Example sentences of "it [be] [v-ing] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The form it 's taking is not extremely reactionary , I would n't want to say that , but it does seem to me that it 's shifting away from progressive forms of narrative resolution that were available a few years ago . |
| 2 | Oh my God it 's splitting in n it ? |
| 3 | It suspects that although the Viking is n't the so-called performance leader , the volumes it 's producing are higher than at Hewlett Packard . |
| 4 | But where the most profound problem for the white teenagers in John Hughes ' popular brat-pack drama ‘ The Breakfast Club ’ was alienation from their affluent parents , for the black kids of The Hood it 's avoiding being gunned down in random gang violence . |
| 5 | But perhaps it 's , I mean you know what you 've always argued , the reason why it 's happening is because of increasing commercialization . |
| 6 | That 's really what 's it 's saying is n't it ? |
| 7 | And what it 's saying is your , the pattern of behaviour that you 're likely to adopt when you come to do problem solving . |
| 8 | Cos it 's erm , the pre-paid envelope is where it 's going is n't it ? |
| 9 | Here it seems that it 's going be generally it 's in the top left menu , but some of them do n't have menus . |
| 10 | cos that 's all it 's doing in n it ? |
| 11 | ‘ Wherever you find a group within society which feels that what it 's doing is seriously different from everyone else , then you 're likely to find initiation rites , ’ he said . |
| 12 | This has been referred to frequently and the panel meetings where I 've been present erm the authority has agreed that Council and what it 's doing is to using a review of the District Planning Procedure is going to list this entire process working in partnership with Hertfordshire 's own Organisation , County Council , the department of transport , and other relevant erm national and local government Organisations as well as of course with and are the owners of the site . |
| 13 | Erm how often do you play , oh once a week or a couple of times a week , what sort of standard is it and what it 's doing is you 've got an opportunity to sound off about yourself and that 's who we are talking about is n't it ? |
| 14 | All all it 's doing is staying on the outside dear . |
| 15 | like a yellow and that just says ring , ring , ring that brings the lane and it just does that , that 's that belt , all it 's doing is taking it through them relay contacts |
| 16 | Yeah , but the thing is , what it 's , what it 's doing is that , they want you to have a normal conversation on . |
| 17 | It 's recording is n't it ? |
| 18 | It 's recording are you just speaking . |
| 19 | My Lords , the move amendment which is down in my name on the Order Paper , I do have to apologise Your Lordships , to your Lordships , if th if it 's meaning is not immediately clear , even to the keen minds which are present in Your Lordship 's House . |
| 20 | Alice is told that the reason it is grinning is because it is a Cheshire Cat . |
| 21 | Encouraging the family to discuss a particular current issue that it is facing is often the best way of assessing the factors noted above . |
| 22 | Some of the project 's opponents argue that the £220 million of state subsidies it is receiving are illegal and that they will take the matter to court . |
| 23 | What it is saying is in fact very simple . |
| 24 | All it is doing is assembling them into a package . |
| 25 | What it is doing is hoping that the college , our union 's future will be secure . |
| 26 | Presumably the bat 's image of the world in which it is cruising is being updated 10 times per second . |
| 27 | But this year it was much better because they 'd let them all in because it was raining were n't it ? |
| 28 | The crucial point about the CICB was not the source of its power but the fact that the function it was performing was very similar to the ( public ) function performed by courts of law when they award damages in tort for personal injuries . |
| 29 | It , it was working was n't it ? |
| 30 | Labour has been feeling its way since Major 's election , as if the corridor it was traversing was suddenly plunged into darkness . |