Example sentences of "it be [adj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and getting up and that would it be worthwhile buying him |
| 2 | ‘ And would n't it be fun having three legs and being able to go round in a circle like the Isle of Man flag ? ’ |
| 3 | and pulled myself over the gutter , it were alright getting up , it were getting back in |
| 4 | It 's hopeless trying to plan for tomorrow . … |
| 5 | Oh it 's hopeless trying to help you in n it , you 're so independent you wo n't have no one help you and the pen 's not coming out , see you 're not doing it right I do n't mind helping you , but you 've got to let me show you , now go all the way along , round the Q , come round here , come round here , round here , back along , stop . |
| 6 | get it , you see , but i it 's fantastic watching cos you know they were they , they it was sort of going along the |
| 7 | It 's surprising thumping him in the back did n't kill him with the kidney failure in n it ? |
| 8 | ‘ It 's awful having to creep around all the time . ’ |
| 9 | It 's awful having a set of bells there which are almost in working order but ca n't be used . |
| 10 | And whether it 's nasty shouting arrogant Kenneth Clarke or lovely perfumed Virginia , they 're all the same underneath in terms of the way they look at the Health Service . |
| 11 | Well no cos it 's better receiving Valentines card rather than hearing it over the phone really why they gave them out |
| 12 | So we put the or sine squared think it 's better leaving it like that because it 's sine brackets |
| 13 | Saves leaving them in the car , probably only for about two hours , I do n't know if it 's better leaving at home or taking with me , there 's . |
| 14 | It 's better going up than down . |
| 15 | And one one day you know it 's flared up and the next day it 's dead , but they say it 's better coming out to the surface . |
| 16 | It 's better having more money than living in rags . |
| 17 | It means that you do n't get the good views of the Cove until you 've reached Malham Beck , but I think that it 's better doing the walk this way round than going at it clockwise and having to clamber down the scar . |
| 18 | Yes but it 's worse having a hell of a lot of time in there cos that 's what you 're |
| 19 | Just turning briefly to the issue of affordable housing , you 'll see from my H One submissions the City Council has a target , er which is in the the York area housing strategy , which is currently with the D O E for its consideration , of something like a hundred and fifty dwellings a year , giving over the fifteen year period a two thousand two hundred target , how we will go about achieving that is primarily , where it 's possible using land we already own , or is in ownership of housing associations , and taking into account the the seven dwellings outside the current city boundary , we believe in total they will contribute some fifteen hundred dwellings towards that two thousand two hundred target , this will leave clearly a significant shortfall , and it will therefore be necessary to seek to negotiate , if I can use the terms of P B G 3 erm with house builders as sites come forward in in the local during the local plan period . |
| 20 | I think it 's terrible giving him a name like that |
| 21 | And it 's understandable coming in , that they can very easily get the wrong end of the stick . |
| 22 | ‘ Mind , ’ said the page warningly , ‘ it 's rough going down the rocks even from the gully . |
| 23 | Oh right said Daryl and Elsie you ought to know I suppose any way , I 'd suspect you 'd like a sister , it 's nice having one . |
| 24 | It 's nice having a sweatshirt . |
| 25 | Right , from Highgate has said if the good lord wanted cats to fly he would 've given them wings , it 's cruel doing things like that to animals . |
| 26 | It 's awkward using this without a mouse . |
| 27 | I said I know it 's awkward getting a piece of wood so she said yeah , that 's about three weeks ago . |
| 28 | It 's awkward having to come round and not be sure of finding you . |
| 29 | It 's sleety ooking on the window look ! |
| 30 | It 's great playing alongside him . ’ |