Example sentences of "to be [v-ing] it [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | At the moment he does n't appear to be sharing it with anyone . ’ |
2 | Yeah but are you supposed to be wearing it around the school ? |
3 | Unveiling the route in London yesterday , the Tour 's general manager , Jean-Marie Leblanc , said : ‘ The Tour is truly a European event and we are delighted to be bringing it to England . |
4 | We are immensely proud to be bringing it to the UK for the first time . |
5 | And many an insect was saved , perhaps from the very same predator , by an uncannily close resemblance to a twig , on occasions when the predator happened to be seeing it at relatively close range and in a good light . |
6 | I use a small piece of putty over the nozzle for speed and short-term storage ; but if I 'm not going to be using it for a while , I take the top off and place a small piece of Clingfilm over the bottle , then screw the top back on again . |
7 | I was half proud , half ashamed to be using it in this way . |
8 | Now one of the things th we find that when we play an Adam Faith record , we tend to be singing it for the rest of the day you know , like What Do You Want |
9 | Millichip insisted : ‘ I 'm not going to be discussing it with you people ( the press ) before I have discussed it with my colleagues . |
10 | The key seems to be shaping it to the particular client . |
11 | For liberty to be opposing it in the way that they are shows that they do n't remotely understand the best interests of our children or our schools . |
12 | You seemed to be taking it for granted , ’ she pointed out . |
13 | Lewis seemed to be taking it as a personal insult that the family had come to the Hebrides for their summer holiday . |
14 | In suggesting the rule is an inalienable part of the language , Dale Spender ironically assists those she criticises in making their sexism look natural , when she ought to be exposing it as a cultural construct . |
15 | But you do n't seem to be advocating it as a way forward ? |
16 | If somebody takes a Covermaster plan out at twenty five , we expect them to be paying it for a long time , if he takes it out at fifty five , we expect him to pay less . |
17 | ‘ Lewis seems to be making it in the old alternative comedy scene , does n't he ? ’ |
18 | He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job . |
19 | Which shows that perhaps a misindica In this situation perhaps the men are seeking agreement rather than the women are , because the women seem to be doing it to actually show concern , rather than to seek agreement , which does n't Turns a lot of the traditional thing about tag questions on it head . |
20 | Every dancer has got a different job to do on the road — as if dancing were n't difficult enough — but you know what most people would say : ‘ It 's art , it 's dance , it 's Britain , you should be grateful to be doing it at all ’ . |
21 | Well you do n't want to be doing it on the machine down here do you ? |
22 | Also , you 're going to be doing it in fours , so four will you , four of you will arrive at the beginning of the session , and four of you will arrive half way through . |
23 | Makes a change to be giving it to a real postman . |
24 | Come that way er like , they do n't seemed to be giving it to 'em , and it was nothing to do with them , they bought it and , and they would have a search done as the reason when you buy houses are n't there ? |
25 | Another child , who survived the bug , was found to be carrying it on July 15 . |
26 | ‘ But if it 's the giants you 're wanting to fool , then it 'd be the grand old Draoicht Suan , ’ said Pumlumon , and the Gnomes nodded sagely and said that would be it , the Draoicht Suan it would be , the spell that had kept the Trees fast asleep for so many years now , and was n't it a powerful strong spell and Pumlumon the fellow to be spinning it for them all ? |
27 | You 're supposed to be keeping it under control , Owen . |
28 | I 'm going to be running it on the East Lancs line from Bury — and I fancy driving it myself . ’ |
29 | The limelight cast on NT-on-Alpha and the number of adjectives spent on it this week is expected to have a negative , if not fatal impact on the rickety ACE Initiative , whose founders , including Compaq and SCO , are perceived to be abandoning it for greener pastures , despite claims to the contrary . |
30 | A concern to prevent viewers switching off is normal but , on this particular occasion , broadcasters — particularly those at the BBC — appear to be overdoing it by promising a mixture of melodrama and cabaret ( ‘ a great national party ’ is another of Dimbleby 's images ) . |