Example sentences of "[v-ing] [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one she insisted on inspecting was at the back . |
| 2 | The direction in which opinion was moving was toward the left of the political spectrum . |
| 3 | Going past the stands for the first time , the Unwins ' Upper Gumtree still showed in front but with Premiere almost alongside ; pampering was on the inside tugging his jockey 's arms out . |
| 4 | Especially if the bombs — or missiles — that plane was carrying were of the nuclear variety . |
| 5 | The most significant way in which times were changing was in the emergence of a new attitude to owing money , a new norm , a new orthodoxy . |
| 6 | Most of the pupils participating were in the fourth year , but some third years were also included in the last round of testing . |
| 7 | There was nothing unusual about MPs getting carried away during debates on crime and violence , however , or for the Speaker to find it necessary to call for ‘ Order ! ’ against ‘ shouts of sadistic enthusiasm ’ when whipping was on the agenda . |
| 8 | The room she was using was at the back of the house , and as she got up and walked over to the window to look out she could see a panorama of fields lying lush and green under a cloudless May sky . |
| 9 | The first time it stopped raining was on the ferry back from Boulogne . |
| 10 | Before refrigeration , salting was about the only process reliable enough to preserve meat . |
| 11 | One of my favourite places for working was on the roof tops , drawing city views , or by high open windows , looking out at architectural details . |
| 12 | Why they found them striking was for the stylistician to explain . |
| 13 | She did n't go out drinking or dancing ; she did n't do as one mother she 'd known ( in a story of maternal neglect that I remember feeling was over the top at the time ) and tie a piece of string round my big toe , dangle it through the window and down the front of the house , so that the drunken mother , returning from her carousing , could tug at it , wake the child , get the front door opened and send it down the shop for a basin of pie and peas . |