Example sentences of "were [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's because we were porting it |
| 2 | I would not have known that children who said they enjoyed it , were enjoying it |
| 3 | And er it was lovely and we were enjoying it until I pulled out the whole chicken 's head . |
| 4 | But , even allowing for that , Charles reckoned they were enjoying it . |
| 5 | ‘ I assumed you were enjoying it , señorita . ’ |
| 6 | He began toying with a beermat while Rachel , emboldened by his leading questions about her , went on , ‘ May one ask why , if you were enjoying it out there as much as you say you were ? ’ |
| 7 | whatever well the dance routine and they smiled and looked as though they were enjoying it . |
| 8 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 9 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 10 | If the A66(M) junction were redesigned it would cost several million pounds and take several years to complete , he said . |
| 11 | If the A66(M) junction were redesigned it would cost several million pounds and take several years to complete , he said . |
| 12 | However , the body of the report was accepted by the Americans , who if they needed any further confirmation were given it in the form of a 72 per cent failure rate among recently qualified army medical officers who had been given a questionnaire on the venereal diseases and their control . |
| 13 | If they needed further proof of their belief that they were on the right track , they were given it when they went to arrest Griffiths and were met by a hail of bullets ; after a chase in which Griffiths killed one man and wounded others , he was shot dead while resisting arrest . |
| 14 | Erm , last year , we were given it for free , erm |
| 15 | When the openers were parted it was Gower who held the innings together with 90 , and thanks to 51 Extras the follow-on target was passed with three wickets in hand , and the total made 310 . |
| 16 | When the pistons were withdrawn it was discovered that two of the rings were broken . |
| 17 | Yes , with , with the wine we were subsidising it by about one fifty last year , shall I put it up to five fifty this year ? for members . |
| 18 | Because it was the women themselves who were organizing it because they felt part of it they did n't see it as some sort of other people that were more politically motivated that than them giving them something to keep them out on strike , which by its very nature could could have been something that the people would have accepted for a while and then not accepted . |
| 19 | You were flashing it to look at the display in the window . ’ |
| 20 | Five years ago there were over two hundred kidnappings there — the pickings were rich along the Costa Smeralda for those who were sticking it out on the hills above — but last year there were only three , and one of those a complete failure . |
| 21 | The crowd had just started to thin out , and there was a disgruntled note in the talk of those who were sticking it out . |
| 22 | But although trade passed through Southampton , it was not necessarily merchants of the town who were handling it . |
| 23 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 24 | Once it was or while you were building it and once it was up . |
| 25 | Well he said tha , they were cooking it on like on site on the caravan site , he said an , an , and you know , they got out of this caravan and then |
| 26 | Interestingly enough I 've got a book er back in my office about things like T V comedy and situation comedy and stuff like that and also y'know kind of variety sort of comedy with sketches and s y'know Two Ronnies , Monty Pythons and stuff erm would that be of any use to you if you were to borrow it ? |
| 27 | The man who ushered in a golden age of middle-distance running , Brendan Foster , was at the peak of his powers and the two men who were to carry it to the greatest heights , Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe , were just beginning to emerge . |
| 28 | They returned the next day with the coffin and four men from the workhouse who were to carry it . |
| 29 | and be the three were to carry it out so I bother |
| 30 | When the piles were examined it was found that the bones of condemned men were also placed here , some of the skulls showing clear signs of decapitation . |