Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm it 's tha then getting towards and she 's gone down and done the horses he sh he said it 's then getting to Harriet 's bed time so she baths her all sorts her out and he said well she does work hard , he said and by the end of that she she wo n't be able to do anything else ! |
| 2 | somewhere in Mexico , the central part of it where it 's still falling to bits and |
| 3 | It is also going to Eastbourne , to an exhibition organised by the Confederation of British Industries , and to another in Brighton , on Technology Transfer . |
| 4 | Given the gusher of cash flowing out of the company , that is unsurprising ; it is also talking to banks about restructuring its debt . |
| 5 | It is potentially damaging to children 's health and development . |
| 6 | The influence of the Catholic church is less suffocating today than it was two generations ago , but it is still striking to outsiders . |
| 7 | The defence of a firm accused of predatory pricing is often that it is merely responding to competition : so evidence of its intentions may be quite important in deciding whether a firm 's conduct is predatory or not . |
| 8 | Britain , of course , lagged behind the States , but it is now beginning to surface . |
| 9 | If the hon. Gentleman would listen rather than talk , he would learn that the price formula for gas has also been revised : where it was minus 2 on the controllable costs it is now going to minus 5 — another tough target . |
| 10 | Now , at last , here in Hochhauser , looking her best , with her dear , dear friends from the past , she knew it was all going to work . |
| 11 | I thought it was better going to drama school direct rather than via a university and if you 're going to act I think that 's the way . |