Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following year , encircled by 20km of high security fencing with 5,000 volts passing through it to deter animal and human predators , Anna Merz' rhino refuge was ready to receive its first incumbent , a large bull translocated from an area near the Nairobi National Park . |
| 2 | I think what it is is that I feel if I go into something for the sake of going into it to earn money I shall be absolutely bored with me life . |
| 3 | The most frequently quoted definition of non-natural user is that given by the Judicial Committee in Rickards v. Lothian , ‘ It must be some special use bringing with it increased danger to others and must not merely be the ordinary use of the land or such a use as is proper for the general benefit of the community . ’ |
| 4 | Affection bringing with it devoted support , brought success from a role undertaken reluctantly . |
| 5 | Held , allowing the appeal , that it was not possible , in construing the expression ‘ any person ’ in section 238 of the Insolvency Act 1986 , to identify any particular limitation which could be said to represent the presumed intention of Parliament in enacting the legislation , and the words had to be given their literal meaning , unrestricted as to persons or territory ; and that the court , therefore , had jurisdiction under section 238 to make an order against a foreigner resident abroad ; that , having regard to the unambiguous terminology of rule 12.12(1) of the Insolvency Rules 1986 , the jurisdiction deriving from it to order service out of the jurisdiction was not to be confined , by analogy , to cases falling within R.S.C. , Ord. 11 , r. 1(1) ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's order would be set aside and the registrar 's order restored ( post , pp. 701A–D , 702E–F , 704C–D , G , H , 705B ) . |
| 6 | It 's like just ticking them off , and surprisingly all this knowledge will build up inside you until eventually you know what you 're talking about and once you know what you 're talking about it breeds confidence , and once you 're confident , it transmits itself to the people you 're talking to , and they like it , because you know what you 're talking about , and that leads to sales . |
| 7 | It 's cheap , it 's easily available and playing with it teaches children all about weight , volume , the way liquids behave — and how to have fun ! |
| 8 | Thinking about it made Carrie feel chokey inside , and helpless , and angry . |
| 9 | If you are thinking about it talking person to person remember the guy on the building site remember the woman who 's pregnant and trying to sell insurance and getting him to he should have been securing his family welfare and so on . |
| 10 | Such an experience is doubly rewarding for it involves invention , creation and brilliant visions , and it is unique to every man . |