Example sentences of "[prep] it [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were men half-hidden by piled-up mountains of coloured balloons at some of the street corners , a relic , Ward said , of the magnificent feathered headdresses of the Aztecs , and with the stillness of evening the dust haze had gone , so that the huge square of the Zócalo had a brooding sense of peace , the cathedral 's twin towers still touched with the sunset 's warmth and the great mass of it dominating the presidential palace . |
| 2 | But if the black hole has been emitting for the last ten or twenty thousand million years , the chance of it reaching the end of its life within the next few years , rather than several million years in the past or future , is really rather small ! |
| 3 | They set themselves the task of creating a full-scale replica of it using the original Roman techniques . |
| 4 | Erm thought patterns being actually understanding laying it out and seeing the way it works which obviously structured thought patterns but it 's the basis of and grasping erm actually delivering it your delivery erm of it using the cluster but the coaching was invaluable , it was constructive criticism we all know what was wrong and it it just helped yesterday for someone not to be coaching just to help you through it erm and I think all those three things became invaluable really mean because most of those leads on to the other ones structured erm so the sort of thought patterns the coaching and the was very good |
| 5 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 6 | His reputation was such , however , that a photographer from the New York Times arrived and another member of the audience was so overwhelmed by the occasion that she described Eliot 's face as " that of an archangel who has too much work to do , and so does only half of it leaving the rest to the North Wind " . |
| 7 | Part three , The Apple Pickers , withered on the bough and never appeared , though Sharp went on telling the story in an American accent , hints of it piercing the fog of half a dozen Hollywood scripts . |
| 8 | The chance of it getting the first two letters-ME-right is the chance of it getting the second letter- E-right ( 1 in 27 ) given that it has also got the first letter — M — right , therefore 1/27 x 1/27 , which equals 1/729 . |
| 9 | The chance of it getting the first two letters-ME-right is the chance of it getting the second letter- E-right ( 1 in 27 ) given that it has also got the first letter — M — right , therefore 1/27 x 1/27 , which equals 1/729 . |
| 10 | The chance of it getting the first word-METHINKS — right is 1/27 for each of the 8 letters , therefore ( 1/27 ) x ( 1/27 ) x ( 1/27 ) x ( 1/27 ) . , |
| 11 | The chance of it getting the entire phrase of 28 characters right is ( 1/27 ) to the power 28 , i.e. ( 1/27 ) multiplied by itself 28 times . |
| 12 | Chris promised to help me buy the drinks and organize the that side of it getting the drinks . |
| 13 | According to Mark Raymond , senior analyst at consultancy DataPro , ‘ The action will clearly strengthen the chances of it becoming the industry standard , but it is not certain that it will influence the IEEE ’ . |
| 14 | The rubber was stretching and stretching and not tightening enough , and I could n't move my hands for fear of it tearing the flesh off a finger or biting my nose off . |
| 15 | I hope it helped a little , because the chances of it surviving the winter were probably slim . |
| 16 | There was a nasty strain of it doing the rounds at the moment , and she did n't sound that unwell now . |
| 17 | You become aware of the ferret scraping at the rabbit , or of it killing the rabbit , or of the rabbit thumping in the hole . |
| 18 | Around £2,000 of the target figure has already been banked much of it following the fund raising activities of Albert 's colleagues . |
| 19 | The big predator snapped up David 's trout bait within seconds of it hitting the water under an over hanging willow tree . |
| 20 | The knife flashed , a steely glitter as lightning struck again across the far side of the gorge , the crackle of it hitting the rocks and followed almost instantaneously by a single shattering crash of thunder . |
| 21 | While there is a good chance that the disk drive will carry on working , there is also a good chance of it loosing the data . |
| 22 | Over the years , a vast folklore has built up , much of it linking the behaviour of plants and animals to the weather . |
| 23 | The sight of it crossing the line in barely a walk was one of the saddest of the year . |
| 24 | Using this approach , it is possible to pick up incipient warning signs as the company starts to decline well in advance of it crossing the solvency threshold , allowing much more time for action to be taken . |
| 25 | Whatever the qualities of an incoming Labour government there is not the teensy-weensiest chance of it raising the £30,000 ceiling on mortgage tax-relief , nor will it lower the rate of personal income tax . |
| 26 | He ran towards it fearing the worst , but to his amazement the figure faded and disappeared as he neared the line side . |
| 27 | The Government sued for breach of confidence , and obtained an " interim injunction " against it repeating the story prior to the trial . |
| 28 | In fact , with it supporting the very latest ANSI/ISO SQL-92 standard , it 's so standard it 's more standard than anyone else . |
| 29 | In fact , with it supporting the very latest ANSI/ISO SQL-92 standard , it 's so standard it 's more standard than anyone else . |
| 30 | The shop at fault was clearly shown on the chart as its horizontal line was much shorter than the similar line above it showing the progress of earlier operations in its manufacture , and as soon as the supply reverted to normal again , the red flag was removed . |