Example sentences of "it without [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gentle took it , pocketing it without unfolding it . |
| 2 | Erm we could even do it without bothering with twelfths on this . |
| 3 | But it , I do n't need it now , I managed to fix it without bashing it with that . |
| 4 | He did it without pushing and shoving but with competent authority . |
| 5 | I 'd like to take it on holiday but how do I pack it without ruining the pleats ? |
| 6 | But still he did n't smile , and later I wondered if perhaps we 'd hit it without knowing it . |
| 7 | This is the easiest knot to learn and you 've probably been tying it without knowing its name . |
| 8 | Yeah or I mean which accents do you think people sound more intelligent when they 've got I mean , it 's not that 's heavily match- guised cos in match guised people are doing it without knowing what they 're doing . |
| 9 | Of course you want to see increased road safety , we 're all concerned about it as residents and parents but just throw in one million pounds at it without knowing the effectiveness of it , I think is irresponsible at this stage . |
| 10 | Oh nineteen sixties we , we introduced that with the blessing of the ambulance people as well , it was n't done without careful consideration , because erm we did n't want people to , to just erm introduce it without knowing what we were doing and ever since we used it it 's been a great blessing . |
| 11 | I do n't think I can still yet watch it without weeping — it 's such a powerful film of a powerful time , and a terrible time really . |
| 12 | I have therefore tried to discover some way in which this House can fulfil its duty to decide the case before it without trespassing on the sensibilities of the House of Commons . |
| 13 | He just leapt , and went through it without touching the sides . |
| 14 | Can you see it by looking at it without touching it ? |
| 15 | [ She constructed herself a bed so excruciatingly painful that ] although she was very generous , still she never placed herself upon it without trembling and shuddering … so violent was the emotion which the inferior [ i.e. her body ] manifested at the sight of the pain it was to endure … |
| 16 | I 'm well in front and I can easy just lose the hundred but I I 'll try for it without trying to knock down too many skittles . |
| 17 | Check that the desk is the right height and that you can use the equipment on it without straining . |
| 18 | People with valuable secrets ought not to allow subordinate employees … to obtain knowledge of this kind , and if they choose to do it without warning them they will find it very difficult to claim interlocutory relief successfully " . |
| 19 | But to do it without damaging the flora and fauna , horse power still reigns supreme . |
| 20 | Dona 's affair was secretive and so well thought out that she could continue it without damaging her reputation . |
| 21 | The question was , how was he to do it without arousing suspicion ? |
| 22 | Neil is reluctant to talk about the songs in any more detail : ‘ Like my good friend Bob says , a song is just a thought ; you ca n't really talk about a little part of it without taking the whole thing into consideration . ’ |
| 23 | It has also been suggested that people buy the book because they have read reviews of it or because it is on the best-seller list , but they do n't read it ; they just have it in the bookcase or on the coffee table , thereby getting credit for having it without taking the effort of having to understand it . |
| 24 | The consequences of that assertion , if it is valid , are peculiar and alarming ; but fortunately I can examine it without criticising the sovereign or impugning her judgement , because ministerial advice that ministerial advice is not requisite is also ministerial advice , for which ministers must take responsibility and stand question . |
| 25 | They knew without being told that this was the chief telegraphist , whose word was law on starboard watch ; knew it without seeing the three brass buttons on either sleeve cuff which pronounced his rank or the lightning-flashed wings on his right arm that told them he was the telegraphist they sought . |
| 26 | He once remarked that good prose is like a window-pane , meaning that you ought to be able to see through it without seeing it ; and anyone who has ever tried to write prose like that , or to see human creatures in life or fiction like Waugh 's early fictional characters , will know how much clutter of mind and words needs first to be cleared away . |
| 27 | He never made an effort to look for a job , but would sit for hours , staring at the television and through it without seeing . |
| 28 | The spirit can be carried fairly safely in closed containers and evaporates quickly if you spill it without leaving a smell or mess . |
| 29 | ‘ Each is only concerned to find ways of advocating it without getting it . ’ |
| 30 | What 's more , he did it without getting his feet wet . |