Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are two main methods of budding — that which may be regarded as the traditional way , and another ‘ new ’ method that is more often used for other shrubs and trees — although we were using it 40 years ago on both bush and standard roses . |
| 2 | If you were to serve yourself an average helping of cabbage , though , it would usually weigh at least two ounces if you were eating it raw as part of a portion of coleslaw , for example , or four ounces if you were serving boiled cabbage . |
| 3 | Soldiers were pushing it open and Rostov saw that the whole inner yard was a clever device to protect the city . |
| 4 | They consulted deaf women and their interpreters , and re-evaluated their work , to make sure they were getting it right . |
| 5 | Well I tried to tidy it up before we went to school and they were flinging it all out again and there just was n't time ! |
| 6 | And she were doing it full-time and then she went she had children and then she went part-time . |
| 7 | But when I rung to take it , for them to take it back they had a special offer on and it was twelve weeks for forty pu , pa , you know , were doing it cheap |
| 8 | ‘ The tackle from behind has been stopped here for a long time , but they were doing it all night and getting away with it . |
| 9 | I mean , other thing we really need to all , er you see , when I was working at it , and when we were doing it all the time |
| 10 | If we were doing it seven days a week , fair enough , you 'd probably need a chainsaw but anything , the loppers or the handsaw . |
| 11 | I remember when I worked at Ollerton colliery in the constituency of the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) that the management had to use haulage bogeys to take fresh water to the miners , who were drinking it faster than it could be ferried to them . |
| 12 | One year later there was some indication that the control sample carers were finding it harder than the action sample to talk in terms of a simple preference for home care . |
| 13 | On a more pragmatic , but related , issue , students were finding it harder to ‘ pass ’ inference skills IN 1–3 , than IN 4–6 , and since this had important implications for their grading , I was attempting to remediate the early skills on an ad hoc basis with some non-subject-specific pencil and paper exercises . |
| 14 | When he did rise in the chair it was slowly and grudgingly and he followed McQuaid out into the stone hallway as if he were finding it difficult to walk or move . |
| 15 | According to rumours circulating in Würzburg , Party representatives in Nuremberg were finding it difficult to carry out their functions following the recent raids on the city . |
| 16 | Home helps said they were finding it difficult to cope with the extra responsibility . |
| 17 | They were finding it hard to make ends meet and life had become very miserable . |
| 18 | The rivermen were finding it hard ; the scramble for work was becoming more and more intense as family debts grew and many valued and treasured items found their way into the local pawnshops . |
| 19 | 51% of managers said they were playing it safe and upgrading their current central processing system , 29% said they are sticking with what they already have whilst some 16% said they would be downsizing to a mid-range system . |
| 20 | ‘ My client wants you to kill someone on Level 121 , ’ he said , low , even though the bartender and anyone else in what might possibly be earshot were making it obvious they were n't listening . |
| 21 | The Society of Practitioners of Insolvency 's technical director , Gerry Weiss , said that recent cases were making it easier for administrators to obtain and exchange information . |
| 22 | The guns firing from the direction of the River Orne were making it difficult for me to hear what Taff was now saying . |
| 23 | This contact was increasingly in danger of disappearing due to the economic pressures on the company , and , by the same token , budget pressures on the school which were making it difficult to commit teacher time to a non-class contact time activity . |
| 24 | They were making it difficult for her to tear herself away . |
| 25 | His low chuckle and the touch of his finger tips drifting lightly over her curves were making it difficult for her to concentrate . |
| 26 | The bishops claimed , however , they were making it clear that people could in conscience vote for the introduction of divorce without incurring moral blame provided they made the decision in a reflective and conscientious way . |
| 27 | Now they were making it clear that they expected more from her : " If I had done reasonably well , they would say that I should have done better , and if I had done badly , they would ask , " What 's wrong with you ? " " |
| 28 | Yeah , on the six o'clock they said it was half way through and Nigel Mansell was the lead and I thought you were watching it live , so I would n't just come through and |
| 29 | ‘ The bus passengers were watching it all . ’ |
| 30 | He was seeing it all so differently from Gabriel ; he was seeing it from the other side of the mirror . |