Example sentences of "be [v-ing] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Was it only hours since she 'd been wishing that it had ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Today , however , the Sun must be wishing that it had held that headline in reserve . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I 'm hoping that it has worked this time . |
| 8 | I am sure you will be feeling that it has all been worthwhile . |
| 9 | Only a few years ago , in their efforts to quell the excessive and unhealthy use of laxatives , many doctors were insisting that it did not matter . |
| 10 | Many were guessing that it had been filled with pepper or castor-oil or some other foul-tasting substance that would make the boy violently sick . |
| 11 | And there we were thinking that it passed the 2m mark at the end of last year : IMB Corp says that on the first anniversary of the launch of OS/2 2.0 , it has shipped more than 2m copies , has more than 80 agreements with hardware vendors to package OS/2 on their systems , and that there are now 1,200 applications specifically written for it . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is striking that it does not mention a battle . |
| 16 | By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job . |
| 17 | R.B. Yes , another teacher mentioned this when I talked to her and I was saying that it seemed to me that it was a blind spot . |
| 18 | Implicitly , the Government was saying that it knew what the problems were , and how they could be tackled . |
| 19 | I meant who was it that was saying that it does n't matter ? |