Example sentences of "[that] were [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | also that it was the Party cadres that were taking the lead , but in the settling of accounts the peasants |
| 2 | I found one of those plastic and formica Little Chefs that were replacing the old greasy spoon eateries and went straight into the Gents . |
| 3 | I could tell , though , that she was beginning to have some uncomfortable suspicions — like the ones that were spreading the chill all through me . |
| 4 | There she bargained with the Queen , and in return for not harrying the English ships that were pursuing the Spanish Armada , O'Malley was allowed a free hand in Connaught . |
| 5 | One or two instances that were favouring the fifty percent . |
| 6 | Nor could capitalist or socialist states deal by themselves with the threat of a nuclear catastrophe , or the difficulties that were facing the developing countries . |
| 7 | The reason lay in the large economic changes that were affecting the world economy , the government 's own responses and the particular nature of the new machinery of control . |
| 8 | The sturdily independent high tech sector had naught for the comfort of either major party in the run-up to today 's by-election in Newbury , Berkshire when the big guns from party headquarters showed up for photocalls during the build-up : Labour chose Vodafone Group Plc and tried to commiserate about the recession , only to be told that business had been going gangbusters for several months , the Tories went looking for green shoots at Micro Focus Plc , only to be told that the UK market was flat on its back , and that it was only foreign sales that were keeping the old Coboller busy . |
| 9 | And I looked upon the earth and saw a dish set , and workmen lying by it , and their hands were in the dish : and they that were chewing chewed not , and they that were lifting the food lifted it not , and they that put it to their mouth put it not thereto , but the faces of all of them were looking upward . |
| 10 | Then you 'll hear from the second of officers namely the officers that went into the flat that were carrying the guns , carrying and who conducted the operation and from their evidence you 'll be able to judge whether or not the force used was reasonable and was necessary . |
| 11 | Now it was his men that were paying the penalty . |
| 12 | The head bored through the blockages that were reducing the blood flow . |
| 13 | He was really getting to her , and it was n't only the accusations he was flinging at her that were doing the damage . |
| 14 | We have er found that to be the case there is a downward trend , but I do make the point , and I did make the point to the inspectors notwithstanding that , all of our respecting officers bar those that were doing the training of course do produce a higher work output per individual than most of our peers up and down the country and we have statis statistical evidence to support that . |
| 15 | and er he said to himself there 's something I , I , I do n't know what it is necessarily but there is something , go to a specialist and the specialist was very very good you know blah blah blah blah you want some te I want some tests , you know , so I had some tests , you know and the crew that were doing the tests they knew what they were looking for and they either found it or they did n't , do n't know . |
| 16 | So , with a tail wind , he began the 130/140 miles , picking some carrots and apples en-route , and noticing the barrage balloons that were protecting the factories . |
| 17 | You children were excited on the journey to Gibraltar and kept running from side to side of the boat looking out for the small destroyers that were guarding the convoy . |