Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , you get the feeling that there 'd be more than a few pro-war songs knocking about if it shifted the units . |
| 2 | Indeed , you get the feeling that there 'd be more than a few pro-war songs knocking about if it shifted the units . |
| 3 | You send it round , what they want training on and it comes back to the manager |
| 4 | On the fault-tolerance front IBM says that Mode 3 substantially cuts the delay between the one machine failing and the other one picking up where it left off ; by the company 's own estimation the switch can take from anywhere between a long 30 seconds to a horribly long five minutes in modes 1 and 2 . |
| 5 | Bishop Farquhar said that it was a matter of history which part of that circle happened to be passing by as it cut through the life of the Edwards family . |
| 6 | ‘ There is bit of an anti-bank campaign going on and it worried Ian , ’ his manager Jean Temple told the inquest . |
| 7 | Also , as compared with a shot in which the subject traverses the picture directly from one side to the other , the diagonal movement gives the eye longer in which to take in what is going on and it reduces the need to pan the camera to follow the subject . |
| 8 | erm like you we read the first passage and it was kind of what 's what 's all this about if you was n't in the room and you did n't know what was being you have n't got a clue what was going on because it does n't tell you , but the rest of the sections that put down they do give a sort of brief analysis |
| 9 | I played outside , running around in a pair of shorts and — I imagine-quite happy to have the whole pregnancy thing going on because it gave me more freedom to do as I liked about the house and garden , free from my father 's supervision . |
| 10 | No , cos the water 's not coming up above your face , the water 's filled the whole going down and it 's got gates . |
| 11 | The nightmare of officials is that Japan 's fertility rate might keep going down until it hits western German levels — 1.28 at present . |
| 12 | The jharo flared through the darkness , twisting and somersaulting , spiralling down until it landed in the village square , flickered momentarily , then died . |
| 13 | They 're using all this technology now to get the same sounds we used to get by turning up until it distorted . |
| 14 | yes , now do n't say do n't , yeah that 's right just do n't forget that we are , actually still going up and it means that we 're , erm , but we 're out of it , but we 're coming out slowly , we 're technically out , if you put technically you 'll get a pass |
| 15 | The two-year row has been rumbling on since it became clear the Ffestiniog Company had taken an interest in the project . |
| 16 | Now , at the age of fifty-odd , the name was pathetically incongruous , calling up as it did someone fresh , compact and sparkling , with an air of crisp , but old-world domesticity . |
| 17 | The plane touched down , bounced up again , slewed sideways and skidded along the runway , breaking up as it did so ; the port wing broke off and the rest of the plane turned over on top of it . |
| 18 | Yet the ‘ S ’ is more than capable of flying , kicking out as it does an impressive 145bhp . |
| 19 | The IDA responded to the charges by pointing out that it had brought Dr McDonald in to allay local fears after a residents ' spokesperson had said that an independent medical opinion could satisfy the residents and noted that this internationally renowned expert had pronounced the factory to be entirely safe . |
| 20 | Before leaving the topic of the twin-T filter , it is worth pointing out that it rejects at the frequency given by equation ( 8.33 ) no matter what the load . |
| 21 | It is worth pointing out that it does so in accordance with the normal justification thesis . |
| 22 | Shultz and Weinberger opposed Poindexter 's plan , pointing out that it undermined America 's much-stated policy , usually made in conjunction with Mrs Thatcher , that no deals must be made with terrorists and that there could be no question of bargaining to get hostages released since this would inevitably lead to more abductions . |
| 23 | Wildavsky ( 1969 ) supports this view by pointing out that it took the Rand Corporation over five years to develop the pilot system adopted in the US Department of Defense . |
| 24 | They also suggest that their choice of index was incorrect but justify it by pointing out that it included both industrial and financial sectors and so could not have any undue bias . |
| 25 | Mr Davies challenged the usual assumption that the line was a failure , pointing out that it did a good job for the district , particularly in transporting goods in the days before motor transport . |
| 26 | I am not complaining , only pointing out that it makes a difference to the tone of a campaign . |
| 27 | He released a catch , springing open the bonnet , and twisted a metal cap , stepping back as it made a loud hissing sound . |
| 28 | You 've been sitting in a side road waiting to come out , and you see a vehicle coming along and it 's got its left-hand indicator on and you think Oh lovely ! |
| 29 | Cinderella , oh I do n't know when that one 's coming down if it comes down to the pictures we 'll go and watch it , I 'll promise you that , right , who 's nicked my cup ? |
| 30 | This time warm air came from the south , hotting up as it passed over warm land . |