Example sentences of "was [v-ing] of the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John of Salisbury 's comment that not only the towns but also the fortresses of Gaul feared Henry I of England was revealing of the new situation . |
| 2 | As early as 4 January 1936 he was speaking of the political crisis in Spain , predicting a violent confrontation between Popular Front Republicanism and the fascism of Gil Robles . |
| 3 | He was speaking of the unreal world in which some of his friends here seem to live . |
| 4 | Immediately the rumours of Henry 's illness began , rebellion broke out in the Rhineland and as soon as they were confirmed there was plundering of the imperial estates . |
| 5 | Understanding of the atomic nucleus was progressing rapidly and awareness was dawning of the awesome energies latent within . |
| 6 | ’ John made it clear enough that he was thinking of the Roman curia : ‘ In our everyday ministry we often have to listen , greatly to our sorrow , to those … who do not have much discretion or balance ’ . |
| 7 | And although Things to Come ( 1936 ) offers a spectacular account of the horrors of mechanized warfare , no one was thinking of the native audience when putting into the mouth of Raymond Massey a description of Britain as ‘ that last dismal vestige of ancient predatory soldiery , the last would-be conquerors . ’ |
| 8 | Writing in the mid-1930s , he was thinking of the huge growth in the power of banks and oligopolies which it seemed beyond the capacity of Parliament to comprehend or to control . |
| 9 | Flavia was thinking of the monstrous mass of tuberoses now reposing inside that vast refrigerator under their paper veils . |
| 10 | She was thinking of the periodic visits she had made to her father ; they were all the same ; their conversations could have been scripted : |