Example sentences of "be [v-ing] it [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been using it for the Open . |
| 2 | Send them to your boss 's secretary , stating in writing that you are starting on the preparation of the report , as instructed , and are basing it on the enclosed terms of reference . |
| 3 | Carbohydrates provide a good energy supply for the body as they 're converted into glucose , but make sure you 're eating it in the right forms . |
| 4 | How is unemployment measured , they 're measuring it in the formal sector , and you can actually live by being employed in the informal sector , which is often not recorded . |
| 5 | Well you 're measuring it in the opposite direction to the way you 're measuring X. |
| 6 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |
| 7 | so like perhaps , say six weeks you 're doing it on the voluntary basis |
| 8 | So there is a shortage of hard information in some areas , er , it is a changing situation , and it is one where the Committee is under very clear instruction to extend the alternative care options that it gives to clients , and therefore that again is a complexity in terms of your ability to ensure you 've got adequate funding and are directing it in the right areas in , in order to meet , not only the needs of people out there , but the changing needs and what is , Mike has already referred to as being the preferred solutions erm , many of which have not been available to people in the past . |
| 9 | One of the troubles with wood has always been getting it in the right sizes and making sure that it is free from hidden defects . |
| 10 | ‘ The only difference between Lee and Roy Keane and David Hirst is that they are doing it in the Premier League . |
| 11 | Understand that you are not shutting the door on the one you loved , but you are shutting it on the negative force that lived — or still lives — within them . |
| 12 | I may have been approaching it from the wrong angle . |
| 13 | The key seems to be shaping it to the particular client . |
| 14 | you certainly wo n't be getting it on the following Monday |
| 15 | if you 're gon na plan bare rooted trees and stuff you 've got ta be doing it in the dormant season , so you 're talking October , November possibly October . |
| 16 | ‘ Lewis seems to be making it in the old alternative comedy scene , does n't he ? ’ |
| 17 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 18 | Now , after a month of nervously transferring it from place to place as the situation worsened , the French government were giving it to the British . |
| 19 | " You will read this book just as though you had bought it at a bookstall and you were reading it in the ordinary way as a whole . " |
| 20 | I see , I mean it 's good to see really that er test match has been dom well almost dominated at the moment , by , by a slow bowler , it 's an ideal situation for in England , batsmen done their job , England are in command , got lots of runs to play with , but it 's definitely the left arm spinner who 's causing the , the greatest problem out there , he 's , he 's landing it in the right place , he likes variation in that over , confident enough looks very tempted , always very difficult to come in at first twenty minutes as a batsman , when you 've come in on a turning wicket , a very , very , difficult . |
| 21 | The Three Choirs vineyard is making an English equivalant of Beaujolais Nouveau , and is launching it on the French market . |
| 22 | Yes , he , he 's doing it at the British Legion next time . |
| 23 | S what in fact er Mrs said is too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you have to close she really is approaching it from the wrong way , it 's equally too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you need to have open , keep open or open and that is one of the problems which I believe this council and other councils will will face . |
| 24 | hundred quid 's putting it on the light side . |
| 25 | Property shares will get a shot-in-the-arm should one of their over-geared number announce that its bankers are backing it into the New Year , rather than pulling the plug . |
| 26 | He was seeing it all so differently from Gabriel ; he was seeing it from the other side of the mirror . |
| 27 | Before caution could restrain the impulse , he placed his hand over hers where she was resting it on the low wall in front of them . |
| 28 | When it was dry , I edged around the unpainted border bands with masking tape very carefully , because now I was applying it onto the painted surface . |
| 29 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with the great reluctance . |
| 30 | If he was still amusing himself , thought Cadfael , he was doing it with the eloquent dignity of archbishops and all the king 's judges . |