Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [be] [v-ing] a large " in BNC.
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| 1 | Locating a census return for a household in a rural area is a relatively straightforward task , but those historians who are investigating a large Victorian town may at first be overwhelmed by the sheer bulk of the material . |
| 2 | It might be , therefore , that the 19th-century scholars who were seeking a large Ruckers harpsichord were rather too precipitate . |
| 3 | As he watched , a supervisor carrying a big black bag began to move along the line of checkouts followed by a young assistant who was holding a large plastic container with a flap in the front like a letter box . |
| 4 | The switchboard on the ground floor of the Questura was manned by a chubby youth who was holding a large roll , turning it from one side to the other and studying it closely like a wrestler looking for a hold . |
| 5 | The devil likewise found work for idle hands while the entire staff of Harvard Securities were gathered to gawp at Leslie Grantham , alias " Dirty Den " the pub owner in the TV soap opera Eastenders , who was accepting a large cheque on behalf of the Spastics Society . |
| 6 | One young man , who was attending a large machine which was railed off as a safety precaution , warned Humphrey of the dangers of moving machinery . |