Example sentences of "of [v-ing] it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Each is only concerned to find ways of advocating it without getting it . ’ |
| 2 | For example , pupils with reading problems ( including dyslexic pupils ) should not be deprived of literature , but should have the opportunity of experiencing it through listening to others reading aloud , whether live or recorded , and through seeing plays and films , as well as through reading suitably simplified versions . |
| 3 | Painting food colour directly on to icing and marzipan instead of kneading it in has a number of advantages . |
| 4 | She could not think of any means of doing it without involving Andrew . |
| 5 | And this is a way of doing it without having to , you know , log-in to er a specific tradition , but to invoke , sort of a wider , more general principles . |
| 6 | That means an educated working class , understanding the needs of socialism or communism and setting about the task of achieving it by getting rid of capitalism and introducing socialism , or communism . |
| 7 | I decide to leave it ; perhaps the safest way of retrieving it without snagging is with a fish on the end . |
| 8 | So it was that in indicating my reasons for preferring the West Country for my motoring , instead of leaving it at mentioning several of the alluring details as conveyed by Mrs Symons 's volume , I made the error of declaring that a former housekeeper of Darlington Hall was resident in that region . |
| 9 | Some estimates suggest that CFCs direct contribution to the greenhouse effect might be more or less offset by their indirect effect of countering it by depleting ozone . |