Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] it [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were pushing it east , towards the City . |
| 2 | After a little tense silence that made it seem as though the very air were holding it breath , he said very evenly , and with dangerous softness . |
| 3 | Eventually the name was transferred , not least because the Spanish were calling it pina . |
| 4 | Last year they were calling it Howards ' Way with horses , this year they 've been calling it Howards ' Way without boats . |
| 5 | She asked it you were saying it Lynne and Melanie as though it was a statement of a fact . |
| 6 | said it was their lot , their friends that were doing it Chris , we did n't say they were going . |
| 7 | By the time we were drinking it Mum had calmed down considerably . |
| 8 | And er within a few months we 'd got the thing going till they were blowing out , and we were making it hand over fist you see ? |