Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [prep] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was keeping it for cleaning the car . |
| 2 | While this is true , there are ways of minimising the problem , and eliminating it by altering the balance of the combustion in the diesel for the first , and by putting a particulate trap into the exhaust pipe for the second . |
| 3 | He was the spirit of Rangers ' resolution , defying Celtic and flaunting it by taking the ball for a walk into the distant corners of the Celtic defence whenever he could , destroying time , the Rangers ' enemy on the night . |
| 4 | A concern to prevent viewers switching off is normal but , on this particular occasion , broadcasters — particularly those at the BBC — appear to be overdoing it by promising a mixture of melodrama and cabaret ( ‘ a great national party ’ is another of Dimbleby 's images ) . |
| 5 | James responded by supporting the role of the merchandisers , of whom he said , ‘ I do not think they are changing the LA image — I can only think they are enhancing it by ensuring the best level of stock service to the shops . ’ |
| 6 | The connotations of this in the creation of manhood were made clear by Baden Powell , founder of the Scout movement , who observed that masturbation checks the semen from getting its full chance of making the strong , manly man : ‘ You are throwing away the seed that has been handed down to you as a trust instead of keeping it and ripening it for bringing a son to you later on . ’ |
| 7 | It has also been suggested that people buy the book because they have read reviews of it or because it is on the best-seller list , but they do n't read it ; they just have it in the bookcase or on the coffee table , thereby getting credit for having it without taking the effort of having to understand it . |
| 8 | Painting food colour directly on to icing and marzipan instead of kneading it in has a number of advantages . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's his birthday , Monsieur Armand , but I 'm afraid we were spoiling it by having a political discussion . ’ |
| 10 | Or stopping it from rotting the furniture . |
| 11 | On Nov. 9 , FIS leaders threatened " to reject dialogue " with the government , accusing it of hindering the work of councils where the FIS had won a majority of seats in the June municipal elections [ see pp. 37549-50 ] . |
| 12 | The highlights of this short story are these : born on good Friday 1935 , numerous operations as a child on a club left foot , po-faced and basically afraid of the world until he was thirteen , bullied at school , fighting it by becoming the class clown , playing the piano and showing off , off to Oxford , Beyond the Fringe , doubling up with Peter Cook , growing up to be five feet two ‘ and a half — every half inch counts ’ , losing his virginity at 23 , Sixties success as Pete'n'Dud , a series of relationships with faces such as Celia Hammond , Tuesday Weld , Suzy Kendall , Susan Anton , love affair break ups and make ups , psychotherapy to sort out the hangover of a painful , frightening childhood , doubting Dudley , depressed Dudley , filthy Derek and Clive albums , worried about being 30 , happy about being 40 , frightened of being 50 , worrying Dudley , Dudley and jazz , Dudley in Hollywood making it big with 10 and Arthur , restless Dudley , manic Dudley , Dudley and son Patrick , million-dollar-a-film-Dudley , chasing chickens for Tesco , still small , still smiling , still pinching himself to believe it 's all real . |
| 13 | For all but the smallest prey , Nucella must penetrate the victim 's shell before paralysing it by injecting a narcotic . |
| 14 | Rather than concentrate the raising of revenue at the production end of the broadcasting process , by selling airtime to advertisers , the Sykes Committee recommended raising it by charging a flat rate annual licence fee to the consumer . |
| 15 | Next she considered the potatoes : in the past she had always cooked them in their skins , but recently it had been suggested that potato skins , if not carcinogenic , were yet harmful to the system , perforating the bowel or preventing it from absorbing the vital vitamins . |