Example sentences of "[v-ing] [Wh det] [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony Zanetta : ‘ Prior to his tour of the States , David started doing dates in England and within three months he was becoming what seemed like the biggest thing in England . |
| 2 | Their regimes may have been impoverished by the emphasis on security and restrictions on movement within the prison , but at least the physical settings avoided the squalor and overcrowding which worsened in the local prisons . |
| 3 | ‘ Take a seat while I get you something to drink , ’ he invited , indicating what looked like the last word in comfort in the shape of a couch — one of a pair in the room . |
| 4 | An important part of the research process is to search through the literature and find what ideas similar to your own have been investigated in the past , and then by learning what became of the earlier ideas you can avoid their mistakes and build on the successes . |
| 5 | For four years I had been planning this journey , and the thought of exploring Aussa and discovering what happened to the Awash had seldom been out of my mind . |