Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [prep] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was still there , though , and looking at it gave him a shock . |
| 2 | Those who wish to become local authority tenants find that the best houses have been sold and , as the stock diminishes and fewer council houses are built , waiting lists and waiting times lengthen , and exchanges for those already in council housing and remaining in it become more difficult . |
| 3 | ‘ There 's this fascinating gestation period between listening to something and waiting for it to come out in your playing . |
| 4 | Finding accommodation and getting to it proved as easy as falling off a log ; there were free-phone backpacker ads in the airport , we rang one of them and they had a ( free ) minibus waiting right there , which took all of us including bike . |
| 5 | In front of the Brandenburg Gate and elsewhere , they perched precariously on top of the Wall , clapping and calling for it to go . |
| 6 | Mrs Paisley brought a message from her husband in prison , condemning the rioting and asking for it to stop . |
| 7 | It 's cheap , it 's easily available and playing with it teaches children all about weight , volume , the way liquids behave — and how to have fun ! |
| 8 | Anticipating the problem does not make it any less likely to occur , but planning and preparing for it helps one to cope with it , and will emphasize that professional and consistent judgment has been exercised . |
| 9 | Thirty-one out of thirty-six City banks joined in this key venture and it was also from their group that the practice of banks holding accounts at the Bank of England and re-discounting through it developed towards the end of the century . |
| 10 | Some children have little idea of how to chew and so parents demonstrating biting and chewing and talking about it shows the child how to do it . |
| 11 | In ‘ God 's Cop ’ , Mark Day 's guitar is raw and rasping like it eats ten jangly guitars for breakfast ; rhythm and booze at its best , but gelling easily with the older , classic Bez-dance tunes ‘ Hallelujah ’ and ‘ Wrote For Luck ’ , both still mesmeric , especially with tonight 's flashy light show , and ‘ Step On ’ still makes a stomping lingering finale . |