Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [v-ing] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People were cursing the Greenhouse Effect and swearing that it had put paid to surf in Hawaii for all time . |
| 2 | It circled the small clearing warily , catching the light and jerking as it did so , moving quickly into shadow . |
| 3 | It was a disagreeable story and coming as it did after the impact of the portrait it provoked in Dalgliesh a mixture of depression and foreboding which he tried to shake off as irrational . |
| 4 | He was appalled at the thought of turning into a pub at five-thirty for a quiet drink and finding that it had been converted into a Poets ' Pub , ‘ reverberating , like an African village , with the roll of ‘ Drake 's Drum . ’ . |
| 5 | Also , an SSR based on the first SSR should be generated without reference to the offending module and stating that it supersedes the first . |
| 6 | Also , an SSR based on the first SSR should be generated without reference to the offending module and stating that it supersedes the first . |
| 7 | An enchanting Greek relief ( metope or section of a frieze ) from Reggio ( Rhegium ) with two running or dancing nymphs ( fig. 25 ) shows in its sophisticated movement and modelling that it belongs later in the century , but from the fall of the hair we can see that here too the faces were turned towards us . |
| 8 | There is so much of your father in you , Mikhail … it is like finding an old and dusty mirror in the attic and finding that it reflects only the past . ’ |
| 9 | At the end of the exercise have a short period of conversation while you concentrate on the fingertips on your larynx and on feeling the right degree of voice volume , your friend keeping check for you on the right amount of voice volume and indicating if it becomes too loud or too quiet . |
| 10 | — ‘ Non , ’ Alyssia said , mastering the French word and deciding that it had a certain ring to it when used in conversation with this particular woman . |
| 11 | The Interministerial Council was an indispensable tool for keeping track of his own government and ensuring that it followed the line that he delivered from above . |
| 12 | We are already falling into the trap of describing an ideal world and suggesting that it exists . |
| 13 | Galileo took the argument further and claimed that the correctness of his law of inertia could be demonstrated by dropping a stone from the top of the mast of a uniformly moving ship and noting that it strikes the deck at the foot of the mast , although Galileo did not claim to have performed the experiment . |
| 14 | Cunningham said his members are adamant about having input into system software and ensuring that it integrates with other operating environments such as Windows NT , Taligent and OS/2 . |
| 15 | The report criticises the authority for not giving help to the family and ensuring that it maintained contact with Horler . |