Example sentences of "it be [v-ing] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's showing some great films ( the Japanese tech noir classic Tetsuo 2 , and Man Bites Dog , a stunning Belgian film about a charismatic granny killer ) . |
| 2 | A horse standing perfectly in the show ring , with its ears nicely pricked , may indicate that it is cross by pressing its lips tightly together , as if it is refusing some nasty-tasting medicine . |
| 3 | The company now says that it is producing some 20 million metres of VHS tape per month — enough to fill more than 100 000 cassettes . |
| 4 | And — in collaboration with AEA Petroleum Services — it is converting some selected microcomputer software to run on multiple workstations . ’ |
| 5 | If a variable measured in the course of an experiment settles down with time , to a constant , or a maintained oscillation , it seems reasonable to assume that it is approaching some stable , maintained course that corresponds to an equilibrium or periodic solution |
| 6 | It was as if it was harbouring some great consuming sadness and had lost the urge to live . |