Example sentences of "which was [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small crowd had gathered round , buzzing with the excitement which was breaking the dull monotony of the day . |
| 2 | In 1986 the leader of the Labour Party , Neil Kinnock , telephoned Malcolm Turnbull , the lawyer representing Peter Wright during the Spycatcher trial in Australia which was causing the British government and the security services endless embarrassment . |
| 3 | The same critical and questioning attitude which was forming the new approach to the Bible was at the same time stimulating scientific study and experiment and discovering the regularities in the natural order — what were and commonly still are called ‘ the laws of nature ’ . |
| 4 | But it did not bring an end to the speculation and confusion which was rending the civilized world . |
| 5 | ‘ The train which was coming the other way had all its windows broken . ’ |
| 6 | My father-in-law had moved the money into the Pyramid Building Society in Melbourne , which was offering the best interest rates available at the time , and it had gone bust . |