Example sentences of "it [verb] to [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've got inflation that I , it looks to be pressing perhaps to three , three and a half per cent , between four and three and a half per cent . |
| 2 | He said , ‘ Jane , is your goal to help the chimps , or is it to appear to be helping the chimps ? ’ |
| 3 | At the most distant property there are shearers ’ quarters which enable us to have the use of hot showers , and shelter for the barbecue if it happens to be raining . |
| 4 | that , that there are others equally we say that we women to determine what happens to their own bodies and their destiny is for them , I respect that view too but in those circumstances you do n't resolve problems by the majority whatever it happens to be determining what the minority will do . |
| 5 | I have timed my departure from the Cabinet Office to leave seven minutes to walk to Charing Cross , and then another two ( no more ! ) before my train leaves — if , of course , it happens to be running . |
| 6 | When it seemed to be getting out of hand , he insisted that its aim was to improve the system , not to change it . |
| 7 | It seemed to be getting nearer and nearer but we were still pretty cheerful . |
| 8 | It seemed to be operating from the back room of a house . |
| 9 | Um maybe it was particularly controversial because it seemed to be accusing er people , men in the family , particularly fathers , of having abused their children anally with all this sort of y'know homosexual connotations of that which activated the number of , as well as a number of fears about about child sex abuse and being a child abuser , it activated a number of rather more homophobic fears , both among the people so accused and in c our culture generally and er that perhaps explains why this er particular incident was so was so compelling and attracted so much com er publicity , according to Campbell anyway . |
| 10 | It seemed to be moving quite rapidly . |
| 11 | John marvelled at the way it seemed to be thinking for itself . |
| 12 | The shrine and the whole house shook and the ground beneath it seemed to be shifting away as though in an earthquake . |
| 13 | It seemed to be dividing it . |
| 14 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 15 | It seemed to be looking for something . |
| 16 | It seemed to be watching them . |
| 17 | And it seemed to be singing . |
| 18 | It was a very small patch , about the size of a postage stamp , and the two sides of it seemed to be splitting down the middle and opening slowly outwards , like a pair of shutters on some tiny window . |
| 19 | Not only did it fail to achieve all the gains on which it seemed to be calculating in embarking on the assault , but it sustained one particularly debilitating blow in the course of it . |
| 20 | It seemed to be calling to them and Carrie thought of fairy tales she had read — you looked back at something behind you and were caught in its spell ! |
| 21 | It seemed to be calling out to him , calling out to his feeling , his very being . |
| 22 | She wrote , ‘ You ca n't imagine how strange it seemed to be journeying thus , without any visible cause for progress other than the magical machine , with its flying white breath and rhythmical , unvarying pace … ‘ |
| 23 | It seemed to be affecting her brain as much as her breathing . |
| 24 | Further along the bay , it seemed to be taking five flunkeys in grey uniforms a lot of effort to usher one middle-aged man into a chauffeur-driven Bentley . |
| 25 | It seemed to be spreading . |
| 26 | It seemed to be competing in the age-old quest for the secret of perpetual motion and drove everyone bananas . |
| 27 | Its mouth was open and it seemed to be grinning at him . |
| 28 | It did n't make any noise , but it seemed to be impressing the humans no end . |
| 29 | It seemed to be working . |
| 30 | She 'd lied about it out of pique , but now it seemed to be turning to her advantage . |