Example sentences of "[was/were] putting it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was gathering it in and if they were putting it into little into tramp coles I had to get up and tramp hay round and round the boss and er I did that . |
| 2 | that 's what I mean , as you were putting it in it , it shot out did n't it ? |
| 3 | McLeish carried over a loaded tray , and ate ravenously , noting with interest that Catherine Crane had an equally good appetite , though it was not obvious where she was putting it on that slim frame . |
| 4 | Well , I was putting it on the foil and I thought : ‘ This could kill me ’ , but it was that strong the urge to have it , I did n't care . |
| 5 | Yeah , yeah , he 'd forgot all about it , did n't he , he was putting it on you see . |
| 6 | I came out of the station , having had my break and was putting it into my notebook — ‘ refreshments at such-and-such a time , leave such- and such a time ’ . |
| 7 | She groped vaguely for her handbag , then found that Luke was putting it into her hand . |
| 8 | He folded the sheet along its original creases , and was putting it inside his breast-pocket as Lewis quietly pulled the car alongside the pavement outside number 6 . |
| 9 | She never said to whom that fresh statement was made , but it was apparent to the jury that she was saying that she had made a statement contrary to that incriminating one , and she was suggesting that the second statement set out her case as she was putting it in the witness box . |