Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Giral government , consisting entirely as it did of bourgeois Republicans , was increasingly irrelevant to the new situation . |
| 2 | The main thing is they do n't inform you of what 's happening now until it 's happened and then they say , oh well , we did n't need to consultate with you cos it does n't affect your members . |
| 3 | Ma is thin and she 's not all that strong , but she did have a go , persevering even after it mowed down most of her prize herb bed . |
| 4 | To prepare for this he had moved many of his photographs , pictures , books and other possessions from London so that the house , though not looking exactly as it did when he was there , became a showplace bursting with Shaviana . |
| 5 | For once , I thought before speaking , and so was able to refrain from remarking tritely that it took two to make a marriage . |
| 6 | However section 19 permits the constable to seize anything on the premises if he has reasonable grounds for believing either that it has been obtained in consequence of the commission of an offence or that it is evidence in relation to an offence which he is investigating or any other offence . |
| 7 | The prospects for an acceptable permanent solution were discussed at a District Council meeting recently and it seemed agreed that the travellers should have a permanent site and that the situation is urgent as tension is growing . |
| 8 | Equally , if an institution has excess funds at the moment , and expects interest rates to rise , it will be acting rationally if it does not lend those funds out , except very short term . |
| 9 | So you 've got an this this branch will keep going perhaps until it gets really tiny . |
| 10 | It has also warned that some customers could be faced with paying more if it lost its hold on the household market . |
| 11 | Cardiff had supervised the clearance of the office block , noting wryly that it seemed easier to clear everyone out than it had been to get his original team established . |
| 12 | She cut another cross , wondering vaguely if it had a religious significance . |
| 13 | Going ahead and it started with annual wage increases because the wage increases that you did get were all about three , four or five percent at the time . |
| 14 | This involves noting when the specified behaviour starts , noting again when it ends and recording the time lapse . |
| 15 | And I 'm intending to , to hold a few more assemblies as well to sort of get interest going again because it 's been a while since we did an assembly on it , so if we do another one , that usually gets it going again does n't it ? |
| 16 | Either a company keeps going forward or it runs the dangers of stagnating ; |
| 17 | The Asian elephant is basically a jungle-living animal , lying up in shade during the day and feeding mostly when it gets cool . |
| 18 | I was so convinced of my calling so before it got that far I had to step hack from the relationship . " |
| 19 | Cobalt said : ‘ He did n't mind her staying longer because it meant he was to be paid more . |
| 20 | . Now this one I 've realized now is actually meant for wearing outside because it 's got a bit of shaping here , see ? |
| 21 | even if people do read these contracts , or these warranties , or these extended service contracts , they might not know what they 're buying even if it 's read to them , because it 's in a particular kind of jargon . |
| 22 | There 's no crackles and it 's expanding well and it peaks three eight two which is okay but it 's quite down on what it should be . |
| 23 | One evening , as we stood talking by the shore , I saw a strange , beautifully shaped bird flying fast over the sea , rising in a long , slow arch , calling hauntingly as it flew . |
| 24 | it 's coming downhill when it rains , the |
| 25 | The question , coming suddenly as it did , caught Tam unguarded . |
| 26 | I did not know whom I might meet there , and cramped as I as I did not fancy my chances at running away if it came to a straight chase on a hard surface . |
| 27 | Fenella , clinging to self-control , thought that it was a gobbling , lip-smacking sound , as if the soupy fluid was savouring her , as if it was going to enjoy bubbling upwards until it had engulfed her entire body … |
| 28 | It is hard to say how directly the King reminded the Company that it was doing well because it had been granted a monopoly of the English market . |
| 29 | I sat at the kitchen table , staring at the blind white blankness in front of me , and slowly , like a clear spring welling up from the common earth , the poem rose and spread and filled me , unstoppable as flood water , technique unknotting even as it ran , like snags rolled away on the flood . |
| 30 | A crack the size of the Grand Canyon streaked up the drive , stopping only when it reached the garage doors . |