Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The human conscience should be respected and revered as the most precious and effective thing that the human race , in its struggle to civilise itself , has available , and it can be used only by giving it the utmost priority in child training . |
| 2 | Not by doing it the speed he 's doing it . |
| 3 | The 29-year-old Motherwell man , who has made an art form of fouling up on the big occasion , acknowledged that he too came close to calling it a day after the Olympics . |
| 4 | The big dyeing job was done twice a year at the hairdresser 's , but every month or so in between , Mrs Wormwood used to freshen it up by giving it a rinse in the washbasin with something called PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR-DYE EXTRA STRONG . |
| 5 | One religious who responded to God 's calling to celibacy explained : ‘ Chastity does not consist of deadening our heart but rather in giving it a liberty of love , a single aim , a transparency to God . |
| 6 | Wonderful song still goes down as good as ever and I have to say we still get the same buzz out of singing it every night . |
| 7 | Many of these boil down to the simultaneous call to go back to doing it the way it was , to keep on doing it the way it is , and to move forward to doing it differently . |
| 8 | In spring mulch the soil around it well after giving it a good soaking , this will encourage the soil to stay moist . |
| 9 | By sliding the lace carriage in the same direction for ten rows the knitting will have a distinct leaning in one direction , then by sliding it the other way for ten rows , the knitting will form a zig-zag lace effect which can be most attractive as an edging , or for shawls and scarves . |
| 10 | Glen-Gery in the US and the pulp side should turn around this year but David Taylor at UBS Phillips & Drew thinks that by paying interest instead of receiving it the group will make a much-the-same £10m this time , and may cut dividends to 4p . |
| 11 | Instead of giving it a grant , they paid back their money . |
| 12 | Instead of doing it a bit at a time , we can just multiply it . |
| 13 | ‘ We look forward to making it a hat-trick and are happy to offer our engineering facilities to any group with a similar project in mind . ’ |
| 14 | Dave said , ‘ The most frightening part of the jump was climbing out of the plane and having to crawl along the wing before jumping , but I look forward to doing it a second time just for fun ! ’ |