Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [v-ing] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever happens work slowly and if the board jams try to find out what is holding it or stopping it moving rather than just forcing it ! |
| 2 | In practice that will only occur if there are difficulties in serving the defendant ( see , for example , Gurtner v Circuit [ 1968 ] 2 QB 587 , Howells v Jones ( 1975 ) 119 SJ 577 , Sisknys v Hanley ( 1982 ) The Times , 26 May ) or if there has been an express or implied agreement to defer service of the writ or the plaintiff 's delay in serving it or renewing it has been induced or contributed to by the defendant 's words or conduct ( Heaven v Road and Rail Wagons Ltd [ 1965 ] 2 QB 655 ) . |
| 3 | going this far then the doctor put on it that going it had on it all that he hates which he takes it means either osteoarthritic |
| 4 | As we have already said , this does not mean recognizing that an individual has died , being quite able to cope with it and pretending it does n't matter . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | The iron band , together with the turn-of-the-century frame , was fitted directly to the panel itself , constricting it and causing it to split vertically . |
| 7 | Poking a brush in it and whirling it whirling it round . |
| 8 | He knows that it is his business to contribute something of his own to this store of experience ; and that he should play his part in moulding it and improving it to meet changing conditions . |
| 9 | While some states are enacting certain parts of the convention verbatim , others are interpreting it and adapting it to suit particular national interests and policies . |
| 10 | he attempted to stride Persia as a Bismarck , changing its face , uniting it and freeing it form foreign domination . |
| 11 | Gon na have it rea no , well she 's growing the back of it and having it permed and highlighted . |
| 12 | Posing the questions , controlling it but posing it and letting it go . |
| 13 | I remember trying it and finding it locked . |
| 14 | the Organisers shall accept full responsibility for making good any damage caused to the premises , furniture , equipment or other property of the University by conference/course participants , the Organisers , their agents , servants or contractors , and for the cost involved in any substantial alterations of the normal furniture layout of the accommodation to be used , or , where more than normal costs are involved , in cleaning it and restoring it to order after use . |
| 15 | And so when you 're pushing pressing on that squashing it and making it flow into sheets the pulling on it and seeing whether it will stretch or whether it . |
| 16 | Whether suggestions should be restricted to procedures or whether they should be general company-wide suggestions about everything and anything and the latter , who is responsible for sealing the suggestion , actioning it and making it move forward . |
| 17 | The motion that the Prime Minister has proposed for decision by the House tonight is intended to be so meaningless that any Tory Member can vote for it while interpreting it to suit himself or herself . |
| 18 | She turned to Topaz , taking the small hand in hers and feeling it trembling . |