Example sentences of "was take shape " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this period , much of the structure of the main L-shaped building was taking shape , the majority of the iron castings being dated 1813 . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , while the statute was taking shape the nobility were able to reduce the quantity and quality of land in peasant hands and to extract limited amendments to the legislative proposals . |
| 3 | Against this backcloth , the first phase was taking shape , and in October 1983 the problem of heroin use was raised in the local Council , initially in the Education Committee and subsequently in the main Policy and Resources Committee . |
| 4 | The story of Swanage begins when the Isle of Purbeck was taking shape during the Ice Age . |
| 5 | Wellington Road had recently been constructed — a large road through open countryside to the west of the old town centre — and a new turnpike road to Cheadle was taking shape . |
| 6 | And yet … and yet … as she continued to rough out sketches , almost in spite of herself , something was taking shape inside her head . |
| 7 | While the first issue of Black Dwarf was being planned , across London its diametrical opposite was taking shape . |
| 8 | At least the morning plan was taking shape . |
| 9 | And just as a bulldozer began clearing the coal , another demonstration of anger was taking shape at the unlikely venue of Cheltenham ; a town far removed from collieries and pits , but nevertheless a hotbed of outrage . |
| 10 | A triangular pond was taking shape and trees , shrubs , seats and market barrow style stalls are planned for the aisles . |
| 11 | This system no longer had quite such a regional character as it had had in the 1890s because local banks were already becoming part of the national system of clearing banks which was to take shape during the First World War . |