Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember being at my desk and telling her , ‘ Even if you do n't hear me typing it does n't mean I 'm not writing … . ’ |
| 2 | we do n't want to rush them eating it do we ? |
| 3 | ‘ I hope my getting it does n't mean that someone else has been disappointed . |
| 4 | And someone buying it looking for that kind of book could justifiably feel they were being sold short . |
| 5 | It was no good my saying it sounded like a circumscribed area of peritonitis because I did n't know what was behind it |
| 6 | Yes , mm , you re-potting it did it some good |
| 7 | It lasts for around five minutes and you ca n't work out exactly what it 's selling , but it leaves you wishing it carried on for hours . |
| 8 | You having it put in there , platinum or fucking what ? |
| 9 | Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’ |
| 10 | But do tell me — are you saying it matters what a mere woman thinks of you ? |
| 11 | without you telling it to save |
| 12 | Now then , where , where are you feeling it catching just now ? |
| 13 | Ethnocide or something approaching it revolts him , but he does not usually wish to champion the preservation of cultures simply as museum pieces . |
| 14 | When they having it put down ? |
| 15 | ‘ I can see me and him having it to go one of these days . ’ |
| 16 | Others have discovered that if you depress a note behind the slide , the string passes under it enabling it to sound ; but no-one has taken the technique to the extent that this man has . |
| 17 | just getting it keeping it moving . |
| 18 | Novato , California-based WordStar International Inc has been hit by an Australian court award against it ordering it to pay $3.2m to Perfect Information Pty Ltd as damages on its claim it was wrongfully terminated as one of WordStar 's Australian distributors ; WordStar will appeal the ruling , maintaining the plaintiff was never lawfully engaged as a distributor . |
| 19 | Finally , there is a nastily cursed item : among a box of silver jewellery ( worth 150 GCs ) is what appears to be an Amulet of Righteous Silver , but in fact the making of the item was botched and anyone wearing it suffers a -20 penalty to all Cl tests to resist the fear and terror effects of certain undead . |
| 20 | When 's he having it done then ? |
| 21 | This was true , in a way , and his saying it made me sympathetic and tearful , but on the other hand I knew that if I had told him , his attitude would not have been as indulgent as he was pretending now . |
| 22 | Then if the puppy strays it will not be difficult for anyone finding it to trace you and return your pet . |
| 23 | Why was he making it seem as if it was her fault , her choice ? |
| 24 | They call the stone Xorandor but , still half believing it is the ghost of Merlin , they amuse themselves teaching it to speak their own peculiar cybernetic slang . |
| 25 | For what finding out the truth means is getting true beliefs for ourselves ; and what telling it means is giving our own true beliefs to other people — often of course ( though as we shall see , by no means always ) by making true statements . |