Example sentences of "[adj] was [verb] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this was taking place , the deputy mayor spoke about the tradition and said he was sure Councillor Roland Simpson , who was about to take up his second year of office , would soon be discovered . |
| 2 | This was taking place at the kitchen table . |
| 3 | All this was taking place in an empty space at the end of the world . |
| 4 | As this was taking place amid the John Birt Productions Ltd furore over tax and Armani suits , he mentioned United Response 's first accounts . |
| 5 | This was taking place on five or six nights until early mornings a week for several hours . |
| 6 | This was to take place in the headquarters ship , HMS Calliope in the dockyard . |
| 7 | The tale is told with the utmost economy , as if nothing unusual was taking place . |
| 8 | This occurred frequently during field-work , and in these circumstances the police concerned negotiated the appearances of the case in order to decide whether or not something abnormal was taking place . |
| 9 | If this is how the British were feeling , how much more palpable must have been the sense of loss in the United States , how much more disturbing the feeling that something irreversible was taking place . |
| 10 | The movement of people , especially children , that was taking place led the Borough medical officer , Dr. G. K. Bowes , to issue a warning to the town council of the danger of a diphtheria epidemic . |
| 11 | Erm it 's been er it 's been suggested as well that in some extent it reflects the religious revival in Europe that that that that was taking place . |
| 12 | And the process under which that was taking place , er reminds you all that you are unhappy with as well . |
| 13 | The Germans , halted at Ypres , now adopted a defensive stance in the west while trying to reach a victorious conclusion in the east , where much of the military activity of 1915 was to take place . |