Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [v-ing] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Explosives experts were planning to set off mines to destroy the underground conduits which keep the lava from cooling and solidifying before it reaches inhabited areas farther down the mountain . |
| 2 | The kite just kept snapping and flapping and flapping and snapping and it hauled the girl off the earth and into the air , winch and all . |
| 3 | Most pumps have a filter to clean the incoming air , and this needs cleaning or replacing when it gets dirty . |
| 4 | The association of thrust faulting on the margins of the Tibetan Plateau with normal faulting in its highest regions has been interpreted as suggesting that it has attained its maximum elevation , and that consequently it is tending to grow outwards rather than increase in altitude . |
| 5 | Without warning , a huge biplane burst from the side of a cloud-mountain , scattering castles and crags in puffs and wisps of smoke , its shadow gliding ahead , rising and falling as it sped across the wide landscape of cloud . |
| 6 | Inside the grand , evil smelling hall , a cassocked figure could be seen panting and swaying as it heaved a paper sack of chicken pellets from off the hall table onto the floor . |
| 7 | The rain kept starting and stopping and it looked as if most of our march was going to be in the wet . |
| 8 | Pneumonia during the prepatent phase may cause signs of dyspnoea and depression , whereas the presence of adult worms and excess mucus in the trachea lead to signs of asphyxia or suffocation with the bird gasping for air ; often there is a great deal of head shaking and coughing as it tries to rid itself of the obstruction . |
| 9 | ‘ Spends hours , usually late at night , gasping and wheezing until it seems he 'll collapse … |