Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of one hour her back was aching as if it had been kicked all over by a mule ; but she went on doggedly , though it soon became absolute agony . |
| 2 | YOU have to wonder what the Bush administration was looking for when it set out , in early 1989 , to find a new chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts . |
| 3 | What are you looking for cos it 's got ta be linked to what you 're applying for if you 're applying |
| 4 | They can become self-fulfilling prophecies : you go into a situation expecting to fail , even wanting to if it reinforces your self-image — and the inevitable happens . |
| 5 | Now they 'll be looking at whether it works . |
| 6 | ‘ Lomax ! ’ she snapped , her voice sounding as if it came from inside a biscuit tin . |
| 7 | SLUMP is where the recession is heading to once it has gone through depression . |
| 8 | That way you know where danger 's coming from before it hits you . ’ |
| 9 | The nine stages of gestation of the unit will take a variable length of time depending on whether it turns out to be an " elephant " or a " mouse " . |
| 10 | In order to facilitate consideration of the national court 's question ( 2 ) it appears advisable to divide it into sections depending on whether it relates to the nationality or the place of residence of the owners and operators ( ‘ operator ’ covers charterers , managers or operators within the meaning of section 14(1) ( c ) of the Act of 1988 ) , or to the place from which the vessel is operated , and hence to reformulate it as follows : |
| 11 | The epidemiology of H. contortus is best considered separately depending on whether it occurs in tropical and subtropical or in temperate areas . |
| 12 | However , in sentences like ( 2a ) and ( 2b ) where the clause boundary and the unit of information boundary do coincide , the monitoring latency for trout should be significantly different depending on whether it completes a clause ( as in 2a ) or begins a new clause ( as in 2b ) : |
| 13 | Something one does without properly thinking about because it helps a friend out . |
| 14 | No school-children so far , but I can hear the first faint scrapes and slushing of householders beginning to clean their pavements , and the sound is strange and hard to recognise in the almost silent air , seeming as if it came from a long distance , a country sound in the wrong place . |
| 15 | Meredith swallowed , not knowing why her skin was tingling as if it had been electrified . |
| 16 | His mood changed like quicksilver , the sombreness vanishing as if it had never been there . |