Example sentences of "was [adv] bring [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 From the very first tiny beginnings , the steady development of life continued , through countless aeons of time , controlled by no other influence than the ruthless laws of the survival of the fittest , and this was the process which was inexorably bringing about the development of the being which was to become man .
2 Conscription was finally brought in the following March .
3 He claimed that his intention was not to bring down the government but merely to remind his brother of his election pledge to root out official corruption .
4 But Mr Malik was always bringing up the subject .
5 THERE is not better way to underline the problems of distance and climate that are a unique hallmark of the game in Canada than … talking to Canadian RU executive director John Billingsley who mentioned his Ottawa lawn had been deep in snow for more than three months — in Vancouver I was about to bring out the mower for the third time in a garden bright with spring blossoms .
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