Example sentences of "were [adv] taking [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they were just taking the piss . |
| 2 | We were just taking the mickey . |
| 3 | Ace and Johannsen were clearly taking a toll : the enemy 's fire was beginning to lessen . |
| 4 | At roughly the same time two American physicists at nearby Princeton University , Bob Dicke and Jim Peebles , were also taking an interest in microwaves . |
| 5 | They were also taking the advice of a sport 's psychologist . |
| 6 | Further , the decision to implement criminal law legislation did not originate with the state in the narrow sense at all , but with purity and feminist groups who were increasingly taking the lead in sexual politics . |
| 7 | Women who were currently taking the pill or who had stopped taking it in the last 12 months had a significantly lower rate of endometriosis than those who had stopped for longer periods . |