Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nearly always coffee or a huge meal of steak or fish and chips going for any of our officers who were searching the large rigs and barges . |
| 2 | The rail tanker , which had been on route from Ince to Sellafield , was quickly moved into sidings while fire crews and specialists from Kemira , who were transporting the nitric acid , were called in . |
| 3 | The rail tanker , which had been on route from Ince to Sellafield , was quickly moved into sidings while fire crews and specialists from Kemira , who were transporting the nitric acid , were called in . |
| 4 | The Allies had found their way to Rome blocked there by Germans who were using the ancient Benedictine monastery as their base and flung a series of attacks against it . |
| 5 | He had set out to try and find a passage to the Orient round the north of Asia in the hope that this would rid the merchant ships of the scourge of pirates who were terrorising the southern trade routes . |
| 6 | Athelstan stopped and restrained the beadles who were harassing the poor fellow . |
| 7 | In spite of all this the EC Commission has , from time to time , had to instigate cases against member state governments who were flouting the non-discrimination rule . |
| 8 | In January 1990 ( i ) two people were on Jan. 22 shot dead and nine injured in the gold-mining town of Carletonville , 60 km south-west of Johannesburg , when police opened fire on a crowd of 5,000 blacks who were protesting at the death the previous week of a 16-year-old boy while held in detention ; and ( ii ) using razor wire , water cannon and plastic bullets , the police on Jan. 23 dispersed an illegal gathering of 8,000 demonstrators in Cape Town who were supporting the National Education Crisis Committee 's protest against the black education system . |
| 9 | He backed away , ducked between the still-spinning dryads who were creating the magic circle , and watched to see what Druellae would do next . |
| 10 | She had her arms round a boy and girl , who were regarding the open book on her lap . |
| 11 | He revealed this to a group of Irish journalists who were visiting the Zionist Terror State . |
| 12 | Blood samples were also taken from 24 patients who were attending the general nephrology clinics and had a similar degree of CRF. 12 ( 50% ) patients in the CRF group were receiving phosphate binders and 9 ( 38% ) were receiving sodium bicarbonate , but none had been treated with erythropoietin . |
| 13 | Following the change of party line in 1934 , which occurred during his stay in the Soviet Union , Nizan was entrusted with the task of liaising with fellow-travelling intellectuals such as Malraux , Gide and Bloch , who were attending the Soviet Writers Congress of that year . |
| 14 | The magistrates ' courts provided an opportunity to do this while simultaneously bolstering flagging markets for solicitors , who were feeling the economic pinch of a depressed property and commercial market . |
| 15 | A visit by a group of engineers , whose main aim was to look at drilling operations , study environmental issues and research the infrastructure , was closely followed by a team who were investigating the commercial aspects of producing and marketing Russian oil . |
| 16 | There was an embarrassed clearing of throats from Charles and her father , who were witnessing the sudden switch of topic with dawning understanding . |
| 17 | What Harry Lime missed out on , though , was the fact that if he 'd gone Club 18–30 instead of Austrian Airlines , and taken a couple of friends in tow who were paying the full price , he could have copped for a massive sixty sovs off his bill , got a suntan into the bargain , and avoided coming to a very nasty end in the sewers . |
| 18 | Sir Richard , in hose and open cambric shirt , wiped dust from his hands , apologising that he had been out with the craftsmen who were putting the finishing touches to their pageant for the young king 's coronation . |
| 19 | In New Pattern of Management Likert examined the results achieved by managers and supervisors who were practising the participative style of management . |
| 20 | Needless to say , both approaches made life difficult for the officials who were doing the actual negotiating . |
| 21 | La Meije loomed above , but I failed to find a party who were doing the Grand Pic and returning . |
| 22 | While no doubt Paul was thinking of the uncomplicated Christian message compared with the sophisticated philosophies of his day , and of the simple slaves and ordinary people who were joining the Christian family , he might have had the Lord 's background in mind as well . |
| 23 | But the words masked the meaning and reality from the crowds of fallen men and angels who were awaiting the final denouement . |
| 24 | It would certainly add a significant dimension to Eadwine 's attack on Gwynedd and the retaliation of Cadwallon if Eadwine saw in Cadwallon a powerful king likely to offer substantial military aid to the north Britons who were resisting the Anglian advance . |
| 25 | I had also been taking up quite a lot of time for public service , chairing the National Gas Consumers ' Council , and also , more relevantly , working under Richard Hoggart who was chairing the Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education , which had a remit to develop national policies for education as a process continuing throughout life . |
| 26 | Now it was she who was using the past tense . |
| 27 | 7 laps in and out and around Great Malvern , leading the race into Worcestershire was Nico Matten a young Belgium rider who was wearing the coveted yellow jersey for the first time . |
| 28 | I assisted the Frenchman who was tending the wounded before they were carried away . |
| 29 | Carrie came into the room carrying a plate of cheese sandwiches followed by Nellie who was holding the large enamel teapot in both hands . |
| 30 | The villain was a worthless character from the old home neighbourhood who was blackmailing the innocent but helpless wife . |