Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monism , with its rejection of the form-meaning dichotomy , was a tenet of the New Critics , who rejected the idea that a poem conveys a message , preferring to see it as an autonomous verbal artefact . |
| 2 | More members are needed for this class which is organised in conjunction with the Teachers ' Training Course and is helping to support it . |
| 3 | Freud ignored the more likely ‘ social ’ hypothesis for feminine dissatisfaction , preferring to ascribe it to a biologically based female nature . |
| 4 | There are two types of Head Hugger available — the 0–9 month variety which fits all 0–9 month car seats , and the Universal Head Hugger , which fits all car seats , using velcro fastening to secure it into position . |
| 5 | Kankoila was one of the founder members of FLING , helping to establish it in the early 1950s . |
| 6 | One can imagine a Soviet general fuming to see it around her neck . |
| 7 | The film we 're going to see is Flatliners , and Denice tells us she 's been dying to see it for ages . |
| 8 | Nothing for the archives and nothing that could be sold off , this bric-a-brac had obviously been stored against the possibility of some surviving and previously untraced relative appearing to claim it . |
| 9 | It was a pity Wallace got injured when he did as I thought they were begining to hit it off together . |
| 10 | A domestic cat becomes a deadly predator , the drain pipe demands a feat of mountain climbing to scale it , and waste water from a kitchen sink thunders down on Susan and the Doctor with the force of a tidal wave . |
| 11 | I was dying to open it to see what noise it made but |
| 12 | His tousled hair gave him an appealingly boyish appearance , and Robbie found herself aching to smooth it for him , to run her fingers over the dark stubble on his cheeks . |
| 13 | He swung one leg over the chair dismounting to replace it , while Gina watched with an aching feeling of sadness the supple play of his muscles , the lithe perfection of his strong body . |
| 14 | Chairman I was er endeavouring to answer it actually erm |
| 15 | At an unknown date , but before the death of Aidan , Penda campaigned deep into Bernicia , storming Bamburgh and endeavouring to fire it ( HE 111 , 16 ) . |
| 16 | No , I sha n't be endeavouring to win it . |
| 17 | Wherever installed there should be a large notice to tell people , regular routine checking to ensure it is in working order , and someone to ensure it is switched on and properly used . |
| 18 | With a final decision expected in January on whether to scrap subsidised buses , the school 's vowing to fight it all the way . |
| 19 | " There is no longer any possible comparison to be made between the man who is actively organising the construction of socialism , and the man who is endeavouring to wreck it . " |
| 20 | Whatever its legal status , considerable amounts of money have recently been spent endeavouring to maintain it . |
| 21 | But at the same time I 've got a cartoon girl I 'm dying to get it on with . |
| 22 | dying to have it |
| 23 | She slipped , without appearing to notice it , into addressing Derek by his first name and , after some initial awkwardness , he reciprocated . |
| 24 | As Rincewind stared in horror a courting couple , laughing at some private joke , walked straight through the apparition without appearing to notice it . |
| 25 | He untied the stern line , kneeling to lead it back round a pile to the cockpit . |
| 26 | Green was evidently helping to sell it for Yates in Manchester , as Harrop 's Mercury , December 12th 1787 , p.1906 says , ‘ subscribers may be supplied also by Mr. Green , Manchester , who was an assistant in this work ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ Ent you goin' to answer it then ? ’ said Tom . |
| 28 | This evolutionary model has subsequently been replaced by a relativistic one ; this maintains that ‘ an observer should be careful to evaluate a culture first in terms of its own values , goals , and focuses before venturing to compare it ( either positively or negatively ) with any other culture ’ ( Kraft 1979:49 ) . |
| 29 | MAY 1993 During the Khmelnitski exchange visit to Hunterston great interest was shown in TOP and the Director and Deputy Director of Khmelnitski NPP sat in on a team meeting to see it in action . |
| 30 | He held the note up to the light , pretending to scrutinize it carefully . |