Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] it [adj] [noun] " 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 | ‘ The tackle from behind has been stopped here for a long time , but they were doing it all night and getting away with it . |
| 3 | If we were doing it seven days a week , fair enough , you 'd probably need a chainsaw but anything , the loppers or the handsaw . |
| 4 | Because there was nothing left any more for him to care about , and if his attitude over the past forty-eight bours was anything to go by , he was keeping it that way . |
| 5 | Did n't know she was getting it , I was getting it this morning . |
| 6 | He was cutting it proper shapes you know like they are today . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't really ‘ bang it ’ but at one stage I was doing it three weekends out of four . |
| 8 | I was reading it this morning . ’ |
| 9 | I broke my nail I was biting it last night . |
| 10 | ‘ He was watching it all day on TV . |
| 11 | I was thinking it another room bigger . |
| 12 | It was no longer necessary to wait until Sunday for a dose of smut and scandal , when the Sun was offering it six days a week . |