Example sentences of "if it [is] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is getting difficult you can see what 's going to happen , they 're going to think oh well I wo n't go to town today , I 'll go to the corner shop and manage . |
| 2 | Do n't join in if it is getting hurtful . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Trestles make it all so much easier and safer , and it is worth while having a second one so that everyone can relax for a few minutes if it is proving difficult to align both wings to get the main pins in place . |
| 5 | To its lenders and investors , the firm has a value only if it is earning more than its cost of capital . |
| 6 | I do n't think she 's all that keen on them , and sometimes she kicks them all out , if it 's getting late and she wants to go to bed . |
| 7 | Want to know if it 's spreading , if it 's getting worse . |
| 8 | I 'll tell you this ; every term when I watch that school train go out I feel as if it 's taking two-thirds of me with it . ’ |
| 9 | if it 's doing that for everyone and there 's a mountain of scrap paper in there |
| 10 | This is a unhelpful because it 's winding that way yet it looks as if it 's winding that way , does n't it ? |
| 11 | Erm it 's obviously right and proper that a local planning authority if it 's releasing green field sites has to justify why those sites should be released . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't hang around in here if it 's coming that soon ! ’ said Masklin , all thoughts of his duty to the nomes of the world temporarily forgotten . |
| 13 | But she 's not if it 's coming natural . |
| 14 | At the moment paid employment ( even if it 's making rubber ducks for export ) brings status and income , whereas work , which we all do to keep going and may well do voluntarily in our communities , carries neither income nor status . |