Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and so I , I believe that er the resolution in fact on the order paper will stand er and if we were to remove the first two lines er of Mr 's erm resolution that the County Council he represents if necessary that in a full , a full public enquiry into the fifth terminial at Heathrow , if we get that and graft on the rest of his words er to the resolution er on the Chairman er that will do two things er it reads er the quality of our Officers are suggesting and it picks up again a very important comments er that he makes er regarding post , er , er something that is public erm , er and that it , it meets media and the other improve that 's something for the district office report . |
| 2 | Blue chips such as British Telecom are realising that it makes sense to ‘ take work to the people to overcome a permanent shortage of software engineers in the South East , says Malcolm Lees at BT 's software centre . |
| 3 | If you 're wondering whether it sounds like a thirty year-old Strat , the answer is an obvious ‘ no ’ . |
| 4 | Look at the floor put a picture in your mind of what they 're saying and it seems sort of . |
| 5 | I just have to put it on when we 're talking and it goes on the tape you see |
| 6 | If National Music Day is to become an annual event , and we 're hoping that it does , then next year you can be sure that Guitarist will be involved once again in some significant way . |
| 7 | said once I said and I , when she 's been going and it 's been cold out there I said to her cos she always comes on a Tuesday dinner time |
| 8 | Well yes , yes in terms it sounds mos most confusing compared with a straightforward business world but if , if , if the campaign are saying that it 's got to be this way for legal reasons they 're not prepared to accept it . |
| 9 | ‘ I expect it 's because I 'm writing and it takes longer , ’ Maggie confessed with a shrug . |
| 10 | ‘ They was saying in the grocer 's today , the river 'll be flooding if it gets much worse . |
| 11 | The many criticisms that have been made of this body of work will be recognised , but again we will be arguing that it has much to teach us , especially as regards incorporating an understanding of instinctive behaviour into an understanding of social relations and moral careers . |
| 12 | I 'm hoping that it has worked this time . |
| 13 | I am sure you will be feeling that it has all been worthwhile . |
| 14 | And if I 'm practising and it sounds good it 'll work for me too . |
| 15 | Equally — perhaps more seriously — the relative value of the basic pension has been falling because it has been related to prices , not incomes , so that unless steps are taken , by the year 2025 the value of the basic pension as a proportion of gross earnings could have fallen by half . |
| 16 | And just keep a record of the time that I recorded it and er a little bit I 've just got to give the first names of the people that were talking but it 's done anonymously so there 's no no problem with that . |
| 17 | The simplicity , though , is deceiving because it tells you little about the developmental performance leading to the strongly and reliably determined patterns of differentiation and spatial organisation of the animal . |
| 18 | I think it 's deceiving because it 's got such high ceilings |
| 19 | Turning points in relationships , too , are often mapped out in this way — a quarrel , a meeting , a reconciliation may mark the moment of ‘ conception ’ ; one knows that a new phase is beginning but it does not become openly apparent until this nine-month span has past . |
| 20 | I become aware when parts of my body become tense and , more importantly , I know now how to ‘ relax ’ them , and when my body is saying that it has had enough I am able to leave things till tomorrow instead of insisting that they have to be done today . |
| 21 | What we will be doing is saying that it has to be clearly stated so that customers can see before they enter into the transaction and then we expect competitive forces in the market to make sure that the charges do n't get unrealistic . |
| 22 | No , what we would be doing is saying that it has to be clearly stated so that the customers can see before they enter into the transaction , and then we expect competitive forces in the market to make sure that the charges do n't get unrealistic . |
| 23 | I ca n't make any sense of what he 's saying because it seems to me that erm our common and everyday and perhaps very deficient notion of individuation is , what makes me different from the rest of you ? |
| 24 | This is the question the St John Ambulance brigade is asking as it launches its Breath of Life campaign . |
| 25 | The reduction in the intensity of the stimuli associated with the drive is as reinforcing as the actual reduction of the drive itself : thus food in the mouth does not reduce hunger , but it is reinforcing as it reduces the drive stimulus or craving for food . |
| 26 | Strictly speaking , much of this walk is trespassing since it does n't follow recognised footpaths , but the land is rough grazing and wo n't suffer from the passage of a few feet . |
| 27 | The government , they say , is bluffing when it claims that TECs are intended to tackle Britain 's persistent skills shortage . |
| 28 | It is striking that it does not mention a battle . |
| 29 | Potential meaning is meaning as it resides in the speaker 's unconscious even when he is not speaking . |
| 30 | It was emptying but it 's started filling up again . |