Example sentences of "which was [v-ing] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The public bar had filled considerably and the general clatter of laughter and bustle all added to the good feeling of anticipation which was beginning to invade Yanto . |
| 2 | The ‘ Quiet Revolution ’ which was beginning to take place in Canada was now seizing Leonard himself ; he would be a poet-writer , and be would find a place for his music alongside it . |
| 3 | But even at this date the alteration in emphasis can only have been a conscious attempt to attune to the wider audience , if still at that time mainly within Bavaria , which was beginning to show interest in Hitler in 1923 , and an awareness that anti-Marxism had a wider potential appeal than the mere repetition of anti-Jewish paroxysms of hate . |
| 4 | With hindsight such an argument might seem wildly optimistic , but it was the sort of argument which was beginning to find favour in London by 1948 . |
| 5 | Could this at last be a Scottish leisure facility which was trying to put customer care into practice ? |
| 6 | On the whole , the assembly gave us and understanding of the worldwide church which was struggling to achieve reconciliation and to promote peace and justice . |
| 7 | The eighteenth-century Château de Remaisnil is magnificent by any standards ; it was by far the grandest home the Ashleys had yet lived in and it presented them with numerous challenges of a personal and artistic nature , not least of which was learning to speak French . |