Example sentences of "[v-ing] it this [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hung there for a second before slithering sideways , and as he slipped towards the ground the seladang hooked blindly at his body , knocking it this way and that , until one of its long horns caught and held . |
| 2 | He sat for hours staring into a hand mirror , tilting it this way and that and bending his head . |
| 3 | That was the way his mind worked ; he would be struck by a sentence or a phrase , then he would worry at it , turning it this way and that . |
| 4 | Oh it would n't be me cos I 'm , I 'm doing it this year and I only thought of it too late |
| 5 | They 'll take risks Let's do so- and-so , and have a go at doing it this way And they 're often idealistic . |
| 6 | Hasan hunched over the wheel of his car with a great effort of concentration , swinging it this way and that to avoid the atrocious pot-holes . |
| 7 | We 'll be discussing it this afternoon and Labour members told us and no doubt they 'll tell us again that the users of the centre have a democratic right to be consulted about how it was run Do n't tenant farmers have the right to be consulted ? |