Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devlin 's backin' it too . ’ |
| 2 | If this does occur , then the Act will be seen to have been part of a ‘ softening-up ’ exercise , creating the conditions within which abolition of the right is capable of being presented as an inevitable rationalization , without actually tackling it directly . |
| 3 | Once it was dry , Louise styled Kukkay 's hair by twisting it up at the back to create fullness on top while still leaving it curly and ‘ free ’ . |
| 4 | She held him firmly , pumping his penis up and down slowly and rhythmically , twisting it slightly as she did so . |
| 5 | Attach a suitable length of string to the spring and push it into the pipe , twisting It slightly . |
| 6 | Push the pipe into the fitting , twisting it slightly , and clean off excess cement . |
| 7 | Bella was putting a coin inside the top of each of her stockings and twisting it round until the stocking was tight against her leg . |
| 8 | Her rolled-up handkerchief was already soaked through but she went on twisting it round and round in her fingers and dabbing at her wet face . |
| 9 | He had a strand of her hair in his fingers ; he played with it , twisting it round until it curled . |
| 10 | And then twisting it round and round . |
| 11 | He was holding an aubergine at arm 's length above him , twisting it about , judging it . |
| 12 | She washed her carefully , passing over the thin , dry limbs with smooth , light strokes , her hand filled with moss she had soaked in balm ; combing out the sparse hair with quills and twisting it back up again into a knot . |
| 13 | In the second half he did an extremly dainty control of the ball by sort of twisting it off his middle with his arms up in the air , towards some nearby Leeds player . |
| 14 | Her fingers tightened on the stem of her glass , twisting it experimentally . |
| 15 | He took the unravelling length of fabric from her and expertly refolded it , depositing it back on the stall . |
| 16 | That 's such a thick way of spelling it anyway . |
| 17 | Worried that his brother might be close to a nervous collapse , he refrained from spelling it out bluntly , but what it amounted to was this : Do n't kick the bourgeois while they are still feeding you . |
| 18 | ‘ W-E-I-R , ’ she said , spelling it out . |
| 19 | And then Mr Clever-Clogs Hunter spotted that the name on the lease was n't the same as the one I 'd given — Aphrosyne rather than Folly , of course , and the surnames all in full , whereas normally I just use ‘ Taylor ’ over here , to save spelling it out . |
| 20 | This is perhaps implied , but there is certainly no harm in spelling it out . |
| 21 | Ford tested Options in 15,000 deals for two years before launching it nationwide , so many of those cars are now coming up for sale . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think I have had the pleasure of meeting you before , ’ she said , transferring Flossie 's lead to her left hand and entangling it dangerously with the milk can , whilst proffering her right . |
| 23 | to do the lessons that Kerry is understanding it so she can . |
| 24 | The task for the journalist and broadcaster is to recognise and conform to the valuable discipline of the law , while at the same time understanding it sufficiently to be able to call the bluff of those who seek to exploit it to suppress important truths . |
| 25 | With a family grave , there will be a fee for opening it up , for moving headstones , and for additional inscriptions on an existing headstone . |
| 26 | Rather , it first , made full divorce somewhat easier and cheaper , opening it up to the upper middle class , second , made judicial separation more expensive and more rare ; and third , continued to deny the poor access to either . |
| 27 | They clear the remaining forest by fire , opening it up for their own agriculture , or to hand over to cattle ranchers . |
| 28 | Opening it up Charles found a telephone inside , but was still none the wiser . |
| 29 | ‘ When a mathematician proves some proposition you had not known , he accomplishes no more than a man who discloses the contents of a casket … by opening it up . ’ |
| 30 | They simplified the house , knocking down walls , adding bathrooms , and opening it up to the cool summer breezes from the sea . |