Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [v-ing] it [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the technological backwardness means that , and the over population , means that the soil is , is losing its richness and there 's absolutely no way of restoring it artificially by ploughing deeply and turning up er new soil or by re-enriching it as it were by the use of artificial or natural fertilizers . |
| 2 | He dealt with it either by going off on long trips or by challenging it and then an argument might erupt , ’ Jane explained . |
| 3 | You see , he knew he would get more income in the long run from returning your hat than from keeping it and selling it . ’ |
| 4 | If , having chosen not to take advice , they took the same tack with the process of law once started , and thought that by ignoring it or defying it they could halt it , they were laying themselves open to an even ruder shock . |
| 5 | If the current yield on the CTD bond exceeds the money market interest rate , the bond will be delivered on the last business day of the month , because the short earns more by holding on to the bond than by delivering it and investing the proceeds in the money market ; otherwise the bond will be delivered on the first business day of the month . |
| 6 | He had begun his account , intending to tell Lyn the whole of it , but now that he had reached the point of disclosing the site of the hole into the mine and of describing it and what happened there , he felt uneasy . |
| 7 | It 's it 's the same procedure that we accepted at the Finance Committee last Friday , and in mentioning it and hoping it will be acceptance that Longman 's can have the benefit of the Personnel 's sub-committee contribution for the next hour and a half or so . |
| 8 | But then again I would n't be up tha far up your arse I mean , like you sa , you must have found yourself a couple of times getting close to somebody and without realising it and then they |
| 9 | 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 . |