Example sentences of "[vb infin] [coord] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 While Labour seeks to simply snatch the language of one nation from the Tories , the danger here can only grow and it is compounded because it is by no means clear how far a reconstituted and emphatically ‘ un-loony ’ socialism may go in negotiating its own language of toughness on immigration and nationality , even perhaps on humane socialist repatriation . [ … ]
2 But there are occasions when we 've had to rip and tip but it 's causing a problem
3 You have only so many police officers you can use and it 's taking our eye off the ball , ’ he said .
4 ‘ It taught him to settle and relax and it 's made all the difference .
5 The offeror will have to depend on publicly-available sources of information and whatever else it can obtain or it is required to be given under the Code ( see para 5.8 below ) .
6 He says you lot ca n't play and it 's getting to him , it 's too much work for him to take on , what with his writing and everything .
7 I can still climb but it 's destroying itself . ’
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