Example sentences of "was [v-ing] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she had neutered the quick of mystery in platitude before , she was smothering it with symbols now . |
| 2 | When Taylor was asked if he was happy with its shape he said he was seeing it clearly . |
| 3 | Many of her friends were in politics or belonged to political families , it was the era of the Liberal reforms and that was what fired her most : she went to dinner-parties where she sat next to men who were going to make a speech that night and there were weeks when she went to the House every day , it was what she had always wanted , it was history , it was important , immensely important and she was seeing it , seeing it happen and that was important to her . |
| 4 | She was seeing it from Sabine Jourdain 's point of view : a young foreigner pursuing her and intending to latch on to her . |
| 5 | Although he was no stranger to the town , now that he was on a case he was seeing it with new eyes . |
| 6 | He was seeing it now , and did n't quite believe it . |
| 7 | He was seeing it all so differently from Gabriel ; he was seeing it from the other side of the mirror . |
| 8 | He was seeing it all so differently from Gabriel ; he was seeing it from the other side of the mirror . |
| 9 | Then I realised this was unusual for an owl , because in the wild they tend to swallow their prey whole , so I simply stopped holding on to the chick and soon she was gobbling it up in one . |
| 10 | The design was complicated , with a serpentine pattern of dark blue and white with touches of black , and whoever was knitting it had completed only a few inches of ribbed welt . |
| 11 | Before caution could restrain the impulse , he placed his hand over hers where she was resting it on the low wall in front of them . |
| 12 | It was n't just that he was pitching it lower . |
| 13 | I expect he was using it , as Winston did his famous chamber under No. 10 . |
| 14 | As to whether this was an historically accurate account of American development is beside the point , since he was using it as a debating point . |
| 15 | But now he was using it to draw out their other piece of essential winter equipment . |
| 16 | She was using it a week later when Nathan walked in through the kitchen door . |
| 17 | At first I thought he was using it to wave at people , but then he bundled it up and threw it at a police car . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps he was using it as an office , ’ the agent suggested , kindly . |
| 19 | Anyway , I was using it behind his back . |
| 20 | And then I was using it more or less daily for years … . |
| 21 | At 15 , he started to dabble with heroin and within 12 months he was using it daily . |
| 22 | He was not using it to further his own human development , he was using it up for the profit of the people who paid him , the anonymous shareholders and their abstract interests . |
| 23 | Out of control it caused dreadful havoc , but when it ran smoothly and sweetly it not only modified life 's aridity but added a pleasing dimension to the view , while Lydia , at present , was using it only to make mud pies . |
| 24 | Yet now someone had found one of the openings , and was using it to kill me . |
| 25 | ‘ I knew it could n't be the murder weapon , ’ he gravely told Wickham , ‘ because I was using it on Friday evening , hours after MacQuillan was found dead . ’ |
| 26 | Although it was her first furlough she was using it to study for her Master 's Degree at Sidney University . |
| 27 | The hindmost attendant was holding what looked like a large loaf of bread , and was using it to hit the minion in front , which was running almost doubled up , its little gloved hands held over its head , where the pursuing scullion was raining blows with the loaf . |
| 28 | He had been angry before , he was angry now , but this time … this time he was using it , controlling it . |
| 29 | He was using it . |
| 30 | It 's decreased traffic it 's decreased the traffic for what was using it as a commercial premises . |