Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sam read the note , shielding it from her . |
| 32 | They are able to acquire land by compulsory purchase , by voluntary agreement or by the Secretary of State vesting it in them . |
| 33 | And so Jesus is taking their attention off the miraculous , in a sense , and directing it towards him . |
| 34 | There is no escape and the tragedy is that the exchange rate mechanism — which the present aggressive , decisive Prime Minister bullied the hapless , shrinking right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) into entering all those months ago , forcing it on her against her will in such a decisive fashion — precludes recovery , because we can not reduce interest rates . |
| 35 | Then keep pulling it towards you that 's it . |
| 36 | 3 The defender grabs the attacker 's outstretched left arm , pulling it past him , striking simultaneously with a right knife hand to the throat . |
| 37 | He said he was growing it to me . |
| 38 | That 's not fresh , that 's not cool — they just usin' it like it was a slang word ’ |
| 39 | They just usin' it like it was a slang word . ’ |
| 40 | In effect we 're we 're erm er we 're safeguarding it for you if you want to . |
| 41 | The painter Jean-Baptiste Chardin shatters our ‘ knowledge ’ of the world by presenting it to us in a new way , as if we were children and his bowl of fruit stood just above our eye-level . |
| 42 | So , so the people that are not making any money out of it by doing it are selling it to them very cheap so it is their own fault ! |
| 43 | selling it to us were n't they ? |
| 44 | ‘ Mind yer business , ‘ Oratio , I ai n't doin' it with you . ’ |
| 45 | Do n't worry about turning it for me |
| 46 | Dulé stalked the ladder again , and circled it , turning it with him as he paced ; again he bowed to his adversary , again he placed a foot on the lowest rung as it stood up held light by his right hand . |
| 47 | Tom reached for the newspaper , turning it towards him . |
| 48 | I like baking it for him ! |
| 49 | When these hatch , the young ants serve their captors , collecting food and feeding it to them , for the slave-makers have such large jaws that they can not feed themselves . |
| 50 | He let only a moment go by before filling a teaspoon full of caviar and feeding it to her . |
| 51 | He kept holding it at me throat and threatening me … . ’ |
| 52 | He unlocked the car door , holding it for her while she slipped inside with a quiet murmur of thanks . |
| 53 | I 'm holding it for you — ’ |
| 54 | She crossed to one of the racks which lined the watered silk walls , her feet sinking into the deep cream carpet , and took out a black gown , holding it against her . |
| 55 | They know time is money so they have a policy of buying it with yours and everyone else 's . |
| 56 | I immediately suggested buying it from him , to which my host answered by saying , ‘ No , I ca n't do that . |
| 57 | If Ingard had bought a pup , it seemed wholly improbable that any other shrewd financier would oblige by buying it from him . |
| 58 | Of buying it from you |
| 59 | of buying it from you |
| 60 | Looking round , he saw that the young accomplice had retrieved the knife and was pointing it at him like a gun , stammering : ‘ You 'd better let him go , d' you hear ? ’ |