Example sentences of "in [v-ing] it [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judge Owen stayed the proceedings last November , ruling the trial should not go ahead because delays in bringing it to court amounted to an abuse of the court process . |
| 2 | For the latter , the self-interest lies in being fully and finally in charge of one 's working life , in recovering it as part of a life of one 's own . |
| 3 | It was already his nickname with fellow-writers such as Ezra Pound ; and , in adopting it for use by the youngest generation , he may have again wished to convey , though with slightly less emphasis , the elusive character of that animal , with its instinct for feigning and dissembling . |
| 4 | We apologise to the doctor concerned for the distress caused by publication of his photograph with the Lifestyle article and fully accept that we were mistaken in publishing it in connection with counselling services . |
| 5 | But she succeeded in holding it at bay . |
| 6 | But with delays in getting the bike to pieces , and in getting it through security , we arrived at boarding after the 15 min deadline and our seats had been given away . |
| 7 | But the case was dismissed because of delay in getting it to court . |
| 8 | Castro scored a great propaganda victory as the official American role in training the exile force , and in providing it with air cover in unmarked planes , became clear . |
| 9 | In this introductory discussion , my concern has been to stress the need for empathy and the difficulties in achieving it in relation to old people . |
| 10 | But now , a hundred years on , certain factions persist in taking it at face value . |
| 11 | In adapting it to a.c. operation , Heydweiller found it necessary to incorporate the extra variable resistor of resistance R 2 compared with the Carey Foster version . |
| 12 | When the IBA banned a programme about RUC brutality , the producers protested by making a copy available to the BBC , which had no hesitation in showing it as part of a news feature about the IBA decision . |
| 13 | On the back page , the timescale for its implementation is shown and the steps involved in putting it in place , through the Quality Development Programme , are listed . |