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Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] it [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time .
2	We we 're keeping it under the first weight bracket er for for cost reasons .
3	so if you 're putting it in the second half of the second term
4	The BBC 's film review programme is 21 years old today — and Barry , 59 , has been presenting it for the last 20 .
5	Yeah if you have to moan about that you should n't be driving it in the first place .
6	And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’
7	And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’
8	Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time .
9	If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ?
10	Well have they withdrawn one of their submissions to South Oxfordshire that they 've tried to claim that they were using it over the last twelve years and it has now been withdrawn because they know very well that their claim to South Oxfordshire can not be justified about the use .
11	She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time .
12	The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time .
13	She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time .
14	Consequently the company is touting it as the first hub to support seamless migration from direct-attached to Token Ring-attached devices .
15	Before she could puzzle over his rather cryptic last sentence he continued , ‘ I do n't know whether you noticed , but the doge was wearing it in the second of his portraits . ’