Example sentences of "was [v-ing] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supposedly he was in disgrace for an affair with a female student ( the AFPFL , and particularly the Communists , were strictly puritanical ) but he was preaching a stiffer line against the British than any of the others . |
| 2 | The Spanish Civil War was producing a stronger antagonism to Fascism and the National Government than had previously existed in the Opposition . |
| 3 | The hit song of the year was ‘ It 's A Long Way to Tipperaray ’ but old Ireland was singing an older song and building up a hidden army . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , the World Health Organization ( WHO ) called for US$3,000,000 to purchase medical supplies [ see also p. 38218 ] , while UNICEF advanced US$1,000,000 from its Emergency Relief Fund and announced that it was seeking a further US$5,000,000 to restore village water systems . |
| 5 | Opening the Assembly , Garba said that an " emerging atmosphere of trust " was replacing an earlier " climate of fear and mutual suspicion " in international relations and that there was now the real prospect of a concerted approach in favour of regional and global peace . |
| 6 | But on the following day he had shaved the red stubble from his chin , was wearing a cleaner shirt , and was once more beginning to adopt a stern and over-bearing expression The Magistrate continued to give the orders which regulated the defence of the enclave , but in a subdued tone , as if referring them to the final authority of the Collector , should he wish to exercise it . |
| 7 | And Dyson knew from the depth of humility and reverence in his inflection that he was getting a larger fee than even Lord Boddy . |
| 8 | In fact , he was getting a stronger grip on himself as he went along . |
| 9 | Bunny was riding a smaller Younger animal , as black as her own hair , and one who evidently found the scent of the morning too exhilarating . |
| 10 | The rocket motors were closer to the centre of the hole than the rest of the craft ( it was falling in backwards , remember ) so was experiencing a stronger gravitational pull than the rest of the craft . |
| 11 | The population of England and Wales was undergoing a further massive increase — nothing short of a fifty per cent rise in the years from 1801 to 1831 — and the effects of the recent Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions hardly needed a post-war depression to make matters even worse for the poor . |
| 12 | Leslie told me that he was considering a further transfer to the Special Air Service . |
| 13 | He added that she was staying a further night ‘ as a precaution ’ . |
| 14 | It was expecting a further 25,000 on Christmas Day . |
| 15 | If one male was defending a better territory than another male , the female might be selected to mate with the better male . |
| 16 | In Ipswich , the Amberstone Bookshop was having a better time of it after a steady year , supported by some strong local titles . |
| 17 | At Northern Foods Horsley 's brother-in-law , Chris Haskins , was taking a bigger and bigger part in the running of the company , leaving Horsley with more time , and he was delighted to have a chance to help in a project which instantly appealed to his idealistic nature . |
| 18 | Up until then the cinema had been taboo but Mrs Burrows , in her fifties and approaching retirement , was taking a broader outlook . |
| 19 | David was , by this time , playing a major role in developing the fast-growing U S retailing operation ; Nick was taking a larger hand in design strategy and had built a team of extremely young , artistic friends around him . |
| 20 | Or should it have : bad luck on him that labelmate Marvin Gaye was reaching a bigger audience with albums that sound overblown next to Robinson 's persuasive bedside manner . |
| 21 | ‘ And I was glad she was marrying an older man like Giles Hawick . ’ |
| 22 | But she was preparing a longer and more ambitious work , an imaginary autobiography called The Boyfriends . |
| 23 | Sir Alfred 's interest was declining and Louis Stanley , his brother-in-law , was playing a bigger part . |
| 24 | Now she was discovering a wider world . |
| 25 | Er anyway as I say er I realized when I 'd started talking er that I was digging a bigger and bigger hole for myself so I er I climbed out of it and and made an exit . |
| 26 | In his office he had a blackboard , on which he transcribed diagrammatic models of the action , with letters of the ordinary alphabet for characters already invented and letters of the Greek alphabet for those whom he might need to invent ; he was contemplating a further six months of composition . |
| 27 | We have seen the former being raided by Eadric Streona in 1012 and fighting for Edmund Ironside in 1016 , while the latter are said to have attacked Durham in 1006 , and by Æthelred 's death King Malcolm II was planning a further incursion . |
| 28 | ‘ If we had to wait three months for this money , then fill in a new form to open a different account , just like a new investor in fact , it would not be a bad idea to see if any other society was offering a better rate than the 8.85 per cent offered by ‘ Prime Gold ’ . |