Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | At the height of all the media fuss over a comic creation which was basically nothing more than a walking catch-phrase , it seemed as if Enfield 's career was in danger of burning out before it had properly ignited . |
2 | Push slivers of Flora margarine under the skin so that the flesh is prevented from drying out as it cooks . |
3 | Calday Grange Grammar School also faced a second ballot over opting out after it applied for grant-maintained status last year . |
4 | Scientists at British Biotechnology in Oxford are pinning their hopes on this second stage of trials of P24 VLP ; the Aids drug has come through first stage trials in London aimed at finding out whether it has any adverse effects . |
5 | They 're using all this technology now to get the same sounds we used to get by turning up until it distorted . |