Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] it a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He measured the number of turns along his spiral by passing along it a fine stiletto , each winding making an audible ‘ ping ’ . |
| 2 | The approach I am going to adopt now applies to the present section only and acknowledges the fact that a superconductor is not an " ordinary " magnetic material ; it can not be described by a " magnetic " constant , by assigning to it a certain value for |
| 3 | Looking at it a different way , having decided not to attempt to save China by its efforts , there was only a faint hope that the US could save Vietnam by its example — as a successful democracy . |
| 4 | I believe there 's a road leading to it a short distance beyond the Mohaka River bridge . ’ |
| 5 | On the other hand , the chance of a ‘ surprise ’ Conservative victory ( bringing with it a soaring pound and a quick cut to interest rates , which would in turn boost the economy ) gave rise to the thought that the index might go up by 300 points . |
| 6 | The flowers were tight budded but one was beginning to open and a transitory evocation of summer came to her , bringing with it an old anxiety . |
| 7 | A railway engine was puffing slowly through Barnes Bridge station dragging behind it a long string of heavily laden wagons . |
| 8 | th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident . |
| 9 | Radar is a technique whereby an object is investigated by beaming at it a short pulse of radio waves some of which are scattered by the object and picked up by a detector . |