Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a field landing it often happens that on the final approach or even during the hold off you realise that the first part of the field is not as smooth as it is further along . |
| 2 | The catamaran was riding light , the wind driving it further and further inland across the coastal strip . |
| 3 | Okay the engine is pushing as hard it can to try and , like a lot of people running behind leaning on this car pushing it forward , and why , why is n't it going f usually if you keep pushing something it goes faster and faster . |
| 4 | The vast red sail burst free of its lashings , the wind filling it so that it bowed forward in a great scarlet curve on which was painted in brilliant gold the portrait of the Golden Girl herself , bubble-curled , lips pouting — Marilyn Monroe . |
| 5 | erm For undergraduate teaching it also has a very high reputation for innovation and for creative teaching . |
| 6 | Write the word clearly ( not in capital letters ) , and record your voice on the card saying it as naturally as possible . |
| 7 | It interests me , and I shall have pleasure taking it apart and examining its secrets . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Stick on a swimsuit , and we 'll take our chances on the car making it there in one piece . ’ |
| 9 | A fresh sheet of snow had fallen in the night which now lay two or three inches thick , the cold wind freezing it hard . |
| 10 | Oh it 's my fault leaving it there . |
| 11 | According to the study , Brits generally are addicted to shopping preferring it even to sex ! |
| 12 | The slow fuse uncoiled like a snake , the assassin pulling it slowly across the floor until the end appeared under the door . |
| 13 | ( The intolerable thick end of the wedge , it was wildly imagined , might prevent the owner of Thomas Gainsborough 's Blue Boy sending it abroad , or mean the owner of a line of fine trees being stopped from felling them . |
| 14 | Bishops Hall doing it nicely under Brad and it 's good to see him in the saddle today because he was offered the ride on Morley Street but he 'd already said yes and he 's a man of his word and he agreed to ride this horse . |
| 15 | A dwindling of public support both North and South making it virtually impossible for men to operate on Guerrilla lines — one of the basic ingredients for a successful guerrilla campaign is the support of wide sections of the people . |
| 16 | His body is just the engine shoving it forward , |
| 17 | Since a living room is literally the room for general living it often has to serve as a study , playroom and dining room as well and still manage to reflect your tastes and be a comfortable extension of your personality — or personalities . |
| 18 | I mean there were erm draper 's stores , there were furniture stores , there were all the butcher 's shops , grocer 's shops , greengrocer 's shops , chemist 's shops , ladies ' outfitters , hatters , tripe shops , er seed merchants , er bakers , millers , erm I ca n't say there were wallpaper sop shops and paint shops as such because there was n't such a thing as a wallpaper shop specializing it usually went to the hardware shop for wallpaper and paint . |
| 19 | Is the teacher getting it across ? … |
| 20 | So that , erm , the fact that you 're increasing erm , protection , protectionism against it , is n't it likely to upset the producers who are exporting it , and who say it 's no point exporting it there cos we 're going to get erm , huge thing put on our things and we 're not going to sell that much , it might be better just sell in our own country , is n't that reduce world tr |
| 21 | where we used to perhaps have five or six blokes building cars , you 've got one robot doing it now |
| 22 | Well there 's not a lot of point having it now |
| 23 | Falls partly because it 's shutting down the ends of the arteries , the arteries themselves can actually contract because they 're muscular walled , yes , the arteries can contract and that tends to shut down and reduce the pressure slightly in that area , right and also the body itself is gon na divert that blood is n't it to the core of the body taking it away from other areas , damaged areas , so how can we help to reduce the pressure any more ? |
| 24 | Er , but I mean , everything you do is , is designed to set yourself up in the best possible position for when the staff come in and , and throughout the shift leaving it as best you can for the branch manager the next day . |
| 25 | And they could find themselves with , you know , somebody asking for a thousand of an item and it 's well worth their while therefore , spending a bit of money getting it there . |
| 26 | Same old story getting it underneath cos they 're going higher up and underneath |
| 27 | Homosexuality aroused revulsion in about a quarter of the respondents , another quarter seeing it as sick , odd or ridiculous . |
| 28 | It will be usual practice for information which the Social Work Department receives after 1st April 1989 to be shared in a responsible and sensitive way , with the client to whom it relates , UNLESS the person providing it specifically requests that we do not do so . |
| 29 | Oh I see , I thought it was a policeman doing it today |
| 30 | From 10 or 20 yards you can sometimes force the ball directly into the bank , the first jump taking it almost vertically upwards and landing it softly on the edge of the green . |