Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be decorating a flat for a housebound person , to taking care of the cat of an elderly hospitalised lady . |
| 2 | It could stop the erosion of rights catalogued throughout this book , and for this reason such a document needs to be considered seriously by the socialist opposition in Britain , and not written off as mere attempts at electoral reform when instead it should be developing a radical heart along democratic socialist lines . |
| 3 | It could be having a good night 's sleep the night before , playing tennis or taking a sauna , losing weight or having a stiff drink just before you begin . |
| 4 | Old Granny Fordham , who lived in a lonely cottage on the Enderley estate , could n't afford luxuries like butter and eggs , and could n't easily get to the shops in the village , so it would be doing a real service to take Mrs. Grant 's gift to her . |
| 5 | It will be writing a native implementation of SoftPC for the PowerPC Mac , which is due to be available when Apple first ships the machines in January or February . |
| 6 | It will be writing a native port of SoftPC for the Mac PowerPC and is due to be available when Apple first ships the machines in January or February . |
| 7 | The Body Shop has announced that it will be boycotting a European " ecolabelling " plan because the standards are not stringent enough . |
| 8 | In early October it will be opening a new gallery on the Calle Orfila , Madrid , designed by New York architect Richard Gluckman . |
| 9 | If NT hits , the Sunnyvale , California company believes it will be doing a few hundred million dollars worth of business in three to five years . |
| 10 | It will be offering a COSE-compliant version of VUE to the other COSE founders . |
| 11 | It will be offering a COSE-compliant version of VUE to the other COSE founders . |