Example sentences of "it be [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the experience of the author , the idea of the scheme is catching on very widely , and the theories running through it are rubbing off on traditional conveyancing practice in the commercial area . |
| 2 | and pulled myself over the gutter , it were alright getting up , it were getting back in |
| 3 | The old studio system which had produced good writers , good directors , good stars , good movies , was breaking up and bits of it were sliding all over the ancient and sacred lots . |
| 4 | Then I felt the post begin to slide upwards through my hands , as if more of it were coming out of the ground . |
| 5 | agreed that they 've lent this money out , but it 's bounced back you see , it 's bouncing back on them , and this , everything 's bouncing back on everybody now , but it seems |
| 6 | It 's bouncing all over these stones and my leg 's killing me , especially when I put my foot down unevenly , which is about every step . |
| 7 | It 's ganning back in the morning . |
| 8 | It 's hanging on by a thread |
| 9 | If it 's rotating round like you want me to draw . |
| 10 | First of all you 're keeping them alive , then you see them getting steadily better and you know it 's getting through to them . |
| 11 | But , you know , I mean , if the Uni goes to ten thousand in what what is it , it 's getting up for about ninety five , ninety six ? |
| 12 | ‘ It 's getting on for an hour since we left Cartier . ’ |
| 13 | And now ’ — The Fat Controller consulted his watch ; an endomorphic gold Rolex had replaced the full hunter — ‘ it 's getting on for nine-thirty . |
| 14 | I 've done it since I was , well it 's getting on for fifteen years now . |
| 15 | ‘ If they did , they would realise it 's getting out of hand . |
| 16 | Because we need at least one person to do it , it 's go it 's getting out of control now |
| 17 | " The one she 's wearing is getting very tight across the — well — it 's getting tight in the wrong places . |
| 18 | This is , er , this is the same face as you , yesterday I was on about , we 've tried everything , it 's getting down to that now . |
| 19 | It 's getting back to a sensible level again , and the music — especially the British music — is really pushing forward . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It 's getting back in one piece that worries me . |
| 21 | It 's getting there without trampling on too many people . |
| 22 | Now it 's reviving again as part of vehicle companies long-term strategy , says Ricardo , with much USA-based activity centred on methanol . |
| 23 | It 's building up to critical . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ That storm still looks as if it 's building up to me , ’ said Jimmy . |
| 25 | Its engine is missing badly and it 's circling round as if looking for a landing-place . |
| 26 | His leg looks like it 's broke — it 's sticking out at a funny angle . |
| 27 | End date it 's picking up off the same list . |
| 28 | It 's picking up onto the same list is it ? |
| 29 | It 's rainin' up in the mountains accordin' to that nice immigration laddie . |
| 30 | Well be seems to have understood a little bit more about life , by , it 's slipping away from him . |