Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fourth , and finally , the rejection of the Athenians by the Spartans makes more sense if the Ephialtic reforms are seen as part of a process rather than as an event , that is , if the qualities which the Spartans feared were gradually manifesting themselves over the whole thirty-year period , 487–457 . |
| 2 | The Communists were busily isolating themselves from the labour movement ; the Independent Labour Party was about to do the same . |
| 3 | In adopting this chic mode of expression , the nouveau riche was effectively distinguishing itself from the traditional middle classes while at the same time flaunting the fact that it had connoisseurship and taste . |
| 4 | I was just to present myself at the right time on the due date , when he would honour his promise to see me . |
| 5 | ‘ The truth is I knew throughout the summer that my game was not as sharp and I was not enjoying myself on the course as I did in 1991 . |
| 6 | Confounded by this reply , Oscar looked across at the other man to see that he was n't looking at the stars at all , but was still busying himself with the body . |
| 7 | The Bulgarian succession problem , indeed , was gradually settling itself under the noses of the mighty opposites , because each day made joint action on Bulgaria less likely . |
| 8 | It was an example that , in rather different circumstances , was later to commend itself to the Capetians . |
| 9 | He turned : Suki , who had been shopping , was now letting herself into the apartment , not without difficulty . |
| 10 | A remarkably similar dilemma was now presenting itself over the hand-overs of the Yugoslavs . |
| 11 | This group , as well as the anti-nuclear movement itself , was strongly influenced by members of Revolutionary Struggle , an extreme left-wing group which mixed neo-Marxist economic analysis with traditional republican ideology and was strongly influenced itself by the revolutionary movement in Italy and , to a lesser extent , France , at the time . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe I was n't disgracing myself on the park , but I was cheating the Sheffield fans and manager Jimmy Sirrell . |
| 13 | So did my father , he was n't to bother himself with the day-to-day things like washing sheets or buying food , that was her job , she made it plain . |
| 14 | When he was satisfied no fresh threat was about to manifest itself from the darkness , he moved off back the way he had come , retracing his steps until he reached the shallow stream he had leapt a short time before . |
| 15 | Splashing through the dark flood , I was again throwing myself at the door when a key turned in its great lock and it opened . |
| 16 | She was definitely distancing herself from the older woman . |