Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] in [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Scotland the central valley was filling in with massive expansions particularly around Glasgow , while growth around Edinburgh , Dundee and Aberdeen maintained a long-standing pattern . |
| 2 | The full force of the rising tide had reached the channel mouth and a foaming mass of water was pouring in with terrifying speed . |
| 3 | So everything was coming in on different lines ? |
| 4 | Other Administration figures had been calling for Bush to boycott the meeting , on the grounds that the US was coming in for excessive criticism . |
| 5 | Margaret Ewing ( SNP , Moray ) challenged the Leader of the Commons , Tony Newton , who was standing in at Prime Minister 's question time , to clear up the confusion after giving advance notice that she planned to raise the issue . |