Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's his birthday , Monsieur Armand , but I 'm afraid we were spoiling it by having a political discussion . ’ |
| 2 | When , when a we were discussing it with said to me oh you do n't believe in , he meant ah and I . |
| 3 | I was keeping it for cleaning the car . |
| 4 | She was taking it for granted that he knew who she was ; but then anyone who had read the papers must know that . |
| 5 | Robert Sheldrake was taking it for granted that the only threat to his practice was that of two small-animal vets , and even that was sufficient for him to be rather unpleasant . |
| 6 | So he was taking it for granted or or chancing his hand that this Monday for this year was going to be another good day . |
| 7 | Isambard was taking it for granted , it seemed , that a boy of fifteen could easily be seduced into giving his confidence , or at least some incautious fringes of it , to companions not so far from his own age and under orders to ingratiate themselves with him . |