxford more b ike friendly . |
| 5 | But the council says it 's already doing all it can to help the bikers . |
| 6 | The council says it 's already doing what it can to make Oxford more b ike friendly . |
| 7 | The Department of Transport insists the resurfacing work is unavoidable , but the AA says it 's badly timed . |
| 8 | Feeling the pinch after Compaq Computer Corp 's recent price reductions , ZDS says it 's also working to bring its pricing policies more in line with its competition . |
| 9 | and she 's had to go and buy some that had gone , and I says well I , she says it 's just burning it up that fire |
| 10 | I says it 's even ruined me for . |
| 11 | And Heritage says it 's successfully riding the recession . |
| 12 | And Heritage says it 's successfully riding the recession . |
| 13 | However , USL says it 's not using all the Tivoli applications and will be going to Pyramid Technology Corp for its user and group management and storage device control , Unisys Corp for its software installation and distribution and Siemens Nixdorf Informationssystemes AG for its print management . |
| 14 | He says it 's not knowing where you going toe nd up which makes it fun . |
| 15 | Hewlett-Packard Co , for all the speculation Unix System Labs Inc put in play that it would win its adherence to Destiny , says it 's not going to adopt the SVR4.2 code . |
| 16 | Denis Smith says it 's not going to be an easy job because they 're in a poor league position … he may change players by wheeling and dealing but is under no pressure to sell |
| 17 | Yeah well Richard does that Richard says it 's not bus it 's bus . |
| 18 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
| 19 | But he says it 's never lost him a night 's sleep , and he 'd happily take up the rope again if called . |
| 20 | But he says it 's never lost him a night 's sleep , and he 'd happily take up the rope again if called . |
| 21 | And I , I ran there and ran back to continue my game , at play like and I heard a , mo , her say to mother well I like your lad to go says th look at this cheese it 's never been unwrapped he said those other lads he says it 's always looks as if it 's been unwrapped and |
| 22 | The brewery says it 's now found a buyer and the White Horse will stay in business . |
| 23 | The Oxford college where Bill Clinton studied politics says it 's greatly honoured by his victory in the American Presidential Election . |
| 24 | The Vietnamese government says it is already meeting one condition : helping in the search for any American soldiers who may still be in the country . |
| 25 | Oracle Corp says it is already working on VMS and OSF/1 ports of its relational database management system technology for DEC 's Alpha RISC and says it 'll be showing them off at DECWorld in Boston at the end of this month . |
| 26 | The Mercury One-2-One Ltd digital cellular joint venture between Cable & Wireless Plc and US West Inc has been talking to Reuters , and says it is not seeking to trigger a price war with Cellnet Mobile Communications Ltd and Vodafone Group Plc . |
| 27 | Moving cautiously into the Unix market , Software AG says it is not seeking to confront competitors at the moment . |
| 28 | America says it is not ruling out military action against Iraq following its defiance of Gulf War ceasefire terms . |
| 29 | ‘ He says it is n't smack that 's the problem , it 's buying it . |
| 30 | Ford says it is well advanced with development of a commercial version of the technology and hopes it will be in operation within five years . |