Example sentences of "was taking the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Aldington was taking the witness stand on the third day of his libel action against the historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy and Nigel Watts , a property developer , who circulated a pamphlet describing him as responsible for repatriating 70,000 Yugoslavs and Russian Cossacks to be massacred by the communists in 1945 . |
| 2 | While Karpov was taking the difficult road to a draw , Speelman and Timman were trying hard to beat each other . |
| 3 | Charles was taking the job a long way from the safe arena of charitable patronage and ribbon-cutting and into politically dangerous areas , where constitutionally , he ought not to be . |
| 4 | The thin , capable woman who was taking the riding-class looked at him in amazement as he leaned panting on the gate to the ring , the dog whining beside him . |
| 5 | I was taking the piss , suggesting they pour petrol over themselves , set themselves on fire . |
| 6 | ‘ He has the effing gall to say I suggested it myself and he knows bloody well I was taking the piss . ’ |
| 7 | It came on 14 July , a day on which the French Ambassador had asked for an audience with King William , who was taking the waters at the spa town of Ems , and had been twice refused , courteously but firmly . |
| 8 | Nicholson on the other hand was taking the pretty route , basically because he had no choice ; no one was making him any offers . |
| 9 | The bar was quiet and he was taking the opportunity to do some washing up . |
| 10 | When he first came in I offered him a drink out of courtesy and I think he thought I was taking the Mick out of his drinking in the past . |
| 11 | And anyway , after all , it was nothing to say , I mean , that I was taking the towels over for you . ’ |
| 12 | When challenged by the head gardener the Americans pretended to be a press gang , which was sufficient to set ‘ all the stout young fellows ’ on the estate running off to the town for safety , but he also informed them that their intended victim was taking the waters at Buxton , and Jones set off back to his boat , until the two officers with him pointed out that , having left Whitehaven empty-handed , the crew should at least be allowed to loot the house . |
| 13 | One of her joys was taking the bus along the King 's Road when that thoroughfare was the epitome of the swinging sixties . |
| 14 | And being the one who was taking the raw material and bashing it into the records I had to pick a time to leave where it was n't going to be a huge blow to everybody else . |
| 15 | One day , much to Dustin 's irritation , she asked the driver of the limo that was taking the two of them back to Manhattan to stop because she saw a wishing star in the sky . |
| 16 | She was taking the eight-to eleven-year-olds . |
| 17 | Craig : ‘ The funny thing is we had a piss-take album title which was taking the piss out of that whole thing , which we all found was funny . |
| 18 | And , as Mr Chapman thought , Kookai was taking the long-term view . |
| 19 | So I was surprised when one morning , while filling the kettle at the tap in the yard , I noticed some of our neighbours looking across at this cottage where a painter was taking the ‘ To Let ’ sign out of the window . |
| 20 | I liked it because he was taking the mickey out of himself . |
| 21 | Anglian Water , which covers East Anglia , with Britain 's fastest growing population and lowest rainfall , said it was taking the action to help preserve water stocks . |
| 22 | Mr Hodgson explained that in buying up so many small firms , who really could no longer make ends meet , he , Howard Hodgson , could do better and cheaper funerals and that no one need worry about the cost any way , because if the deceased or whoever was taking the responsibility of next-of-kin possessed less than £300 , the DHSS would pay for the whole thing . |
| 23 | One of the bigger problems was that Fergie believed I was taking the mickey out of him by either cheating or going soft and feigning injury . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't think anything has been decided for Sunday yet , but if the boss was taking the chance to have a look at me I was reasonably happy with my performance overall . |
| 25 | Possible , but if I was a BNP yob I 'd think he was taking the piss and would throw something , and if I was n't , I might throw something anyway because nationalism stinks — keep those ‘ Ethnic Cleansing ’ concentration camps in your mind . |
| 26 | ‘ Not to Mother , ’ I said sadly , for she was taking the ‘ disgrace ’ very badly . |
| 27 | The Minister of State , Brynmor John , who was taking the Bill through the Committee on behalf of the Home Secretary , unexpectedly accepted the amendment to the surprise of his officials . |
| 28 | His forte as Prime Minister was taking the heat out of debates and convincing the House of the reasonableness of the Government 's approach . |
| 29 | Anyway , one day he shouted to her that he was taking the bike out , she was in another room doing something , and minutes later he was dead . |
| 30 | The current was taking the two boats down towards the rocks , so Harry Pascoe could n't afford to waste time . |