Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | He had to dodge in to the roadside as an open-backed van loaded with milk-crates passed , its brakelights glowing as it slowed to take in the bend . |
2 | Some of the manifestations of septic shock , such as hypotension , haemoconcentration , and gastrointestinal ulceration were reported to be mimicked after intravenous administration of platelet activating factor in rats suggesting that it plays a role in this syndrome . |
3 | Even Rampant Rottweilers are preferable to an XR2 with a double row of headlights blazing as it roars up behind you and a sticker in the back window which taunts you with ‘ Blondes Have More Fun ’ as it races past into the distance . |
4 | The real question that the hon. Gentleman should put is to his own party : how will it keep tax and spending plans going if it does not have the benefit of privatisation revenues ? |
5 | It 's difficult to win the National two years running but it has been done . ’ |
6 | IBM Personal Systems Business Unit Europe/Middle East/Africa says it had record volume of sales in the first quarter of this year , and points to Dataquest figures suggesting that it outshipped its nearest competitor by 66% during the last quarter of 1992 and the first quarter of 1993 — gaining 4% in market share over the previous six months ; the company also said it reorganised its manufacturing and distribution operations at its Greenock , Scotland , plant , cutting distribution costs for its ValuePoint and ThinkPad brands by more than 65% , cutting its inventory by 17% since the end of 1992 ; this magnitude of savings will also be realised for the PS/2 and PS/1 lines this year . |
7 | The problem there I would suggest is the timescale between the things happening and it getting to the regulator and being digested . |
8 | I would suggest is the timescale between these things happening and it getting to the regulator and being digested . |
9 | With an almost lazy climb the solid fuel missile , grapple irons extending as it left the short barrel , reached its zenith and fell back with a clang , hooking on to the deck railing . |
10 | The driver gunned the accelerator too hard in his anxiety and the car slid sideways , its rear wheels spinning as it tried to grip the tarmac , but only contacted the thin layer of overnight frost . |
11 | One of the Tower 's famous black ravens emerged from the fog , enormous , wings flapping as it cawed at them . |
12 | A little gull was hawking insects over the marsh , its characteristic dark underwings showing as it banked . |
13 | A bird slid past , wings soughing as it planed down towards the water below , darkening now with the beginnings of a breeze . |
14 | As you watch one tackling such a problem in a tank , you can detect the clicks of its discharges increasing as it identifies the outlines of the selected parking place behind it and slowly manoeuvres its great length into it without once touching the sides . |
15 | The figure came up the path and into the sparse firelight , stopped , chittered , then darted on , arms waving as it ran . |
16 | According to the conventional wisdom , fusion required great heat and hence could only have happened when the Earth was being formed ; however , if the Earth is five billion years old , all the helium would by now have risen away , yet it was there in amounts suggesting that it had appeared in the atmosphere only recently . |
17 | Orrell are content to keep Wasps guessing but it seems likely Kimmins will play — a line-out challenge for Kinsey , O'Leary and Ryan . |
18 | The galley pulled away , its oars dipping as it made its way down , following the tide out into the open sea . |