Example sentences of "engaged [prep] write the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When engaged in writing the naval history of the war , he had of course accumulated more material , both British and German , than he was ever able to use ; and one day over coffee at Cambridge I asked if he knew of any naval occasion of the Second World War which had not yet been told and which , in his view , ought to be . |
| 2 | From here he wrote his last letter , again recorded by Fanny Burney , now Madame d'Arblay , and engaged in writing the life of her father . |
| 3 | When he was engaged in writing The Cocktail Party , he was asked how long he would devote himself to the theatre rather than to poetry ; he replied , " Until I can convince people that I know how to write a popular play " . |
| 4 | A possible clue to this unusual verbal spate of self-revelation , which caused me some surprise , was , as we now know , that he was at that time engaged in writing The Family Reunion . |
| 5 | This is the UK support to an international team engaged in writing the history of CERN . |