Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] it [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Motor Vehicles ( Tests ) regulations 1981 exempt among other motor vehicles most public service vehicles ; goods vehicles of an unladen weight exceeding 1525 kg ( about 30 cwts ) ( other than dual purpose vehicles ) ; articulated vehicles ; when submitting a vehicle for a test after prior arrangement or bringing it away ; where a test certificate is refused — taking it for repair by prior arrangement or bringing it away and also taking it , by towing to be broken up , and motor traders when repairing motor vehicles etc . |
| 2 | Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that since the decision by the Secretary of State on the channel tunnel route to London , British Rail has appointed consultants to advise on the possibility of building the Eurostation above ground , rather than building it underground as proposed in the Bill ? |
| 3 | Then , as if it had become suddenly tangible she sprang from the chair and threw out her arms as if pushing it aside and , her eyes wide now , she said aloud , ‘ I 'll have to do something . |
| 4 | The accented B♭s that occur as pick-up notes for each phrase in bars 2–5 should be played by hooking your r/h thumb under the G string and releasing it so that the string slaps against the fingerboard . |
| 5 | And it 's no good actually , it 's not good pulling it like that and pulling it away because it 'll still be there . |
| 6 | The female releases them by reaching forward with her hind leg , inserting her longest toe into the sac entrance and pulling it so that it enlarges and her young are able to clamber out . |
| 7 | The adviser spelt out the details of the scheme , saying that the self-appraisal consisted of providing factual information , looking at what they were doing and describing it so that advisers could understand what they are trying to do . |
| 8 | It is the same principle as the female body receiving the male sperm , and , after it has conjoined with the egg , nourishing it and gestating it so that its form can grow from fundamental simplicity to the complexity of a human body . |
| 9 | The fourth stage involves sifting through the data and evaluating it so as to collate and analyse it in such a way as to provide useful information rather than a mass of unrelated facts or figures . |
| 10 | I think you know I was con trying to concentrate on getting the facts over and doing it properly and not listening for the comments so much and thinking more you know what , what can I get out of this here erm |
| 11 | ‘ A lot of people thing they 're difficult people , but it 's more a case of them knowing what they want and doing it again and again until they get it right ’ . |
| 12 | Erm so your confidence goes , your speed at working through it goes , you might find you 're going back and doing it again when it was right then first time . |
| 13 | I was never much use at school work , but he said that did n't matter , what was important was finding something and doing it so that you became good at it , better than the others , and that made you a person , gave you something they did n't have . |
| 14 | The bar/restaurant near Union Station was dolled up to look like an English pub and doing it better than most London pubs did , to Maxim 's traditionalist eye . |
| 15 | He 's in The Wine Cellar Off-Licence , demanding cider on credit , and taking it anyway when he 's refused . |
| 16 | Donaldson turned and saw that Bobo had her arm through the bars , prodding at the basin with a straw and rocking it so that it came close to spilling its contents within her reach . |
| 17 | Well I said that does n't excuse the thing of , of tipping all over and putting it inside and not shifting it . |
| 18 | Victor reached over the bar , taking Nadirpur 's slim white hand in his great hamlike fists and shaking it vigorously until D'Arcy seriously wondered if the fragile bones might break . |
| 19 | She was playing with Richard , teasing him with a fallen branch from the apple tree , and snatching it away when the child made to grab it . |
| 20 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 21 | And even as he gave up , as he let himself lean back against the wall , he was holding on , knowing he had backed down and it was over , but doing it gradually so we would n't see the change come over him . |
| 22 | This week , Faldo has been not exactly refusing interviews but making it abruptly and abundantly clear that he is willing to say nothing of import . |
| 23 | ‘ You 'll ‘ take care of me ’ because you see yourself as getting it all when I breathe me last , do n't you , eh ? |