Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] it [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Birds leave their roosts and take to the skies ; monkeys jump away through the branches to find breakfast , and antelope disperse once more over the open plains to graze , knowing that if danger comes they stand a good chance of seeing it before it gets lethally close . |
| 2 | Thus where the discretionary fund management arm of a conglomerate receives confidential information from the corporate finance arm about Company X , the fund management arm may be prevented from using the information of disclosing it if it has actual knowledge of the breach of confidence or possibly where it ought to have known of the breach . |
| 3 | We suggested in the last chapter that in some situations you might think about producing a lecture on video instead of recording it as it happens . |
| 4 | sometimes there is a sense of doing it because it needs practising ; |
| 5 | Raise the tank temperature to 70°F. before adding it as it works better at higher temperatures . |
| 6 | Plenty of praise should be given when the dog responds , although there is no point in scolding it if it fails to do anything more than run or sniff around the garden . |
| 7 | If you look around for some field that has yet to be used in a crime story and then insist on using it when it has not filled you with enthusiasm , your book will be leaden . |