Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her child 's understanding it seemed that it was her own liberation that was the cause of the celebration , and the arrival of the princess , the flags which appeared on all the buildings and the succession of functions for which her mother and Denzil put on their beautiful evening clothes and left her with the maid . |
| 2 | Change incontinence pads frequently , and pay special attention to the person 's skin , keeping it washed and dried . |
| 3 | Of the mammalian orders , the insectivores , the ungulates , the Cetacea , the carnivores , and others , each comprises an array of forms of which every one is adapted to a particular habitat with a mode of life enabling it to live and reproduce there . |
| 4 | It would prefer to import technologies , enabling it to copy or co-produce . |
| 5 | But I 've ordered a navy blue skirt and I 'm praying it comes and if it comes it fits . |
| 6 | She did rub one melanoma causing it to weep but we did n't panic just kept it very clean and it healed perfectly . |
| 7 | So it was not until 30 August that Brusilov struck hard at the Austrian right , causing it to collapse and its formations to retreat westward in panic and confusion . |
| 8 | At the time of writing it seems that digital tape recorders sold to the public will have various anti-piracy measures built into them for this very reason . |
| 9 | At the time of writing it appears that the broker in this case has gone into liquidation without making the required payment , and the couple must now turn to the Investors ' Compensation Scheme , which can pay compensation in cases where ( a ) the broker has gone into liquidation , and ( b ) the original investment was taken up about 28 August 1988 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | An argument against such flexibility is that the House of Lords itself , in respect of any case that it is seised of , lacks authority to remit the case to the court below directing it to re-open and re-hear the case . |
| 12 | When the thaw came to Munding it came as rain , a wind-driven chilling rain that flooded the water-meadows and made the ford impassable . |
| 13 | Never is there a sense of external currents threatening to overwhelm the human spirit and forcing it to resist and redirect the flow . |
| 14 | In the gutter a copy of the morning 's newspaper lay discarded , snow and slush turning it to pulp and partially obscuring the headline FINANCIER RETURNS FROM THE DEAD . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | With the toe of his shoe he kicked a loose pebble on the path , sending it spinning and ricocheting over a nearby flowerbed . |
| 17 | I 've got the phone number er it 's just a case now of er getting on and getting it advertised and marketing it but it 's all been signed |
| 18 | ‘ The PCC would n't give him a bean towards getting it repaired and he said he 'd spike their guns and do it himself . ’ |
| 19 | we did actually try as part of those tests although not reflected in that particular figure , er moving it to see whether we could encourage that er a different effect . |
| 20 | I thought that was floating then , but it 's an island , the way their camera was moving it looked like the old grass was moving , oh that 's a nice boat |
| 21 | If the child has a special skill or the parent has a special interest and they enjoy together exchanging this skill or interest , like teaching a child to swim very young , teaching it to play or listen to music , or play very simple rhythmic sounds , then as long as it is done within a relationship that is , above all , a loving relationship , great . |
| 22 | If the child has a special skill or the parent has a special interest and they enjoy together exchanging this skill or interest , like teaching a child to swim very young , teaching it to play or listen to music , or play very simple rhythmic sounds , then as long as it is done within a relationship that is , above all , a loving relationship , great . |
| 23 | ‘ You must be mad , insane , ’ Agnes almost yelled at her , only to clap a hand over her mouth and glance towards the door as if expecting it to open and her mother to appear ; and for a while there was silence between them , except for the slight moaning sound coming from Jessie . |
| 24 | He recited a list of biblical names at high speed into the machine , expecting it to stumble and clear its throat . |
| 25 | He looked sidelong at the black box , half expecting it to explode or emit strange musical tones . |
| 26 | ‘ I was staring at it and wishing it to tip and then my eyes went all hot and funny and some sort of power came out of them and the glass just toppled over . ’ |
| 27 | Afterall a good horse will cost you a fortune to buy … and then having it trained and ridden by the best will set you back at least a thousand pounds a month … |
| 28 | ‘ ( 2 ) A person secures access to any program or data held in a computer if by causing a computer to perform any function he — ( a ) alters or erases the program or data ; ( b ) copies or moves it to any storage medium other than that in which it is held or to a different location in the storage medium in which it is held ; ( c ) uses it ; or ( d ) has it output from the computer in which it is held ( whether by having it displayed or in any other manner ) ; and references to access to a program or data ( and to an intent to secure such access ) shall be read accordingly . |
| 29 | So I sent that piece under the impression that there would be no problem having it accepted and that afterwards we would see how the public reacted to it . |
| 30 | Having it cut as well ? |