Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are in the wrong position to see the flash of light as the sun erupts again , settling instead for seeing it emerge from behind the northward island as we paddle slowly in . |
| 2 | After seeing it work for so long , I began to perceive Charlie 's charm as a method of robbing houses by persuading the owners to invite you in and take their possessions . |
| 3 | A small boy laughs an unforgivable sin in such a sober and wary atmosphere , his grandad scolds him for destroying the unquiet silence which haunts the underground , he grabs the toy gun clasped in his grandson 's fist and confiscates it after letting it wave foolishly , causing several greatly disturbed heads to turn , he buries into the depths of his duffle coat pocket . |
| 4 | Are you capable of letting it go and walking away ? |
| 5 | The Bureau wants the freedom to listen to any phone call , even if it is encoded or encrypted ; not only this , it wants to make the telephone companies bear the cost of letting it do so . |
| 6 | She struggled to keep her mind on facts instead of letting it career off in confusion , but her whole vision seemed to be swimming with his devilishly smiling face as he hovered over her , waiting for her answer . |
| 7 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 8 | Kathleen Lavender had a respect for death , for the propriety of letting it take its due , as and when it required . |
| 9 | Left : A shelf set above a radiator under a window will deflect warmth into the room , instead of letting it escape . |
| 10 | And now we 're sort of letting it run how a business would . |
| 11 | What a pity she did not discover that all she needed in the first place to remove the ‘ writer 's cramp ’ was to rest her right elbow on the table when writing instead of letting it hang over the edge without support ! |
| 12 | Well it 's a bit like that but instead of making it go round all the church it goes on to the tape . |
| 13 | British rail tested it exhaustively but could find no way of making it fail . |
| 14 | Style as self-reference , on the other hand , has already been dealt with in the preceding two sections of this chapter ; linguistic deviation , according to the Prague School , and structures of equivalence , according to Jakobson , served the purpose of focusing attention on the linguistic message as a whole , of making it refer to itself . |
| 15 | Within the modern academy , English is treated with respect , though those teaching it may feel themselves impaled on the perennial dilemma of making it appear either a soft option or inhumanely technical and jargon-ridden . |
| 16 | The first point we must consider then is simply the mechanics of making it work . |
| 17 | The more or less genuinely ‘ creative ’ skill of producing the initial idea has to be balanced with the development skill of making it work . |
| 18 | This is a sure way of making it pop up again repeatedly , either in the meeting or elsewhere . |
| 19 | ‘ I think I 've got a way of making it taste a little less foul this year , ’ said Jack Nopps one Christmas . |
| 20 | Having produced the fake , there is then the problem of making it look old . |
| 21 | That is the difference between switching on and switching off , and switching on is an absolutely essential ingredient to the art of making it happen . |
| 22 | The fact of it is nothing to do with seeing it happen — it 's not gasps and blood and falling about — that is n't what makes it death . |
| 23 | In fact , the limits within which voluntary resources can be effectively used are narrow ; and they can only be effectively used even within those limits if professional full-paid effort is put into making it happen . |
| 24 | But we think it is highly regrettable that economic development is being seen as an integral part of the war against terrorism , not least for those charged with making it work on the ground . |
| 25 | In many areas there is deep concern about the future of jobs , others express worry about reporting relationships , some express eagerness to get on with making it work and many want more information on pension rights and redundancy terms . |
| 26 | I 'll sit there and watch some guy and go , ‘ Man , the work that must have gone into that ! ’ and they 're just whizzing right along making it look easy , but at the same time it does n't make those hairs stand up . |
| 27 | ‘ I know that I am dying , ’ he said , ‘ and I am so angry with God for letting it happen , and with my family for refusing to let me work through it . ’ |
| 28 | The West has opted for letting it happen rather than making it happen |
| 29 | Preston was astonished at himself for letting it happen , but when he 'd first suggested wearing a condom Emily had said , ‘ You do n't have to , ’ and told him the story about her abortion , and he 'd felt too sorry for her , and too embarrassed , to insist on doing so for health reasons . |
| 30 | ‘ I want you to tell me I 'm a silly ass for letting it happen . ’ |