Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it was melting a huge pile of boulder clay was built up , as a terminal moraine . |
| 2 | ‘ Everything official here seems to be tied up in red tape , so although it 's taking a long time I 'm sure the licence is being processed , ’ she declared defiantly . |
| 3 | It 's terribly unfashionable , so it 's getting a new coat of paint at the Old Fire Station In Oxford . |
| 4 | Apple 's out to prove that its alliance with IBM will revolutionise the computer industry : so it 's offering a free video on the subject and picking up leads in the process . |
| 5 | If it is finding a good speech to interest and amuse the audience , then with preparation you should have solved that problem already . |
| 6 | And out of the disorder of the mangled metal work comes a process as flowing and systematic as if it were building a pristine model from scratch . |
| 7 | Smoke detector 's batteries must be going down cos it 's making a funny noise . |
| 8 | The form of father changes because it is occupying a different element . |
| 9 | No , I mean , England have bowled much better at him and Tufnell 's for example is , is very difficult to get away because it is spinning a little bit and I 'm sure that they , the England bowlers must have said to themselves , we 're not going to bowl a lot of short balls at , at we must keep it full length , erm , and so part of this slow score is due to better England bowling . |
| 10 | And the the firm was very annoyed at hearing this name getting banded about because it was getting a bad name . |
| 11 | Immediately — and this can be well understood — Coastal Command had more than a passing interest because it was having a desperate struggle with the U-boats in the Atlantic and , naturally , it was very keenly supported by the Admiralty and the Navy to boot , to get hold of this latest model . |