Example sentences of "it was [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if it was expanding at more than a certain critical rate , gravity would never be strong enough to stop it , and the universe would continue to expand forever . |
| 2 | It was expanding in all directions . |
| 3 | Her body was drenched with sweat ; it was glistening on her legs and she felt moisture beneath her on the seat . |
| 4 | Maxim felt as if he had baked ( if that was what you did ) a perfect soufflé of evidence , all crisp and firm , and then floop : it was swimming off the plate and dripping on his shoes . |
| 5 | ‘ Jottings ’ had not quite been pushed overboard ; it was clinging by its fingernails to the edge of the raft , to be found , often seriously cut , between the competition and the personal column at the back of the paper . |
| 6 | ( In the same letter Leech referred to a man who ‘ was brought into the Infirmary this morning with violent concussion of the brain occasioned by a fall from the mail coach as it was passing through Harrowden , he was much intoxicated at the time the accident happened . |
| 7 | Er but but simply the fact it was passing through this area of land that was regarded by locals as being sacred and separating the two communities . |
| 8 | It was calling to her , calling inside her head . |
| 9 | Then keeper Peter Turtle stopped a John Smyth pile-driver , but made a quick recovery to grab the ball as it was trickling over the line . |
| 10 | Yanto laughed when he realised the old joker had palmed the sawdust and was allowing it to trickle in such a way as to give the impression that it was trickling from his ear . |
| 11 | Reversing its earlier stance against the creation of a republican army , Kirgizstan had on June 1 announced that it was taking under its own jurisdiction the former Soviet military units stationed on the republic 's territory and assuming responsibility for their upkeep . |
| 12 | Reversing its earlier stance against the creation of a republican army , Kirgizstan had on June 1 announced that it was taking under its own jurisdiction the former Soviet military units stationed on the republic 's territory and assuming responsibility for their upkeep . |
| 13 | The Secretary of State went on to say that he was concerned that the letter from Grand Metropolitan Estates tried to imply that the orders had forced the company into the action it was taking against the tenant . |
| 14 | Every time it lifted its head and pirouetted , it registered the new direction it was taking in relation to the sun . |
| 15 | Dust blew ; it was getting into her eyes . |
| 16 | It was getting towards ten o'clock , and they had switched to beer some time ago , to keep their brains clear . |
| 17 | That and other systems sales accounted for a whacking 50% of SunExpress revenues last year when it was getting off the ground , with end user sales pegged at just 35% . |
| 18 | He just could n't get a decent length to putt to fall , and I felt it was getting to him . |
| 19 | I remember him telling one man that had been late three times in fifteen years that it was getting to be a habit : ‘ You 'd better look for your previous employment . ’ |
| 20 | It was getting to the point that whenever he saw a policeman sauntering along the crowded streets he chose for his phone calls his stomach turned over . |
| 21 | It was getting to be more than just a bad habit ; it was beginning to become an established part of his personality . |
| 22 | It was getting to the point where it was either me or the birds ! |
| 23 | It was getting to be a sore point . |
| 24 | It was getting to be as big as a cathedral . |
| 25 | It was getting to his digestion . |
| 26 | And what happened you see , the wind got up during the night , and this small fire we had you see , started spreading back among the undergrowth , and then the more it was back , the bigger it was t gaining ground , and it was getting to the old stuff do you see , And then it was a good flare then . |
| 27 | Now to me that means that that , that city organisation must have been very doubtful about the whole future of the Maxwell organisation when it was getting to that stage , and if one looks through the , through the Writs , you know which now , now number about the same number of pages as the as the Good Report , you know you will get an er a feeling of what Maxwell was doing and how that was all all being happened and with leaving all of that with I M R O we just do n't think it 's going to er er we do n't think it would have saved the position . |
| 28 | ‘ It was getting on my nerves . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It was getting on top of me . ’ |
| 30 | It was getting on everyone 's nerves out there . |