Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think its because erm I do n't , I 'm not happy with mine because it it shows signs of ageing and it reminds me that I 'm getting older and I do n't like that |
| 2 | If we can never be certain that we have stated every objective we might have , in the clearest form , and with the most practical means of testing whether it has been achieved , this does not mean that we abandon the attempt or that to try one 's best under the circumstances is not a helpful activity . |
| 3 | This last provision looks so sweeping that there is a danger of supposing that it has swept away all difference between legal and equitable rights . |
| 4 | However , it is not unusual to see pilots take off towards a heavy rain shower on a good soaring day instead of waiting until it has passed . |
| 5 | He had never before been accused of stealing and it did not sit well with him . |
| 6 | Perhaps the charge that attitudinism makes ethics peculiarly irrational is merely a way of saying that it denies that there is such a thing as objective ethical truth . |
| 7 | This is just another way of saying that it has 3ml of alcohol in every 100ml . |
| 8 | Still hammering away , the Institute has the satisfaction of knowing that it has at last brought home to the Ministry of Health , within whose purview this question comes , that things are not what they ought to be , and Dr Eichholz , who has just retired from the Chief Inspectorate of Special Schools , is at its request making a special enquiry . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a working breakfast which I have no intention of cancelling because it does n't fit in with your selfish plans . ’ |
| 10 | The offeror must not employ any " strong-arm tactics " to prevent the board of the target from making an announcement or requesting a suspension of listing if it thinks it appropriate . |
| 11 | Amiss thought of mentioning that it had tasted like condensed milk with a tea bag waved at it , but felt that might be a slur on Alf 's taste-buds . |