Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [verb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Xerox first embarked on benchmarking it helped that it had a Japanese partner , Fuji Xerox , that it could look to for information about Japanese practices . |
| 2 | The key to 91 appears to fit the lock to the internal doors here , but 1 ( wasted ) round of turning it shows that it does n't unlock them . |
| 3 | Though the three major Allies — the United States , the Soviet Union , and Great Britain — were willing to concede this parity on occasion , the very act of conceding it demonstrated that it did not in reality exist . |
| 4 | He coughed and spat some phlegm into the fire , hearing it sizzle as it hit the coals . |
| 5 | I therefore introduced the refinement of bending the infant whisker , by troubling the waters around the moment of its birth , and then simply allowing it to thicken until it broke , this was a little less clumsy but still highly unsatisfactory . |
| 6 | She supposed wearily that she should be hoping this last thing would still happen , should be making it happen if it did n't happen on its own , but she knew that however hopeless this love for him was , it was the most precious and valuable thing she had ever experienced . |
| 7 | much better than backing it to win and it comes second . |