Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the sad thing is , he 's got he 's got quite a bit of brain , ai n't he , to come out , you know , little things like , although they 're rude , he 's obviously aware , but he 's wasting it all , ai n't he ? |
| 2 | ‘ It 's the way he 's financing it that 's dodgy , ’ Sorrel went on . |
| 3 | And he 's eating it alright . |
| 4 | I think Diane 's organizing it all |
| 5 | Because all it means is that anybody 's signing it urgent |
| 6 | That is the other thing , when the ball is turning and your partner is turning it mild and getting wickets . |
| 7 | and he 's sending it first post , it should be through today , if not tomorrow morning , erm |
| 8 | The theory seems to be ( 1 ) that some act — noticing a resemblance — must precede uttering the word ‘ white ’ for the person who utters the word genuinely to be describing the object , and not merely coming out with the words , ‘ It 's white ’ as might a parrot , no matter what it was shown ; and ( 2 ) that the resemblance the theory requires one to have noticed , which is supposed to justify one 's calling it white as opposed , say , to blue , is what one is referring to when one calls the object ‘ white ’ . |
| 9 | I 've given you all a choice , but you 're the only one who is getting it straight , all cards on the table . |
| 10 | The real ballgame is getting it right , building something up . |
| 11 | is getting it all wrong . |
| 12 | I mean , who 's getting it wrong ? |
| 13 | he 's getting it wrong , you obviously think the media 's getting it wrong in reporting it ! |
| 14 | he 's getting it wrong , you obviously think the media 's getting it wrong in reporting it ! |
| 15 | And as I say , Bill is doing it all at cost , so , you know , he 's not making anything out of it , himself . |
| 16 | ‘ If you look the way the snow falls , ’ he said hesitantly , ‘ you can see the air conditioning is blowing it this way , ’ he pointed , ‘ so it piles up more on this side of things than that side . |
| 17 | But erm I , I think a midwife , a good midwife , is every bit as good as a doctor because she 's doing it all the time . |
| 18 | and he 's doing it all day , seeing |
| 19 | he ca n't say he 's doing it wrong . |
| 20 | yeah it might be , I do n't know , I think usually Roy does that but I think Dave 's doing it this year or something erm er that tends to be , that tended to be something that I had difficulty with as a student because again you could n't just sort of find one book that , that covered the lecture course |
| 21 | Who 's doing it this time ? |
| 22 | I question whether the inspectorate is giving it due consideration . |
| 23 | He 's recording it all the time . |
| 24 | She 's taping it all , she holds it against you , you see , so she 's trying to blackmail ! |
| 25 | She 's taping it all . |
| 26 | In fact Rachel is taking it easy with a perfumed chicken korma , I 'm looking forward to my tandoori biriani , and we share a mixed vegetable bahjee , some chutneys , and a great omelette of nan bread . |
| 27 | And , on yer bike : The charity rider who 's taking it all lying down . |
| 28 | And , on yer bike : The charity rider who 's taking it all lying down . |
| 29 | Ah , he 's taking it all up . |
| 30 | So Lucy said , ‘ She 's taking it easy . ’ |