Example sentences of "[noun] was [v-ing] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually an equilibrium was reached , and although the Troll flesh was still there Grom was digesting it as fast as it was regrowing . |
| 2 | But now Josie was gradually coming to realise that Lucy was treating it not as a metaphor for anything , but as the literal truth . |
| 3 | ‘ But Ken was making it very clear to me from the very beginning that I was not going to get away with anything , ’ Pertwee told me . |
| 4 | It was a full fifteen feet and the offshore wind was holding it up like a crystal tower . |
| 5 | This conversation was centring too much on bedrooms and pillows , and Ronni was finding it increasingly hard to handle . |
| 6 | The boy was enjoying it so much . ’ |
| 7 | Nour was holding it now above his head . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'll have to see her again , Bruce — if Yeo was having it off with Angela Morgan , both he and his missis have to be in the frame . |
| 9 | The Reverend Canon Something-or-the-other was rounding it off . |
| 10 | All she succeeded in doing was knocking it farther over the slithering groundsheet . |
| 11 | He was a nice man , and she quite liked him , but where Ven 's charm came naturally , Lubor was laying it on with a trowel . |
| 12 | I agree they SEEMED to be lacking in ideas when in posession sometimes , especially when the 2 centre backs had the ball , or Batty was bringing it out . |
| 13 | The custodian was taking it back to the clubhouse area , where it would be needed for the final ceremony in about an hour 's time . |
| 14 | Sam was living it up . |
| 15 | Well , it was so suitable , my dear , that the General 's wife was wearing it too . |
| 16 | His wife was having it off with another man . |
| 17 | I always keep a bottle in my desk drawer , but this character was putting it away on an industrial scale . |
| 18 | Maura was finding it increasingly difficult to swallow . |
| 19 | A harry torrent flooded through the opening and in no time at all the herd was legging it back to the high land in a wild stampede . |
| 20 | Mike was holding it up for Mr. Rowbotham to see . |
| 21 | Barry leant forward and whispered conspiratorially , his breath smelling of mint , ‘ Look , Sergeant , we know as well as you do that Parkin was having it away with Nicola Sharpe . |
| 22 | He was never quite sure how much Tiptoe was putting it on . |
| 23 | Yeah Emily was trying it on again this morning , I think it 's just that she gets tired cos she feels slothlike in the morning and then by the end of the day she 's over like a rocket |
| 24 | ‘ Pumlumon was directing it straight at the giants , ’ said Caspar . |
| 25 | She thought Nathan was making it up . |
| 26 | Lydia was finding it increasingly difficult to place Elizabeth . |
| 27 | Juliet was finding it almost impossible to absorb . |
| 28 | And Julius was making it even more difficult , because the silken-smooth touch of his fingers was already producing mind-numbing waves of pleasure . |
| 29 | and er where 's me Ghandi and all this and then somebody from the other side of the pool was saying it so and so , so and so , then he said couple of old |
| 30 | Rufus was setting it up . |