Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [conj] [prep] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paradox defies logic , yet not by dismissing it but by teasing us to think wider and deeper and extend our horizons and challenge our starting-points . |
| 2 | Whether the reader disagrees with that message or not , Eliot can not be accused of suddenly presenting it or of bringing it to the fore simply because of his Christian faith . |
| 3 | Touring the fort , commanded by Sir Eyre Coote of the 37th Regiment , an unexpected knowledge surfaced : ‘ Dr Johnson talked of the proportions of charcoal and salt-petre in making gunpowder , of granulating it and of giving it a gloss ’ — although he admitted to Boswell afterwards that he had ‘ talked ostentatiously ’ . |
| 4 | The very fact that it is difficult to find reasons either for including it or for excluding it tells us something about the peculiarly arbitrary process involved in categorizing policies as ‘ social ’ . |
| 5 | but you 're the only one who can make it work by practising it and by trying it . |