Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [prep] several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though it was too early to say how BP would respond to the opportunities created by the Budget , he said it was looking at several projects for extra investment in North Sea fields already in production . |
| 2 | Here he is , h h he has the very unpleasant duty of explaining and justifying the drafting of this measure a a and I do hope it would be , it would be really rather an unexpected realisation of an ambition , but nevertheless one hopes eternal if my Noble Friend were to get up and say that as a result these few remarks that I have been tempted to make that some kind of effort is going to be made to tidy up as th th the processes whereby er such stuff appears , is allowed to appear on the pages of the Statute Book er er I do recall that when the Charities Bill was going through several committees , my Noble Friend was n't who who was d d dealing with the Bill in , on behalf of the Government was exceedingly helpful and I hope that he will show the same degree of goodwill today er and , and , and er h if he 's very clear and devote is very considerable energies to persuading those professional obs obfuscators who are responsible for this kind of garbage to do better in the future . |
| 3 | Nicholas , on the other hand , was labouring under several misapprehensions . |
| 4 | Well though the European Monetary System and its Exchange Rate Mechanism were working , economic discipline was lacking in several Member States , causing distortions in the market and upsetting the full and fair play of competition between industries and providers of services . |
| 5 | By the end of the month fighting was continuing in several parts of the country and a final compromise had yet to be agreed . |