Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [conj] it [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a particularly fine example in the last pas de deux of La Fille Mal Gardée where Lise and Colas weave themselves into an embrace which is so tender , gentle and loving that it arrives at the end of a phrase as the most natural thing in the world . |
| 2 | A car was coming up the track at high speed , creaking and groaning as it went over the bumps . |
| 3 | In most housing a centre light fitting , for example , goes unquestioned , although people would find even daylight very harsh and glaring if it poured from the centre of the sky all day . |
| 4 | This particular accolade results from opinions given by our own buyers and coming as it does after four years of recession speaks volumes for our commitment to quality and customer care . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The rain kept starting and stopping and it looked as if most of our march was going to be in the wet . |
| 7 | Without warning , a huge biplane burst from the side of a cloud-mountain , scattering castles and crags in puffs and wisps of smoke , its shadow gliding ahead , rising and falling as it sped across the wide landscape of cloud . |
| 8 | 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 . |