Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 With only small amounts of money changing hands , a limited number of dedicated venues , and , if it were to restrict itself solely to black audiences , a finite number of punters , the black comedy scene is clearly still in its infancy .
2 During that eight years ' task , those at the heart of it were learning themselves how to pray more deeply and contemplatively .
3 And nine times out of ten people in that situation , when they 're actually creating their article or their programme or anything else , will take that material , use their own style , wrap it up , and as it were throw it out , and if you 're pro-active in that sense , you stand a very very much better chance of them getting it right .
4 Even when he saw it being done he still would n't have known what was going on but unless you try it yourself , you do n't know what physical effect , or mental effect , it has on you and how speedy and intolerant it makes you of other people .
5 And it 's leaving them as blue as Chelsea 's shirts .
6 No , no it 's affecting me now , I ca n't eat that much , because if I , like , I eat
7 It 's hit her pretty hard . ’
8 Seeing her die like that , it 's hit you badly .
9 I mean if you go down Cornmarket in a normal summer , you can hardly hear anything but erm American voices , so it just shows that there is a vast potential there , but it 's getting them here .
10 And it , it becomes you 'd never actually get the thing printed and you 'd never actually get the thing distributed because you , you , you 're wondering what to put in , what not to put in as it were and sticking to the specifics er at least it 's getting it 's getting something out and I do n't , personally I do n't see any , any real problem in personalizing it further and as much to indicate , right , without obvious prejudice to the new union erm to indicate er in , in some general or specific sense , if that does n't sound like sort of like contradictory , on on the , the , the betterment of , of representation for members within , within Northumberland come unison .
11 It 's getting him down , thought Pascoe with a frisson of pleasure for which he was instantly and heartily ashamed .
12 Yeah , have you , have you reviewed your revision to see sort of how you 're doing and how effective it is , and why it 's getting you down and .
13 It 's getting it 's getting it up a bit is n't it ?
14 I look as if I 've made an about-turn but in terms of simple logistics it 's getting itself out of all proportion . ’
15 It 's taking them long enough
16 ‘ It seemed to take less of a hit to give me a concussion and it 's taking me longer to recover , ’ he says .
17 It seems to me that however attractive this addendum is , it 's taking us away from the real issue which is about the baptism one which the bishop er also kind of brought up er and which we 've been exercising ourselves over .
18 All I want to know is why it 's taking us so long to get there ! ’
19 So it 's building it up in stages .
20 I remember her saying , slightly on the defensive , ‘ It 's an investment , ’ and I thought , It 's made her even more determined to succeed .
21 But it 's cost me over , well it will have done by time I 've finished putting radio in , about hundred and forty pound .
22 Oh so it 's picking it up .
23 It 's picking you up before you fall .
24 Well it 's to teach everybody really about caring for wildlife .
25 After all , it 's served you well for the past few hours and may now be looking forward to you treating it .
26 It 's hoped they too will eventually breed and begin to bring an end to the drastic decline in numbers on the estate .
27 Good for them : the New FADS always had a tough , idiosyncratic streak , and nowadays it 's holding them in chompingly good stead for the guitar-slashing likes of ‘ It 's Not What You Know ’ .
28 It 's holding them back .
29 But I 'm desperate to go to college , I mean I love my kids and my kids get everything they need , but I ca n't go , it 's holding me back , I ca n't get my two into the creche .
30 It 's holding us back .
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