Example sentences of "be [v-ing] and it [verb] " 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 | Look at the floor put a picture in your mind of what they 're saying and it seems sort of . |
| 3 | I just have to put it on when we 're talking and it goes on the tape you see |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | He did n't want to exacerbate what he saw as an existing weakness of his own in that respect , and although he was not censorious of other people , I think he was genuinely quite frightened of it , and at one point in the Arts Lab , when there was quite a lot of speed pills , amphetamines , going around amongst the young people there , he did speak out very strongly one evening against it , saying that he personally did not want anything like that around anything he was closely involved with because he felt that it was not a good thing for people to be speeding and it created the sort of vibes that might end up causing problems . |
| 6 | ‘ I expect it 's because I 'm writing and it takes longer , ’ Maggie confessed with a shrug . |
| 7 | He turned up at a party one night having just managed to get back from Italy where he 'd been supposed to be studying and it came out that he 'd been to Rome , too , and had actually met her father and knew their story — better than she did — and had sat at the feet of the Marchesa Giulia . |
| 8 | And if I 'm practising and it sounds good it 'll work for me too . |
| 9 | Each was required in turn to break off and tell us the advertisements were coming and it did prove hard , such was the intensity of the exchange , to sustain the intellectual commitment over commercial claims for Whiskas and options . |
| 10 | ‘ Ashley 's hotel is in a different part of town from where everyone else is staying and it seemed unfair to expect them to take a detour , ’ his mother explained . |
| 11 | I was drowning and it did n't hurt . |
| 12 | The belly button was protruding and it looked ready to burst . |
| 13 | Linda was holding and it blew . |
| 14 | She turned away , leaving Peggy standing stiff and cold , although the sun was shining and it had been in the seventies all day . |
| 15 | ‘ So I was upset I said I did n't want to , I was crying and it made him madder . ’ |
| 16 | It was half-blind and its fur was staring and it expected nothing and desired nothing save the crust by the table leg on which its half-gaze was fixed . |
| 17 | The sudden change of colour on the wall had upset its sense of direction and it buzzed about angrily and eventually it came into the porch where I was sitting and it stayed there for a few minutes and then went outside searching the wall again for the entrance . |
| 18 | ‘ The swell was increasing and it seemed like an eternity . |
| 19 | The smaller man was retreating and it seemed that his guard was weakening . |
| 20 | He felt as if he was burning and it hurt to breathe . |