Example sentences of "[v-ing] it in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notice that it is possible to recognize and discuss the features of a discourse type without understanding it in detail as is often the case , for native speakers , with legal documents . |
| 2 | Just as you can gain access to the cave of the unconscious only by being inside already , he seems to be saying , so you can gradually reach towards an understanding of my work only by understanding it in advance . |
| 3 | The harp is , however , susceptible to fluctuations of heat and humidity , and keeping it in tune may require its re-tuning even during a service . |
| 4 | The intention is to speed up the taking of kick-offs and to stop the time wasting practice of kicking the ball dead instead of keeping it in play from the kick-off . |
| 5 | There was nothing that could be used for a cradle so obviously she intended keeping it in bed with her , but Sarah had heard tales of babies being smothered like that and she was surprisingly anxious that her newly expected brother or sister would n't end up that way . |
| 6 | And if we 're keeping it in cash , can we buy some gilts ? or can we buy some fixed interest securities ? |
| 7 | er Red er Leicester , I got a lump last and there was no taste at all and on the second day , we not having a proper fridge just er , a a fridge you know keeping it in store |
| 8 | The Founders were to be the guardians of the purity of the paper , protecting it and keeping it in touch with the grass roots which they represented . |
| 9 | This was not what Alice called ‘ keeping it in period ’ . |
| 10 | The essential reason for obeying the sovereign power was that keeping it in power was inevitably better for the security of each than the chaos of civil war , or a society without government . |
| 11 | On ( or soon after ) Oswine 's death Oswiu 's nephew Oethelwald , son of Oswald , secured the kingship in Deira ( HE 111 , 23 ) ( see Appendix , Figs 6.2 and 7.1 ) , though whether appointed to this position by Oswiu or acquiring it in opposition to his uncle is unknown . |
| 12 | This is the most fortunate part of the exterior ; matching it in strength , though not in detail , is the E apse , in beautiful close masonry blocks with three dignified round arched windows , but now nearly bereft of the machicolation that once crowned the tall buttresses . |
| 13 | What did you do it for , you — ? he said , bunching his right hand into a fist and pressing it in agony into his left palm . |
| 14 | An old wallpaper seam roller is ideal for pressing it in place |
| 15 | Anyone else using the mark or one nearly resembling it in relation to the same class or classes infringes the mark . |
| 16 | Unfortunately the process is easily reversed by heating the joint or by soaking it in water . |
| 17 | She pulled herself up on her walking-frame and shuffled off , pushing it in front of her , towards the kitchen . |
| 18 | Before she had time to think he had wrenched her case from her and , pushing it in front of him , used the sharp ends as a battering ram to force his way through the crowds . |
| 19 | We apologise to the doctor concerned for the distress caused by publication of his photograph with the Lifestyle article and fully accept that we were mistaken in publishing it in connection with counselling services . |
| 20 | Therefore a law valid in SR can be generalized to apply in any accelerating frame by expressing it in tensor form . |
| 21 | A business acquisition can be completed within sixteen weeks , with the Treuhand rationalising it in anticipation of purchase , offering financial advice , cancelling former obligations and providing attractive contractual terms . |
| 22 | It goes without saying that stating the problem is not the same thing as solving it in practice ! |
| 23 | It 's pretty self-explanatory , really : a moulded plastic thingy that you wedge under the carrying handle of your combo , securing it in place with a velcro strap . |
| 24 | Anyone in possession of material inside information must either disclose it to the investing public or if he is disabled from disclosing it in order to protect a corporate confidence , or he chooses not to do so , must abstain from trading in or recommending the securities concerned while such inside information remains undisclosed . |
| 25 | The unit will automatically activate if submerged , but should be activated prior to diving , either by immersing it in water or placing moistened fingertips on the two on contacts . |
| 26 | There are numerous accounts from researchers or trainers who start their contact with dolphins thinking they will teach a dolphin how to communicate with humans , and end up wondering it in Fact the dolphin has been trying to teach us a thing or two about communicating with them . |
| 27 | She dragged her eyes up and watched as , unhurriedly , he stripped off his heavy gloves and laid them across the bike before lifting his helmet off and balancing it in front of him . |
| 28 | Then , create the design actually on the glass itself , before fixing it in place very firmly and thoroughly with rubber adhesive solution . |
| 29 | Fleming set up a culture of the mould , and preserved the plate by fixing it in formalin vapour . |
| 30 | We were actually presenting it in conjunction with that soft-drinks company , our three best DJs the compères . ’ |