Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The employers were about to remove theirs by what its American champions were to call ‘ scientific management ’ , but in our period they were still groping for this solution . |
| 2 | The two children were positively screaming by this time and shouted to their grandmother . |
| 3 | And it was just the the the people were often walking along this track , anyway there was a man , there was erm , was a , there was a man and a woman walked over to and walked back again at night , well in the the even , evening anyway . |
| 4 | It was apparently reassuring to this woman to have her aggression recognized so straightforwardly , because the couple was then able to have intercourse . |
| 5 | I was just thinking about this man — |
| 6 | big massive fat woman right , and she was just walking about this conference , you know where she 's not supposed to be , and all these shoulders stab her right ? |
| 7 | She was still puzzling over this problem when she reached the General Post Office . |
| 8 | She was still pondering on this mystery when a low whistle came from the other side of the ditch . |
| 9 | Reinforcement of the heavy bomber force in Egypt was still continuing during this period , and during the night of 14th/15th. four Wellingtons from the Reserve Flight , Stradishall ( Suffolk ) , and a Maryland , were despatched from England , approaching the Malta zone early in the morning . |
| 10 | The post of chief whip was exceptionally demanding at this time because of the constitutional crisis following the Lords ' rejection of the 1909 budget , and the Liberals ' dependence on the Irish party . |
| 11 | Champagne was also prospering during this time from the great trade fairs . |
| 12 | Prof Lindemann ( later Lord Cherwell ) was also looking at this state of affairs and originated a study of some 600 aiming-point night photographs to be analysed of our best results to date . |
| 13 | The sun was also blazing onto this cliff , and I was feeling distinctly battered . |
| 14 | There was an atmosphere that was almost crackling in this room and she was sure that Jules would notice , but apparently he did not . |
| 15 | Bede 's material was certainly leading in this direction . |
| 16 | Well t I mean to the extent that that is happening , that there is a development of trade on the sort of , you know , with the periphery of the empire and with erm areas outside the empire , and that was certainly happening in this period , I do n't see why it should have a significant impact on the peasant population because there is n't really any evidence that it 's , in a sense , trickling down and enriching the peasantry . |
| 17 | He was actually persisting with this farce . |