Example sentences of "was [v-ing] it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was keeping it for cleaning the car . |
| 2 | She was taking it for granted that he knew who she was ; but then anyone who had read the papers must know that . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |