Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [conj] it [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're on a life raft , where the thing is n't going to float if it does n't get good notices . |
| 2 | Now I was beginning to see that it did n't necessarily have to be that way . |
| 3 | Something clanged by the back axle , a rock presumably , and then , with the back still slithering sideways and the rear left wheel beginning to race as it fell off into space , the vehicle gave a sort of shudder and we were out , clear of water and on a hard surface again . |
| 4 | Well as an association , we naturally get ourselves involved with many other aspects of the university activities in that erm both the students are applicants of ours and come and talk to us about projects which they may like to see emerge , and other departments of the university , the music department etc. , sometimes find that our knowledge of the area , or certain aspects of some of the schemes that we 're operating , coincide with what they 're trying to do and it turns out to be that campuses like this are often useful places for residencies and artists will come and take up residency in a university for a period of time , and that 's often been exploited by the Association . |
| 5 | As the industry edges into better times , insurance regulators are trying to ensure that it stays there by laying down tough new risk-based capital-adequacy rules . |