Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is , in fact , so easy a target that scholars reacting against it have constructed a revised view that has also been driven to excess . |
| 32 | Yes , keep it bit shorter and simpler , but , just the right way of going about it to illustrate the point . |
| 33 | It makes a change that the burden of more want is put on the central government instead of local authorities , because too often in the past , central government has said , in many issues , oh , we think you should have that , but the responsibility for paying for it comes from the local authority . |
| 34 | Do you know Dave I read erm we there 's a magazine called Good Housekeeping and it 's been going for it had been going for seventy years , last year it started in nineteen twenty one , women 's magazine , very good one and they had a sort of seventieth birthday issue |
| 35 | As a piece of hardware the Touchmaster tablet appears to have a lot going for it compared with its rivals like the Grafpad and the Koala-pad . |
| 36 | The trouble with the menopause is that everyone around the woman going through it suffers too . |
| 37 | I 'm waiting for it to go down and all , I 've got the eight . |
| 38 | Gilbert kept his eyes screwed shut , waiting for it to return . |
| 39 | The nest was built whilst the truck was in use , so the bird must have been patiently waiting for it to return after each journey so that it could carry on with nest building . |
| 40 | Listening to Friends on the album , I was waiting for it to modulate to a minor key in the middle … |
| 41 | But you 're just waiting for it to happen . ’ |
| 42 | I am convinced that this is because the barbel are so conditioned to seeing this plastic larder pop through the surface and spread good things to eat along the bottom , they are waiting for it to happen . |
| 43 | It soon became evident that the orchestra was fractionally behind on several entries — not enough to unsettle the soloist-aware listener , but after a while I was just waiting for it to happen . |
| 44 | They attacked life , they did n't sit quietly around waiting for it to flatten them . |
| 45 | Should we then insist that it is all SEGLAB 's fault and sit back waiting for it to improve ? |
| 46 | ‘ Oh , I must , ’ she said gaily , but she accepted the offer of coffee , and , waiting for it to arrive , said , ‘ Now it is my turn to quiz you . |
| 47 | Two of them look at their leader , waiting for it to say something suitable for this historic occasion . |
| 48 | Even the running slow can be a serious problem because instead of waiting for it to finish a task you start pressing more keys — which gives it even more to do ! |
| 49 | Your dramatic gestures will certainly mesmerize them , but they will be staring apprehensively at the glass , or laughing hysterically waiting for it to fall ! |
| 50 | Mr Piggott was standing morosely by the kettle waiting for it to boil . |
| 51 | She filled the kettle and leaned back against the sink , waiting for it to boil . |
| 52 | It was like sitting on the edge of a smouldering volcano , waiting for it to erupt . |
| 53 | ‘ We 're just waiting for it to rise to the surface are we , Sergeant ? |
| 54 | I was waiting for it to show up an confront us . |
| 55 | The weather ca n't be controlled and I hate sitting around waiting for it to clear up because I ca n't sit still for too long ! |
| 56 | I 've been waiting for it coming through you know . |
| 57 | Been waiting for it to get better every week and it |
| 58 | Detective Inspector Frank Gregson tapped agitatedly on the steering wheel as he looked up at the red light , waiting for it to change . |
| 59 | Sat waiting for it to come back to life . |
| 60 | ‘ There 's this fascinating gestation period between listening to something and waiting for it to come out in your playing . |