Example sentences of "this [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is almost immediately obvious that Braque had begun to study Cézanne in a much more intellectual and thoughtful way , and that this was resulting in the creation of an entirely new type of painting . |
| 2 | He has two kinds of Test performance — five for very few , and none for a lot , and this was looking like the latter . |
| 3 | But I knew this was wishing for the impossible . |
| 4 | Déjà vu was one thing , she thought irritably , but this was bordering on the ridiculous ! |
| 5 | Patriotism was all very well , but she felt this was going over the top . |
| 6 | We wanted to know whether this was occurring along the coast . |
| 7 | I need to explain why this was happening in the first place . |
| 8 | All of this was happening alongside the steady decline of the Luftwaffe which did not enjoy our operational tour scheme and rest periods . |
| 9 | Closed systems , black boxes , text formats , oh what 's this , oh yes , this was talking about the people you put in . |