Example sentences of "was [v-ing] it [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He was seeing it all so differently from Gabriel ; he was seeing it from the other side of the mirror . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | When it was dry , I edged around the unpainted border bands with masking tape very carefully , because now I was applying it onto the painted surface . |
4 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with the great reluctance . |
5 | If he was still amusing himself , thought Cadfael , he was doing it with the eloquent dignity of archbishops and all the king 's judges . |
6 | As Woodroffe recounts , he was watching it from the opposite bank of the narrow stream and was so close that he was worried the vole would hear his receiver pulsing loudly . |