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 . |