Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police think whoever did it may have been searching for a non existant stache of money . |
| 2 | Cureton 's entry opens with a detailed and well-referenced history of stylistics , but suggests that it may have been suffering from a loss of confidence in the recent past . |
| 3 | No but it must 've been talking about youngsters having cars |
| 4 | If it was n't exactly political pessimism of the order of ‘ mourir pour Danzig ’ it must have been alarming for Americans to hear from High Commissioner Pignon 's diplomatic adviser of the feeling that French interests were not important enough to die for because the country was being given over to the Vietnamese and when the war was over French influence would have disappeared . |
| 5 | It must have been irritating for you . " |
| 6 | ‘ Whoever did it must have been aiming at her head but thankfully they missed . |
| 7 | When it touched Parker it had evidently acquired a tremendous spin , and for a second it must have been spinning beneath me . |
| 8 | ‘ It must have been lying in the ferns and took fright when I came along . ’ |
| 9 | It must have been playing on her mind . |
| 10 | ‘ I think it must have been coming from the cold of the church into the warmth , or , perhaps — ’ and she made a wan attempt at humour — ‘ it might have been the thought of attending the ladies ’ sewing circle which overcame me ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’ |
| 12 | It could have been leaking for months . |
| 13 | Apart from the health risk , it would have been disturbing for them to see the damage . |
| 14 | Apart from the health risk , it would have been disturbing for them to see the damage . |