Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But contraceptive techniques were improving throughout this time and successive marriage cohorts were more likely to use contraception ( table 4.2 ) and use it more effectively than before ( Rowntree and Pierce 1961 , Langford 1976 , Cartwright 1978 , Dunnell 1979 ) . |
| 2 | Investigation of town plans reveals that many cities were growing at this time ; the records reveal increasing long-distance trade ; in the Mediterranean there was a growth of the commerce of the Italian cities so striking that Professor Lopez has labelled it and its northern counterpart ‘ the commercial revolution ’ . |
| 3 | Whilst there is much truth in the view that the Tories were gaining popular support at the expense of the Whigs , care must be taken not to exaggerate the shift in public opinion that was occurring during this time . |
| 4 | Whatever was happening at this time , we were all isolated from each other . |
| 5 | The Second Book of his Concerti ( 1607 ) actually contains a monodic ‘ Missa Dominicalis ’ with continuo , though his textures are often contrapuntal and have no very close affinity , except in coloratura , with the secular monody which was developing at this time . |
| 6 | Monte Carlo I think he was going to this time . |
| 7 | These formed far and away the largest group in the population of Europe , and it is the evidence that their numbers were expanding rapidly which offers the most substantial proof that the population of western Christendom as a whole was rising at this time . |
| 8 | All I was doing at this time , if I was n't at school , was watching TV , listening to music , reading or walking , with Dawn as my constant companion . |
| 9 | However , most of the work he was doing at this time was of a minor nature . |
| 10 | It was difficult to x-ray his leg so far up , and as it was a small machine and needed a relatively long exposure it was hard to get a clear picture with him shaking as the poor boy was doing by this time . |
| 11 | And I was screaming by this time and Miss goes oh be quiet everybody ! |