Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [verb] [prep] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's somethin' offensive aboot seein' it destroyed as if it had nae right tae exist . |
| 2 | Constant rain , and when it 's not raining it looks as if it 's about to . |
| 3 | In any case , virtually no heterosexual feminists have an analysis of heterosexism , which would enable them to deny they are lesbians without making it seem as if they are happy not to be . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're twisting the facts , making it seem as if I 'm just acting a part ! |
| 5 | Why was he making it seem as if it was her fault , her choice ? |
| 6 | I hate talking about it because I hate making it sound as if someone is to blame but I just ca n't stand people who manipulate other people . |
| 7 | He 's making it sound as if I was stretched on a couch , locked in a room with a ‘ Do not disturb ’ sign on the door while Sir Matt , the doc and a priest I have certainly never met , got to work straightening me out , socially , medically and religiously . |
| 8 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 9 | Presumably they pick up the pinta and down the sherry and beer as well , not to mention making it look as if the reindeers have had a go at the carrots . |
| 10 | TO overstate the attendance is both a good public relations exercise — making it look as if a team is better-supported than it is — and a possible outlet for laundering ‘ dirty money . ’ |
| 11 | This they achieved by switching off their tacographs as they were loading making it look as if they were at rest . |
| 12 | This they achieved by switching off their tachographs as they were loading , making it look as if they were at rest . |
| 13 | The party set off downstream along the river bank and Rostov concentrated on making it look as if he had been riding bareback all his life . |
| 14 | He began to juggle , making it look as if he was just on the verge of dropping the balls each time he caught them . |
| 15 | ‘ Making it look as if there 's something between us , when there is n't — ’ |
| 16 | A conventional computer is turned into a ‘ thinking machine ’ by programming it to behave as if it consisted of a collection of brain cells — neurons — which will respond to a stimulus . |
| 17 | The use sales jargon , the BlowerVac has a very high perceived value , meaning it looks as if you are getting a lot of machine for your £120 . |