Example sentences of "it [is] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's only pragmatic in that it 's maintaining production levels . |
| 2 | There 's also the herb garden , newly opened it 's to sell herb plants and seeds — and behind it something rather more exotic is growing — in the butterfly house … which houses 20 kinds of butterflies and moths in a temperature of eighty degrees . |
| 3 | It 's to relieve congestion like this that an Aylesbury by-pass is planned . |
| 4 | It 's calculated risk , but it can be done . ’ |
| 5 | Frenetic close-season transfer activity is new to most rugby countries , but in South Africa it 's become part of the furniture … |
| 6 | He says it 's become part of Cheltenham 's heritage . |
| 7 | Many are already sceptical of MIPS ' independence , following its proposed acquisition by Silicon Graphics , and now it 's drawing fire from all quarters , not least from shareholder DEC . |
| 8 | It 's affecting traffic in both directions . |
| 9 | It 's affecting fox cubs and hedgehogs , the mothers go off for water and leave orphans . |
| 10 | So now it 's touring time and in September I 'll be writing , then in October it 's back touring again . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's skraggin' time , ’ whooped Tundrish . |
| 12 | Mind you , I do n't think it 's come out of the washing at the moment , I think it 's getting water . |
| 13 | In skipper Chris Dickson 's words : ‘ We 've dug ourselves a pretty big hole and it 's getting dark down there . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's getting dark now — we 'll put our plate up tomorrow , then we 'll have to go and break the news to Messrs Sheldrake and Woodall . ’ |
| 15 | It 's getting dark is n't it ? |
| 16 | By this time next month we 're just about at the solstice we 're find that it 's not getting light until about seven o'clock in the morning and it 's getting dark again by about half past three . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's getting worssse , ’ hissed the swan . |
| 18 | So it 's getting use to the notation , the number that goes in front of the compound applies to everything in the compound . |
| 19 | My next comment about erm concerning it 's getting saving tables and the like we 've actually er agreed accommodation schedule for this year and that 's following fro from some changes in Customer Services o , in July . |
| 20 | It 's getting sort of light now . |
| 21 | Yeah , but you 've got ta me , do n't forget we 've got fitted wardrobes , so it 's going by it 's taking space off for the wardrobe . |
| 22 | We 've succeeded on this one and we 're very pleased it 's taking place . |
| 23 | We are not pretending it 's taking place today . |
| 24 | ‘ We are trying to play a different type of game and it 's taking time for some of the players to get used to it . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's taking time to settle . |
| 26 | In practice brute consistency breeds believability and it 's unflagging consistency that convinces others of personal commitment . |
| 27 | When I 'm on tour I normally write little ideas down in my diary and hang on to them until it 's writing time . |
| 28 | Because when I was thinking about trying to talking to you today , I thought although we 've worked quite a lot with people along this group , you might be sitting here and thinking well you do n't seem to be doing any specific work for and with old people erm , well I think your quite independent and can work out your right that , but one of the things this front line review erm it erm , it 's considering Council front line services under various headings , one of which is Retired Services that the Council provide as a group , now the leader of the Council wants to erm , get public views on how we look at these services , so , and that 's , that 's individuals and groups and one of the things that you might like to think about and I 'm that we as a local government unit who are servicing this review can help you with , is to consider how you might want to fee in for that review , erm and , and consider this , that the re-services for retired people , that the Council provides that you use and basically whether you use that , or service , we want to hear that , the Council would need to know that cos were gon na be making decisions about whether or not they should continue in this front line review erm , and erm , you know , or what things you would , what , what are your questions on about those services , what other things you would like to see provided , things like that and I thing this group could quite easily make a collective representation , a collective submission to that process then you could do it as individual 's as well , so that , that exercise it , it should be over by the eleventh of October it starts on the sixth of September . |
| 29 | I think it 's made life a lot richer for us . |
| 30 | ‘ I know it 's wrong , Joe , when it 's been a tragedy for so many people , but it 's made life easier for us . |