Example sentences of "but it be [verb] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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1 | I though when they won the league they were bad but it is getting worse with each passing day . |
2 | Nonetheless I must stand my ground and restate that not only did it happen then , but it is getting worse ! |
3 | About 5.5 million public-sector employees have had a 1.5pc ceiling imposed on pay awards by the Government , but it is thought lower interest-rates may have encouraged people to spend . |
4 | Boozy Dennett — who earns £600 a week with his dummy Chick — added : ‘ I have been for a walk to have a think and went back , but it 's getting worse . ’ |
5 | They 're not very happy , they ai n't been happy for a while , but it 's getting worse , wh is , what is them now is , you know I say things to Colin , and Co I mean , Colin 'll tell me like , you know , you know , over there , and er , he 's latest thing is , they built this little office . |
6 | But surely it it 's happened that it 's getting er and and I touch wood I do n't know how superstitious you are but it 's getting better and better and better for you each time because when you came here ooh some years ago since you first came into this studio er you were pretty popular then but it seems to increase all the time does n't it ? |
7 | But it 's getting easier for me to blend it all now ; I certainly do n't get as stuck as I did four or five months ago . ’ |
8 | Some of the South Africans are were last night understood to be unhappy that only the English anthem is to be played , but it was felt better not to cause more controversy in the light of Thursday 's threat by the African National Congress to call a halt to future tours . |