Example sentences of "[v-ing] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He scanned the print , seeing that it echoed more or less exactly the story Swansborough had just told him , then turned his attention to the photograph alongside — three people , obviously dressed for leisure . |
| 32 | tt They 'd got two handles which was b made it mobile , two wheels , and used it Have four sacks at the end of this threshing engine , hanging on little hooks , and and a bloke there seeing that it got filled alright and it when it was full , they used to run this thing underneath a sack , crank it up by hand , like that , till they got it to the required height , then nestle it on their shoulders , you see there was a There 's a there 's an art in carrying c In carrying coal and there 's an art in carrying corn and there 's an art in carrying beef . |
| 33 | On the contrary , if the student body were to take its right to learn ( Lernfreiheit ) seriously , and were to be vigilant in seeing that it enjoyed the kinds of academic freedom I spelt out earlier , it would necessarily take on an assertive role . |
| 34 | ‘ Well , he said that he wanted to do something useful with his life , seeing that it had been given back to him when he had n't expected it . |
| 35 | Vietnam issued protest notes in early September to the Chinese government demanding that it halt " illegal " oil exploration in Vietnamese territorial waters in the Gulf of Tonkin . |
| 36 | It followed Iraq 's formal acceptance that it would comply with a UN directive demanding that it submit by March 27 a comprehensive plan for the destruction of equipment and installations used for its ballistic missiles programme . |
| 37 | Philip Urbach was encouraged by a German-sounding word ( ‘ Maybe English was n't so difficult after all ’ ) , without realising that it meant war over Poland . |
| 38 | Blue chips such as British Telecom are realising that it makes sense to ‘ take work to the people to overcome a permanent shortage of software engineers in the South East , says Malcolm Lees at BT 's software centre . |
| 39 | Then , realising that it did n't take much for this man to get to her , she made sterner efforts to get herself more of one piece and , returning her hand to her lap , she drew out of nowhere , ‘ Not everybody can wear contact lenses , ’ and added for a touch of authenticity , ‘ I ca n't myself . ’ |
| 40 | This scepticism apart , most bass amp manufacturers would opt for a similar system if they thought the market would stand it , but realising that it places significant extra financial strain on the consumer , most do n't . |
| 41 | A former SADF intelligence major , Nico Basson , met a group of journalists in Johannesburg on June 10 and made sensational charges against the SADF , including that it had armed and trained killers loyal to the Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party to attack ANC supporters . |
| 42 | There is a particularly fine example in the last pas de deux of La Fille Mal Gardée where Lise and Colas weave themselves into an embrace which is so tender , gentle and loving that it arrives at the end of a phrase as the most natural thing in the world . |
| 43 | Secure employment will come from embracing new technology , not from pretending that it does not exist . |
| 44 | ‘ She wo n't come to the country , ’ I said — pretending that it did n't occur to me that there were other ways . |
| 45 | It is boring to have to say that ( it actually makes me twitch even as I do ! ) , but it is no good pretending that it works in any other way , because it simply does n't . |
| 46 | People were cursing the Greenhouse Effect and swearing that it had put paid to surf in Hawaii for all time . |
| 47 | In another direction , P&W plans to enter the facilities management market , believing that it sits well with the company 's annual report and corporate finance activities . |
| 48 | Although Aquino gave assurances that the Kabisig would not be turned into a political party , the leadership of the LDP treated the new movement with great suspicion , believing that it represented an independent vehicle which could be used by Aquino to run her own favoured candidates in the 1992 elections . |
| 49 | In general , Solihull secondary school teachers also have a slightly negative attitude towards the efficiency of SSE using the booklet , believing that it leads to rationalization rather than criticism and as a method of SSE is too time-consuming . |
| 50 | Indeed , in 1781 the philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote a monumental and very obscure work , The Critique of Pure Reason , in which he concluded that there were equally valid arguments both for believing that the universe had a beginning and for believing that it did not . |
| 51 | Dr Sasaki had not looked outside the hospital all day ; the scene inside was so terrible and so compelling that it had not occurred to him to ask any questions about what had happened beyond the windows and doors . |
| 52 | She glanced at it uneasily , remembering that it ran past the witch 's cottage . |
| 53 | That policy was overturned in two minutes flat but it is worth remembering that it had held sway since the inception of the service areas fifteen years earlier . |
| 54 | In this connexion it is worth remembering that it takes a little longer to change where cymbals are concerned ( owing to the way in which they are held ) but from bass drum to side-drum , triangle , or tambourine , or from any of these to any other , is a matter of seconds . |
| 55 | For a moment I felt an instinctive resentment , but remembering that it contained things ‘ for me ’ , I picked it up . |
| 56 | She had to find her own way to the bathroom and was pleased with herself for so quickly remembering that it lay at the end of the passage . |
| 57 | Other IWC members expressed " deep concern " at the unilateral nature of the decision , warning that it undermined the Commission 's efforts to agree on the details of the RMP . |
| 58 | It introduced the concept of ‘ special educational needs ’ , recommending that it replace categorisation of children by the ten existing statutory categories of handicap . |
| 59 | He laid his hand on it , implying that it represented him , and slaughtered it . |
| 60 | And went down into the kitchen , whose door she boldly opened , not caring that it had been shut to bar her out . |