Example sentences of "but [v-ing] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that was marvellous — not the titles but getting it all listed in five seconds on a screen . |
| 2 | Or , you could privatise it and charge for skate sessions , but making it successful this way is a hard slog , what with the initial funding for equipment , paying to keep the ramps skateable , and improving the park , all out of skate session fees . |
| 3 | It is important for the organ to be properly covered by insurance , but making it available to students costs little and is again an investment for the future . |
| 4 | I sometimes shape just the first third of the sleeve , increasing rapidly in this section but making it possible to knit the rest of the sleeve straight . |
| 5 | [ Philip Leapor ] informs me she was always fond of reading every thing that came in her way , as soon as she was capable of it ; and that when she and learnt to write tolerably , which , as he remembers , was at about ten or eleven Years old , She would often be scribbling , and sometimes in Rhyme ; which her Mother was at first pleas 'd with : But finding this Humour increase upon her as she grew up , when she thought her capable of more profitable Employment , she endeavour 'd to break her of it ; and that he likewise , having no Taste for Poetry , and not imagining it could ever be any Advantage to her , join 'd in the same Design : But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , he had of late desisted , and left her more at Liberty |
| 6 | Reference to Freemantle 's letter shows that although Philip and Anne Leapor both attempted to break their daughter of the habit of writing verses , toward the end of the poet 's life some accommodation was reached : ‘ But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , [ her father ] had of late desisted and left her more at Liberty ’ [ vol. 2 , p. xxx ] . |
| 7 | I was trying hard to adjust to this fact but finding it difficult . |
| 8 | Erm and so now rich peasants are actually actively seeking to join er associations but finding it difficult , I mean they have to be er pay an additional admission fee may be ten yuan or , or whatever , you know , usually far higher than the normal peasant or erm they have to get someone to actually put their name forward to say that you know they 're not such a bad bloke . |
| 9 | They can show you what you are aiming at by breaking down the manoeuvre and showing the role of each movement , but putting it all together with correct co-ordination and timing is up to you to teach yourself . |
| 10 | " The same to you , my lord , and I am pretty well , thank you , " replied the farmer , quaking with fear but thinking it wisest to be polite . |