Example sentences of "is [v-ing] it [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is basing it on the book by Martha Zamora Frida , el pincel de la angustia . |
| 2 | However , if he happens also to run a business and sells one of the cars in circumstances suggesting that he is selling it in the course of that business , then he is likely to be regarded as doing just that , Southwark London Borough v. Charlesworth ( paragraph 9–20 above ) . |
| 3 | ‘ The Dream is trying to stay together , but our input is expanding it at the seams . |
| 4 | The problem is getting it to the surface , and in rural areas the best way is by handpump . |
| 5 | The Bishop of Woolwich , John Robinson , did this some time ago with ‘ Honest to God ’ and Don Cupitt , I think , is doing it at the moment too with his book ‘ Taking Leave of God ’ . |
| 6 | Although there are conflicting dicta it seems that an owner who is not in occupation of the land at the time when the thing escapes is liable if he has authorised the accumulation , and that anyone who collects the dangerous thing and has control of it at the time of the escape would be liable , perhaps even when he is carrying it along the highway and it escapes therefrom . |
| 7 | Sadly , the only Italian football United will enjoy this season is watching it on the telly . |
| 8 | The most common method of disposal is in landfill sites , the second most popular method is dumping it in the ocean , and the rest is incinerated , often in ships at sea . |