Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While schools are attempting to get away from the system , we are formalising it by offering five different levels of funding . |
| 2 | You , you , you may come across er legislature like this but you , you would n't be sure , when you they 're justifying it by saying that this is natural , this is a progression in er a historical progression and that in fact that it 's a erm it 's only because the , the landlords were , were sort of evil and nasty to us that , that i it , that they , this is happening . |
| 3 | You 're heartlessly manipulating your mother into believing that we 're about to embark on a long and happy marriage , and you 're doing it by manipulating me . |
| 4 | James responded by supporting the role of the merchandisers , of whom he said , ‘ I do not think they are changing the LA image — I can only think they are enhancing it by ensuring the best level of stock service to the shops . ’ |
| 5 | Yeah or I mean which accents do you think people sound more intelligent when they 've got I mean , it 's not that 's heavily match- guised cos in match guised people are doing it without knowing what they 're doing . |
| 6 | She thought , looking at the pleasant room : I 'm taking it for granted already ! |
| 7 | I am taking it for granted that if you used the term , even in minutes and reports , you must have meant something by it . |
| 8 | ‘ You are taking it for granted that when I say ‘ what they like ’ I mean sexual experience . |
| 9 | That will be a highly competitive environment and we are entering it by jettisoning investment , research , design , development and all the other attributes that would allow us to compete in that market . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a great tournament but they are ruining it by making it too tough . |
| 11 | You are likely to be looking for the relation between the variable part of the text ( called the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE because you are manipulating it by making changes ) and the variation in the response of the reader ( called the DEPENDENT VARIABLE , because it depends on the variation , or changes , made to the text ) . |