Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee was fiddling with the bag , opening it again and knocking grain caught in the folds of the sack on to the floor . |
| 2 | Here , bacteria get to work on it , softening it up and making it ready for chewing . |
| 3 | Production is not accelerated by redesigning work downwards in its skill content , by simplifying it further and separating the workers more one from the other , as in the classical modernist organization under Fordism . |
| 4 | Walker and McKinnon also deny stealing the car that night and Walker denies driving it recklessly and causing it to brake at speed . |
| 5 | We knew that they were testing them , and checking it over and bringing it up to standard , but we did n't know anything about it other than that ! |
| 6 | He put the letter aside and took a fresh piece of parchment , smoothing it out and rubbing it clear with a pumice stone . |
| 7 | Picking it up and pretending to do a rather elaborate waltz along the road with it , on the other hand , would be thought of as a much more creditable act of hooliganism . |
| 8 | Cos I remember , I remember picking it up and reading it , I was out in the garden at the time . |
| 9 | And after several attempts to break the shell open by picking it up and dropping it onto the rocks , well that did n't work , so the bird picked it up and then from a about a height of twenty feet it dropped it onto the rocks below . |
| 10 | Yeah , this guy comes home from work and his wife 's got the chair and she 's picking it up and taking it around like this |
| 11 | ‘ This is for you , ’ he said , picking it up and offering it to her . |
| 12 | After my uncle 's death in April 1976 he visited Wyvis Hall on perhaps two , or at the most three , separate occasions simply for the purpose of looking it over and reaching a decision about the disposal of furniture and effects . |
| 13 | Er and then we 'd used to repeat right the way through the day , we had a bus say for sixteen hours and it erm repeated itself every hour and that was boring job just writing it down and repeating it . |
| 14 | The goal is made concrete by writing it down and making a commitment to it . |
| 15 | In Year I of the core subject of Information Systems , therefore , emphasis is given to creating within the student the facility for gathering information efficiently , analysing it systematically and acting on it effectively using clear , concise communication techniques . |
| 16 | and then you have to start paying it back and paying the interest you know . |
| 17 | They just drive round perhaps driving it parking it up and having a walk |
| 18 | Of most concern is getting the best sound out of the instrument without the strings pulling it apart and needing returning too often . |
| 19 | Although I keep pulling it up and throwing it in the dustbin , it keeps coming back . |
| 20 | When they had done , he went over to the guard and took the full-length gown from him , pulling it on and tying it at the waist . |
| 21 | Trent waited until the catamaran was pointing downriver , then he let go the stern line , pulling it in and coiling it down . |
| 22 | First vacuum the back of the rug — the beating effect will cause grit to fall out of the pile — before turning it over and going lightly across the face . |
| 23 | I think it 's only a question of taking it out turning it round and screwing it back in again . |
| 24 | Put in the rennet , measuring it carefully and remembering about too much making a tough and acid curd ; stir it well into the milk . |
| 25 | She felt strong fingers catch hold of it , grasping it firmly and pulling it away from her face . |
| 26 | ‘ Some people just can not bear to come in second , ’ he said loudly enough to be heard before getting into the car , reversing it round and driving away . |
| 27 | Half a century ago , youths in Wellington bombers flew out to deal death and have it dealt to them in return ; now the American F-111s roar overhead , and , from time to time , a plume of orange flame and a cloud of smoke appear on the horizon to remind us all that dishing it out and taking it are widely differing talents . |
| 28 | More complicated patterns for the arm involve holding it straight and turned outwards at certain angles , where the physiotherapist has placed the arm , and then learning to move the arm between two positions . |
| 29 | The difference was that he accepted her attempt at consolation , taking her palm between both of his own hands , holding it gently and meeting her compassionate gaze with the glimmer of a smile . |
| 30 | Throwing it open , he lifted out a sinewy and almost reptilian form , holding it aloft and going down the line of young men , offering it briefly to each in turn . |