Example sentences of "it be [v-ing] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's taking off a bit of the wall ! ’ said Masklin . |
| 2 | ‘ It will also help to develop people 's creativity and ideas in using these skills in the community , whether it 's setting up a business , starting a co-operative or completing a personal project , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Now it 's sticking out a mile , but the time home that make up another ruddy story to give |
| 4 | ‘ It 's snowing quite a lot , ’ said one of them , uncertainly . |
| 5 | you make an arrangement to have a game of tennis but the weather , you know i it 's snowing or it 's raining so a lot of them get rained off which is er quite sad . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's moving around a lot , ’ said Angalo . |
| 7 | A Black Hairstreak has been spotted , and it 's causing quite a flutter . |
| 8 | when we erm , er when we were doing those projects we erm , we had a comments book and more , more people were in favour of them and saw them as an improvement to the town and so it needs something that 's really interesting actually , it 's er , erm the work 's department have said , as a result of those graffiti projects they can shift two officer 's from the graffiti team to the highway 's team , so it 's actually cut down on the work of actually clearing up unwanted graffiti , so it 's had a positive effect , so we , we 've got these two people work with the other people and we 've got Dorothy who 's working with , with black people and ethnic minorities in the town and erm for people who were here when this presentation was last given , er Robin who used to be in the local The Policy Team of the Local Government Unit is now actually a Community Development Officer , one of the decision 's , Robin use to do video work for the Authority erm , and we decided we asset whether the the need for that kind of , k ind of work to continue , and we thought on balance not erm and he now is running the music rehearsal space over at Latton Bush , that again is a project for young people , to enable , it 's a place where band 's can practice and that 's the problem in Harlow erm and er that 's really exciting project because it 's bringing in a lot of income for the Council as as well as providing the service that people want and , and it , I mean it is important at this time that we are doing limited projects where we are bringing in income , cos at , you know we estimate that erm we can get that erm rehearsal space properly resource , that project could be self financing , so your providing a service but your also getting paid , your getting paid for as well , so erm that is who we are now and were er , where were located , we have an open door policy as people will know . |
| 9 | It 's gettin' so a fella do n't know where he 's dippin' it . |
| 10 | He pauses and gives a lazy Dirty Harry-style smile : ‘ But if it 's falling off a building I 'll let someone else do it . ’ |
| 11 | thank you it 's cooling down a bit now , it 's been a gorgeous day though , that sun |
| 12 | ‘ It 's becoming just a fashion statement . |
| 13 | So it 's coming down a bit . |
| 14 | It 's going off a bit now is n't it ? |
| 15 | One wing 's shredded , one 's flapping , it 's quacking up a storm . |
| 16 | At the same time , it is drawing up a list of preferred suppliers and aiming to reduce the total number . |
| 17 | ‘ We would like to see the council address the issue seriously because it is affecting quite a lot of pensioners . ’ |
| 18 | Actually , it is hurting rather a lot . |
| 19 | It was passing over a bridge across the Jumna . |
| 20 | There I finally decided to throw in my efforts at making contact with the Delhi eunuchs ; it was taking up a lot of time and there was still no hint of a breakthrough : after ten days I still knew as little about them as I had when I had begun . |
| 21 | It was taking out a girl with a trail of boasts littering the streets behind you , although you both returned as virginal as you had set off but usually much colder . |
| 22 | But , early yesterday , the Belfast Brigade confirmed it was breaking up a move welcomed by the Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams . |