Example sentences of "[vb past] it be [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when we were down in the kitchen the partition between the butt and the bairn as they called it was going like that inside of the house in the gale . |
| 2 | When I looked up I saw it was coming from two smartly dressed men on the long bench-seat opposite . |
| 3 | They thought it was dying from old age , but I did n't think so , though , to tell the truth , I was n't quite sure what was wrong with it . |
| 4 | The University denied it was hoping for some form of financial benefit from the visit . |
| 5 | Though it was too early to say how BP would respond to the opportunities created by the Budget , he said it was looking at several projects for extra investment in North Sea fields already in production . |