Example sentences of "it [v-ing] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smell it hanging in the air , |
| 2 | Born , they held it like a long skinned thing and for a moment she stared at it hanging in the air not knowing if it was alive or dead , good or bad , not believing it was over . |
| 3 | This wo n't significantly affect the water flow , but should prevent it sticking in the future . |
| 4 | ‘ Well that 's the way things are goin' over here , and that 's the way he sees it goin' in the future , under the Government constraints he outlined at that meetin' . ’ |
| 5 | Secondly , we might think it daring in the extreme , if not plain wrong , that the storyteller should represent God as being in Jacob 's grip until nearly the end of the contest . |
| 6 | A highly polished table under a mirror , perhaps a bowl of flowers beside it reflecting in the table . |
| 7 | Delaney hesitated , then stroked her wildly-blowing hair , feeling it fluttering in his hand , like a captured bird . |
| 8 | Then it does n't matter so much what you say that stops it walking in front of the bus , it 's actually how you say it . |
| 9 | We have seen it occurring in both types of double diffusive convection arising from vertical density gradients , e.g. Figs. 23.4 and 23.7 . |
| 10 | Even if you decide you do n't have a problem now , it makes sense to do all you can to prevent it happening in the future . |
| 11 | I have certainly heard of it happening in the present day , but the old methods are dying out as people become alienated from the countryside they live in . |
| 12 | There was no ram-raiding until after the news showed it happening in America . |
| 13 | We see it happening in a crucial passage in the Acts , the conversion of Cornelius . |
| 14 | And , and I think that kind of thing happens , in fact you notice it happening in families . |
| 15 | Experts say it 's vital they prevent it happening in the future . |
| 16 | I could imagine it happening in Japan but this is ground breaking stuff in UK |
| 17 | Endill watched Tock make a hole in the wall , holding his hammer with both hands to stop it banging in the wrong place . |
| 18 | And above all he does n't want to see it appearing in the Accounts . |
| 19 | So , is it lurking in the weeds or is it swimming behind the photographer ? |
| 20 | How do you find it living in the flats compared with anywhere else you 've lived ? |
| 21 | Is it living in Vetch Street that is changing you ? ’ |
| 22 | When you get it home , leave it soaking in cold water for an hour . |
| 23 | While one interviewee described it as meeting monthly ( at least in the early stages of the project ) , the chairperson recalled it meeting in full committee on only a handful of occasions , with the bulk of the work being undertaken by individual members in liaison with the academic and pastoral divisions they represented . |
| 24 | Forty eight years old , she does n't look it she does n't sound it looking in good and sounding as good and great as ever . |
| 25 | Veblen saw it developing in late twentieth century America . |
| 26 | The Royal College of Physicians and similar organisations overseas have studied alternative allergy and found it wanting in scientific credibility and clinical usefulness . |
| 27 | A third State is affected by a treaty as a matter of fact when the treaty necessitates it acting in some way in response ( even if its preferred response is to do nothing ) . |
| 28 | The question was out even before she was really aware of it forming in her mind , but if he was surprised by her sudden change of tack , he did n't show it . |
| 29 | The kestrel is our most common falcon , but what a delight it is to see it hunting in a natural habitat rather than at the edge of a motorway . |
| 30 | You add the wine , and mix it with the eggs and cheese , pour the mixture into a flameproof casserole and put it to cook immediately , but you do not leave it for an instant : you stir ceaselessly until you have a homogenous cream , and you serve it sizzling in the recipient in which it has cooked . " |