Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [v-ing] [adj] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the programme was keeping most of the ‘ striptease ’ that forms the title sequence . |
| 2 | Within a year Labour was recapturing some of the political ground which it had lost at the local elections in November 1931 . |
| 3 | Ireland at this period was suffering one of the greatest tragedies of its history — the Great Famine . |
| 4 | Nor had the sudden coolness between himself and Mrs J. Roscoe escaped most of the other tourists ; indeed , this development was proving one of the few topics of conversation as the coach accelerated along the dual carriageway towards Woodstock . |
| 5 | The Paradise Corporation was suing three of the city 's leading newspapers . |
| 6 | That woman was thinking all of the time . |
| 7 | The American system was undergoing one of the most testing challenges of its history . |