Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If the patina chemical is too strong , dilute with a little water and , if using it for the first time , do a test on a sample piece of copper . |
| 32 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
| 33 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 34 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 35 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 36 | I certainly would not like to do without my own sound card now that I 've had one for some time , and I 'm seriously considering changing it for a Laserwave Plus , purely because I find its configurability and standard of sound to be better than the one I already have . |
| 37 | Mr Papandreou paid lip service to the clean-up while condemning it as a political plot to end his career and destroy his party . |
| 38 | By making sure the pigment or glaze was transparent , I could gauge the build-up of colour while mixing it in the palette . |
| 39 | Just slipping and dropping a wing while loading it into the trailer will cause hundreds of pounds ' worth of damage , and although most gliders are insured , every accident eventually results in higher premiums and higher costs for gliding enthusiasts . |
| 40 | At the instant of applying the excess rudder , it speeds up the outer wing-tip , creating more lift there , and gives the inner wing ‘ sweep back ’ in relation to the airflow , thus increasing the tendency to tip stall on that wing while reducing it on the other . |
| 41 | All these traditions attempt to represent the way in which God both permeates and undergirds the universe on the one hand , whilst transcending it on the other . |
| 42 | Tip : Always dry lettuce carefully when using it as a filling to prevent sandwiches going soggy . |
| 43 | She was reported as seeing it as a serious matter and thought the fine by the court was not enough : ‘ I 'd have chopped his hand off if I 'd had the chance ’ . |
| 44 | Anyway Malcolm quickly agreed to the terms on the lease and Steve and I moved in , living there as well as using it as a rehearsal room . |
| 45 | This time I used a grey Ingres paper and left it exposed in parts of the sky , as well as using it as an undertone to modify the colour put over it elsewhere . |
| 46 | If the military do n't use the area often , they can not cause as much distress to the natural environment as opening it to the public would . |
| 47 | More the kind of face-lift marketing men give an old product when launching it with a new package , less a shift of political culture and strategy rooted in the configurations of modern social change . |
| 48 | However , Moscow described Pakistan 's military agreement with the United States of 1959 as turning it into a ‘ foreign war base ’ . |
| 49 | The rule against prior restraint is secure in libel cases " because of the value the court has placed on freedom of speech and freedom of the press when balancing it against the reputation of a single individual who , if wronged , can be compensated in damages " . |
| 50 | Hanging the pump on strong elastic is an additional way of reducing the noise , as well as locating it above the tank 's water level for safety . |
| 51 | It would not allow it to be enforced against the promisor ; and if property had been transferred , the recipient was treated as holding it for the benefit of the person who had parted with it , and as bound to restore it . |
| 52 | Again , a person who acquires property for his own benefit by taking advantage of his position as trustee will be treated as holding it for the benefit of those entitled under the trust . |
| 53 | Groups come together for a specific reason and this reason should run like a thread through the liturgy as well as linking it to the whole community of the Church . |
| 54 | You can still do that as an individual member , cos in the magazine that comes every two months there are always cases , but er , it er , it 's not qu ite the same as doing it in a group where we have our own particular prisoners to look after . |
| 55 | As well as having it in the luxury class , I now also include it in the practical , hard-wearing , well worth-the-effort class ! |
| 56 | When reading it on the spot , along with Memoirs of the Duc de Saint Simon , the visitor becomes entirely absorbed in the bizarre life of Louis XIV , a monarch who spent all his time in public , and yet allowed no man — except his brother — to sit down directly in front of him . |
| 57 | Here the dog will have the benefit of family companionship , but it is best to advise the person concerned not to let your pet off the leash when taking it for a walk outside . |
| 58 | Alison signalled her appreciation of this pun , but took a neo-McLuhanite line herself , arguing that since actuality was the essence of the medium , watching a classic novel on television was as odd as reading it in a newspaper . |