Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does n't like seeing me because it makes him remember my mother . |
| 2 | It should also be noted that there is no covenant or warranty implied that the premises are legally fit for the use for which the tenant intends using them and it is for the tenant to satisfy itself in this regard . |
| 3 | You recognise the anger you feel against your parents , but at this stage there 's little point in contacting them if it 's only to unload your bitterness . |
| 4 | So he adopted the simple expedient of not opening it until it was beyond his power to act on it . |
| 5 | Instead the Kette , led by the intrepid Müncheberg , dived after the Sunderland strafing it as it taxied to its moorings , and sinking it . |
| 6 | I charged at them , yelping encouragement to the wheelbarrow , and patting it when it had done well . |
| 7 | He clutched it by two handfuls of thick fleece , bracing himself as it tried to lunge forwards . |
| 8 | It was indeed Darwin 's wife , Emma , herself a scientist , who pointed out the real danger in the use of scientific method when she asked him : " May not the habit in scientific pursuits of believing nothing till it is proved , influence your mind too much in other things which can not be proved in the same way ? and which if true are likely to be above our comprehension ? " |
| 9 | " But first , ladies and gentlemen , you should know that Dr McNab holds the discredited belief that you catch cholera by drinking … more precisely , that in cholera the morbific matter is taken into the alimentary canal causing diarrhoea , that the poison is at the same time reproduced in the intestines and passes out with the discharges , and that by these so-called " rice-water " discharges becoming mingled with the drinking water of others the disease is communicated from one person to another continually multiplying itself as it goes . |
| 10 | Becky stood a good chance of saving herself but it 's believed she may have perished trying to help Emma , higher up on bales . |
| 11 | Heated pain seemed to be filling her but it was a pain she clung to desperately , a feeling she had never experienced before . |
| 12 | If a firm is to be successful , it will have to generate sufficient income to cover the cost not only of financing a capital asset but of replacing it when it is worn out . |
| 13 | There was regrettable delay in serving it and it should have been served personally on Mr. Butler in prison . |
| 14 | Early in my journalistic career I learned that one should never use a preposition to end a sentence with — remembering it because it committed the error it condemned ; whatever the consequence , I was now fully convinced that Moose Jaw was not a bad place to be from . |
| 15 | The practitioner utilizing this block steps up to meet the kick as it is coming in , thus meeting it before it has gained full momentum and power . |
| 16 | It seems to be one of the valves sticking in its guide and the piston just tapping it as it reaches the top of its stroke . |
| 17 | Warning us all about this , so well I thought well if they warn us , something must be good here , if they 're warning us that it 's bad you know . |
| 18 | It 's uncomfortable listening , but TGM have clearly decided London life is choking them and it 's time to spew , whatever the consequence . |
| 19 | A shod note accompanied the card , informing me that it had been found on Oberleutnant Bauer 's body . |
| 20 | Since then , four telephone calls and two letters have failed to elicit from the sheriff officers the basis of this arrestment , beyond informing me that it was for a sum of £50.59 , but without specifying why or how this sum was allegedly due . |
| 21 | Bankers ' acceptances are one of the main ways by which the Bank of England manages the money supply , buying them from the banking system , via the discount houses , in order to inject cash into the banking system , and selling them when it wants to take cash out of the banking system . |
| 22 | This aside , the Tropical Swimming Paradise is an excellent place , forcing you as it does , to revert to the age of ten and act accordingly . |
| 23 | it starts cleaning itself and it 's alright then . |
| 24 | It was unfortunate that at this period he was going through a protracted quarrel-by-letter with her and was generally grumpy and morose , especially if he had recently received one of her periodic letters informing him that it was ALL OFF ! |
| 25 | For some reason these thoughts of Emily sent her memory shooting back to the previous Friday in Vass 's office when he had brought up the subject of the new crèche and she had somehow ended up , almost aggressively , informing him that it was not her intention , ever , to remarry . |
| 26 | At first he resisted the demand for a judicial inquiry , on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence , but on April 25 he received a note from the Israeli government , informing him that it possessed a letter from Vere Bird Jr dated Nov. 9 , 1988 , which confirmed the arms order . |
| 27 | I kept hugging myself as I imagined over and over telling Marcus what I knew and reassuring him that it would n't make any difference to us . |
| 28 | Thus where the discretionary fund management arm of a conglomerate receives confidential information from the corporate finance arm about Company X , the fund management arm may be prevented from using the information of disclosing it if it has actual knowledge of the breach of confidence or possibly where it ought to have known of the breach . |
| 29 | Raise the tank temperature to 70°F. before adding it as it works better at higher temperatures . |
| 30 | Adam went back to his private world as the plane bucked across the sky , the unseen hands of the veering winds twisting and turning it as it flew towards Hanover . |