Example sentences of "[Wh det] were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sweat was dripping from her face on to her breasts which were already glistening with water like orb-shaped fruit in the rain . |
| 2 | One cold evening , Seb returned from the cottage to Handley Farm along lanes , the banks of which were already glistening with frost . |
| 3 | When Gan was complete , the Britannias , which were just coming into service with the RAF , would be able to reach Singapore without overflying India . |
| 4 | When they were in the market she insisted on his buying a pair of white loons , which were just coming into fashion . |
| 5 | The clearest pattern was that for local history and archaeology ( both counted among ‘ Social Studies ’ ) which were rapidly gaining in popularity , with 58 courses between them in 1957–58 compared to only 26 four years earlier . |