Example sentences of "it and [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bumble bee flew frantically up the motorway with his back legs crossed , stopping briefly at each motorway service area as he passed it and muttering to himself : |
| 2 | My initial motive in going to do something is having the desire to do it , thinking I can do it and moving towards it . |
| 3 | He had booked a beach house in Phuket , the island paradise on the coast of Thailand , for their honeymoon , and Rachel was both dreading it and clamouring for it . |
| 4 | I do n't like me voice , I 'm not liking it at all and I think that 's what putting me off on taping it and listening to myself after , I do n't , I like , I like |
| 5 | In that sense , thinking anything adequate about commercial television may well involve ignoring it and thinking about something else : in ( this ) instance , experimental video … . |
| 6 | For example , the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century was constituted not only by the new theories of Descartes , Galileo and Newton but also by new ways of experiencing the world , interacting with it and thinking about it . |
| 7 | He smiles a lot , talks to himself and uses a tennis court like an officer patrolling it , owning it and thumping around it as if he has n't a care in the world . |
| 8 | I mean , we just , we just do n't have to keep changing it and talking about it . |
| 9 | People ringing up about it and talking about it all the time are n't they ? |
| 10 | Diluting it and mixing in it into slurry lagoons or spreading it at a low rate on grassland was a method used in the past , but even that may not be possible now . |
| 11 | The little girl was still holding the baby , cradling it and smiling into its face . |
| 12 | But Gemma saw it and smiling at him , her affection undiminished , closed her own eyes gratefully . |
| 13 | He had n't meant to boast of his wealth , but he could n't resist rejoicing in it and basking in his friends ' appreciation . |
| 14 | This was never a very promising argument , seeing that the notice is addressed to the defendants and not to the plaintiffs , and the defendants themselves have made it clear that they have no difficulty in understanding it and complying with it . |
| 15 | It might be suggested that it is only through the presence of the frame that we recognize the work of art for what it is , perceiving it and responding to it in the appropriate way . |
| 16 | By leaning her back against it and pedalling with her feet she could move it forwards inches at a time . |
| 17 | I looked over the refurbished Factory again , just because I love looking at it and tinkering with it and touching it and tipping some of its little levers and doors and devices . |