Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [is] [adv] [vb pp] " 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 | The Department of Transport insists the resurfacing work is unavoidable , but the AA says it 's badly timed . |
| 4 | I says it 's even ruined me for . |
| 5 | But he says it 's never lost him a night 's sleep , and he 'd happily take up the rope again if called . |
| 6 | But he says it 's never lost him a night 's sleep , and he 'd happily take up the rope again if called . |
| 7 | The brewery says it 's now found a buyer and the White Horse will stay in business . |
| 8 | The Oxford college where Bill Clinton studied politics says it 's greatly honoured by his victory in the American Presidential Election . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | DEC , which will ‘ make it easy for users of dead end systems to move to Alpha , ’ says it is still committed to delivering RISC/Ultrix systems based upon the MIPS Technologies Inc R4000 processor next year . |
| 11 | ‘ He says it is absolutely forbidden to have soda except with whisky . |
| 12 | It reckons it is well placed given its behind-the-scenes work in helping to develop some important interoperability features for Unix : it also developed the Transparent Computing Facility for IBM 's AIX and a remote procedure call test and validation suite for the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment . |
| 13 | Algae and other weed in the canal shows it is not used too often and some patches grow right across although it is not hard to paddle through them and the lengths of wood and other floating debris . |
| 14 | In the past decade Amazonia has experienced one of the biggest gold rushes it 's ever seen . |
| 15 | But it seems it 's already fallen into other hands . ’ |
| 16 | Example 2:5 Declaration as to party structures It is hereby agreed that : ( 1 ) one half in thickness of every internal wall floor and ceiling separating the demised property from any adjoining property is included in this demise ( 2 ) each such structure is a party structure ( 3 ) the tenant shall maintain each of them as such and shall be liable to pay a fair proportion of the cost of repairing or maintaining any such structure which shall have been incurred by any adjoining occupier or tenant or by the landlord such proportion to be determined ( in default of agreement ) by an arbitrator appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
| 17 | They can only hopes it 's not repeated in the Commons . |
| 18 | ( Sometimes the discussion of rebirth sounds like Shirley Maclean 's writings on ‘ channelling ’ , though one suspects it is not meant to . ) |
| 19 | The Company is intent on maximising its potential and feels it is now set to further sales from 1991 which with revenue from other sources , point to a good year for the Company as a whole . |
| 20 | He says the election is coming up soon and he thinks it 's politically motivated . |
| 21 | The bit where the rest of the family goes out and the cat is after Stuart bores Babur : he thinks it is probably directed at the younger reader . |
| 22 | Like most bowlers , he works on his batting and , privately , no doubt , thinks it is sparingly recognised . |
| 23 | Its bookshops are on a par , which means it is well catered for . |
| 24 | It is a small pocket book of only 64 pages which means it is easily carried to where it is needed . |
| 25 | Yet the skill it has shown in the last three weeks suggests it is well equipped for the tricky tasks ahead . |
| 26 | crazy because I mean he knows it 's not done by |
| 27 | Of the children at the copper works it is not indicated precisely how many attended at least some form of educational establishment , though of course many did . |
| 28 | As ‘ the foremost professional body in its field ’ , the Royal Town Planning Institute believes it is well placed to develop the business , and will run it as part of its subsidiary company RTPI Services Ltd . |