Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Second period is that which starts from the beginning of life and reaches onward to the time when the law of the survival of the fittest with its ruthlessness could no longer serve the aspirations towards increasing happiness that were beginning to creep into the dawning consciousness of primitive man . |
| 2 | All their time was spent on the ones that were going to stay on , so ones that were going to leave at the end of the fourth year were never there and nobody sort of worried about them . ’ |
| 3 | Caps on discretionary spending were not raised , nor was spending transferred from the defence to domestic programmes . |
| 4 | ‘ What 's gone wrong ? ’ he said , looking from Lucy to the rising commotion that was beginning to emerge from the restaurant behind her . |
| 5 | The baggage truck that was following slowed as the crowd in the road thickened , then stopped , unable to pass . |
| 6 | And there were two more people in front of me that was waiting to go on the course . |
| 7 | He concluded that the approach was ‘ too heavily fictionalized ’ to go down with an audience that was having to deal with the everyday realities of war . |
| 8 | When she woke the little room was still quiet , but the sun had moved from the window and was beginning to dip behind the hillside , the cypresses casting long shadows over the tailored lawns . |
| 9 | Like the Spanish , the Portuguese had not made new acquisitions since the great days of the sixteenth century , and they had lost their possessions in the Spice Islands , but Brazil continued to flourish and was beginning to emerge as the world 's main source of gold . |
| 10 | He had already won the Forte PGA Seniors ' two years in a row and was aiming to qualify for the US Senior Tour last year . |
| 11 | He had turned and was starting to walk towards the door when he received a full blast from her as she yelled , ‘ Do n't you tell me to shut up ! you young prig , else you 'll find the door locked on you . |
| 12 | She 'd had her first transfusions and was preparing to go to the hospital for her next one when world events took over . |
| 13 | Eva had only been at Usher a couple of months and was preparing to go to the International College for Officers ( ICO ) in London on a refresher course after her long years overseas . |
| 14 | Mortimer left in a hurry , caught his plane , and was standing bewigged at the Old Bailey the next day . |
| 15 | Evans had gone through into the lounge and was standing leaning against the mantelpiece in the classic pose of grief . |