Example sentences of "was [verb] it [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The difficulty was sneaking it out of the mill . |
| 3 | A harry torrent flooded through the opening and in no time at all the herd was legging it back to the high land in a wild stampede . |
| 4 | Erm the erm the erm periodical men who used to come over harvest their job was to pitch it up in the field . |
| 5 | He was saving it up for a rainy day . |
| 6 | And a certain party 's name was not to cross her mind , rather , if it did , she was to wipe it out with a picture of her favourite places , backed by her favourite music . |
| 7 | It was a full fifteen feet and the offshore wind was holding it up like a crystal tower . |
| 8 | ‘ I found out , by chance , that the girl I was in love with and hoping to marry was having it off with a colleague . |
| 9 | Erm so he ju he was taking it over for a couple of weeks . |
| 10 | She was in pain , but she was taking it out on a complicated Fair Isle jumper that she was knitting for some nephew in Canada . |
| 11 | Now if you 'd got grudge against the bloke who was taking it off in the shop , in the farmyard , after when you got back home , of course you had to come I mean they did n't stick it in the field , like they do now . |
| 12 | The custodian was taking it back to the clubhouse area , where it would be needed for the final ceremony in about an hour 's time . |
| 13 | Dad paid over the four shillings and while he was entering it up in the book said , ‘ Mr Priest , I was wondering if yer could give me permission to build a small wooden shed facing the house ? ’ |
| 14 | He was a nice man , and she quite liked him , but where Ven 's charm came naturally , Lubor was laying it on with a trowel . |
| 15 | He had made his right hand into a fist and was jabbing it up at the sky , feinting in the direction of the falling missile . |