Example sentences of "[conj] was [v-ing] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , the awful unblemished truth about this musical force that was rocking the nation : |
| 2 | And it was him that was ringing the bell you know . |
| 3 | She was excited because this was the first time that de Levantiére had followed the New Look that was capturing the world but was still hard to come by in England because of clothes rationing . |
| 4 | Gradually , as the breeze moved and eddied , I became conscious of a strange , soft sound that was filling the air . |
| 5 | Hollywood films were now being produced for a society that was debating the impact of film as never before . |
| 6 | Unfortunately her building was delayed by the failure of the small specialised steel company that was constructing the hull . |
| 7 | It was the reversal of the classical position that was causing the problem . |
| 8 | I now decided it must be my messing about with the eggs that was causing the problem , even though John had told me this was the method he was using . |
| 9 | The first instance cited was a sketch on That Was the Week That Was attacking the Home Secretary , Henry Brooke . |
| 10 | There were places where it was effectively not the Principal but the local authority that was running the college — a tradition of detailed local authority control over further education Institutions that it was difficult to break even in developed institutions . |
| 11 | When the Society heard in July 1861 that the Board was to remove the Bondgate bubbler the cattle fountain that was turning the highway to mire it asked for permission to replace it . |
| 12 | So the consortium that was doing the development arranged the work between themselves in a way which they themselves considered to be efficient . |
| 13 | But it was usually the big branches that was doing the cooking . |
| 14 | Now I did n't think of that because again I was fairly new , but the lad that was doing the job said Oh do n't worry Neal we 'll sort this out . |
| 15 | Not so quiet was a parallel revolution that was reshaping the music scene , with which Leonard had an ongoing affair . |
| 16 | Even at the time the study group that was planning the establishment of the Committee for Arts and Social Studies met in April 1965 there were proposals waiting to be processed in business studies , languages , sociology , psychology , administration , economics , law and ‘ combined subjects ’ , with business studies leading the field in both honours and ordinary degree course proposals by a wide margin . |
| 17 | He nodded to the mountainside beyond the gully and walked over to the rock that was blocking the road . |
| 18 | Obstinately , she remained standing , looking at him and trying to shut down the traitorously receptive part of her that was assimilating the way his formal evening attire enhanced his devastating masculinity . |
| 19 | Bristol was so satisfied by what it had achieved in Queen Square after 1701 — a series of dull brick houses in a style that can be charitably described as Quaker 's Baroque — that the city 's builders virtually ignored the Palladian classicism that was sweeping the rest of England . |
| 20 | At the bottom , where the hotel drive met the highway , he halted and was watching the traffic on his left when Fabia , traces of amusement still on her face , looked to the right and suddenly felt all amusement vanish . |
| 21 | The Substitute had turned from the window and was watching the Captain curiously . |
| 22 | Titch had cut back the motor and was scanning the shoreline . |
| 23 | Pete had given up on the stew and was eating the pudding . |
| 24 | A few fragments of carrot were still lying about near the spring , but he had left these untouched and was eating the grass not far from the gnarled crabapple tree . |
| 25 | He seemed bright enough and very eager to learn , but when I went to the school to see his work I found that his handwriting was very , very bad and his spelling was absolutely atrocious , and although he was good at mathematics , as time went on he began to get very worried and very upset about it and when I looked at his work I realized that he was doing a lot of the words back to front and was getting the direction of figures mixed up . |
| 26 | Beneath the pad he found the small entry wound ; the larger exit hole had gone unnoticed beneath the man 's leg and was draining the lifeblood from him . |
| 27 | His Mum had finished sweeping and was wiping the cooker . |
| 28 | He was then 40 , and was sharing the mill at Snape with Benjamin Britten . |
| 29 | Moreover , I was ( and am ) conscious of the strengths of a grammar-school tradition , and was enjoying the work of building on these foundations within a relatively secure system . |
| 30 | Christina felt herself relaxing with Elaine , and was enjoying the company of another female for the first time in weeks . |