Example sentences of "be [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 | This is the easiest knot to learn and you 've probably been tying it without knowing its name . |
| 7 | Fibre-optic broadcaster WilTel Corp will be using it for transmitting television programmes as will Vyvx Inc , which also provides videoconferencing , production and editing facilities to over 65 US cities . |
| 8 | A concern to prevent viewers switching off is normal but , on this particular occasion , broadcasters — particularly those at the BBC — appear to be overdoing it by promising a mixture of melodrama and cabaret ( ‘ a great national party ’ is another of Dimbleby 's images ) . |
| 9 | She thought , looking at the pleasant room : I 'm taking it for granted already ! |
| 10 | Unschooled children , if the evidence does demonstrate that they are being less explicit , may in fact be taking it for granted that the questioner can see what is being referred to so that there is no apparent need to be explicit . |
| 11 | You seemed to be taking it for granted , ’ she pointed out . |
| 12 | I am taking it for granted that if you used the term , even in minutes and reports , you must have meant something by it . |
| 13 | ‘ You are taking it for granted that when I say ‘ what they like ’ I mean sexual experience . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a great tournament but they are ruining it by making it too tough . |
| 16 | She glanced at the automatic camera attached to her wrist ; all this time she had been clutching it without giving it a thought . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's his birthday , Monsieur Armand , but I 'm afraid we were spoiling it by having a political discussion . ’ |
| 19 | When , when a we were discussing it with said to me oh you do n't believe in , he meant ah and I . |
| 20 | No because what 's stopping it from going on to any erm what 's stopping it from becoming capitalist and |
| 21 | No because what 's stopping it from going on to any erm what 's stopping it from becoming capitalist and |
| 22 | Check that the bridge fits snugly back into place and that nothing is preventing it from seating properly ; small gaps at either end of the bridge are common , but the glue will fill these . |
| 23 | I was keeping it for cleaning the car . |
| 24 | She was taking it for granted that he knew who she was ; but then anyone who had read the papers must know that . |
| 25 | Robert Sheldrake was taking it for granted that the only threat to his practice was that of two small-animal vets , and even that was sufficient for him to be rather unpleasant . |
| 26 | So he was taking it for granted or or chancing his hand that this Monday for this year was going to be another good day . |
| 27 | Isambard was taking it for granted , it seemed , that a boy of fifteen could easily be seduced into giving his confidence , or at least some incautious fringes of it , to companions not so far from his own age and under orders to ingratiate themselves with him . |