Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , thanks for explaining it all to me , but I 'll have to be going too , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The nice thing about keeping it small and knowing each other well is that it 's very flexible ; if one of us has an emergency it does n't create problems or ill-feeling . ’ |
| 3 | I was surprised when Newsround came and we had to sing Ding dong merrily on high again after singing it three times before . |
| 4 | Yesterday , the Newcastle-upon-Tyne-based house-builder reported first-half profits nearly doubled , from £2.5 million at £4.8 million , and the restoration of the interim dividend at 1p , after passing it last time . |
| 5 | It was from something on a thin silver chain around her neck , and after snapping it free he stood up to inspect his find in the available light . |
| 6 | I was very pleased with the finished result , but I must confess , after wearing it several times , a few of the cut floats have worked through to the front . |
| 7 | He seemed keen to try the jelly and oranges for pudding , but ended up choosing to give me a cuddle after fingering it all . |
| 8 | Most children reject new foods the first time they are offered , but if your child clearly finds the food disagreeable , even after trying it three or four times , then do n't serve it up again . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sure Meg and all the ladies are very anxious to take possession of their fine new footwear , but I shall have the privilege of seeing it first . ’ |
| 10 | Gould was charmed by these little parrots whose ‘ extreme cheerfulness of disposition and sprightliness of manner ’ he said ‘ render it an especial favourite with all who have had an opportunity of seeing it alive ’ . |
| 11 | The usual way of coping with their father had been to make no reference to anything untoward that might have happened , for fear of bringing it all upon them again . |
| 12 | Erm , so it 's a way of bringing it alive . |
| 13 | Their political passivity about these communal services ca n't be understood without taking into account the benefit of keeping it all in the family — for men it secured their surveillance over the time and labour of women . |
| 14 | Of the residents who voted 53.4 per cent were for closure and 46.6 per cent in favour of keeping it open . |
| 15 | After all , the content and potential benefits of such a product will be irrelevant if its users do not find the means of accessing it easy-to-use , powerful and compelling . |
| 16 | The new album is unbelievable ; they 're so adventurous and they have a habit of pulling it all off , whichever area they go into . ’ |
| 17 | Now it catches on something , and Walter 's round face tightens with the effort of pulling it free . |
| 18 | You have not only derived from it the means of raising your subterranean wealth , but those also of rendering it available to the public . ’ |
| 19 | The task is not one of excusing behaviour or of attributing condemnation to it — only one of rendering it explicable in terms of a revealed social order . |
| 20 | Absolutely , says one in three women who took part in our Gallup survey to discover the stresses and strains of juggling it all and how women deal with them . |
| 21 | Because of the difficulties of getting it all together , the chairperson or co-ordinator has a key part to play ( see Chairing meetings on page 28 ) . |
| 22 | The mental strain of trying to concentrate on it with small children is considerable , and so is the physical strain of getting it all home . |
| 23 | Another watch over , another day of getting it right . |
| 24 | Whatever their state of readiness and interest , each lesson is a constant stream of decision-making , and of matters of judgement , both large and small , about situations that are unprecedented , and for which there is insufficient time and usually not enough available information to be sure of getting it right . |
| 25 | We only learn and grow by trying out new experiences , new ways of being , by reaching for the future — yet many of us are terrified of getting it wrong . |
| 26 | The problem of generalization is a serious one in most of psychology but is particularly poignant in psychobiology because of the damaging consequences of getting it wrong . |
| 27 | The effort of holding it all in made her feel as though she was about to explode . |
| 28 | Of holding it all up |
| 29 | Och well he 's got all his basic stuff there now , it 's only a matter of sorting it all out . |
| 30 | I thought of calling it that , in fact . |