Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [be] [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Powell had no argument with the principle of starting a magazine , or even over the amount of money it would cost , but he felt that Branson was treading on sensitive political ground in attempting to take advantage of somebody else 's industrial dispute . |
| 2 | She claims that Meryl was sitting on that window seat last night , wearing just her nightclothes . |
| 3 | In other words it 's , it 's sticking from east to west , people will know of all the thing , it 's er tell you that many from eastern parts and western parts were called and reclined at the table , in other words this , well this good news that Jesus was sticking on this |
| 4 | Bernie and Mick are working on some new songs for a second album . |
| 5 | Both STC and Plessey are working on this technology , for use in submarine telephone fibre , but the current best bet for domestic cable is a wavelength of around 0.8 micrometres . |
| 6 | If Iran is cheating on nuclear weapons , the International Atomic Energy Agency has yet to catch it at it . |
| 7 | Me and Kate were getting on great . |
| 8 | But Fael-Inis was concentrating on spreading honey on to a wedge of bread , and seemed not to notice . |
| 9 | That was it , because Edith was going on another holiday and she was er , she wanted someone to go and visit er Lilly , and I said well I 'll go . |
| 10 | Once when Sylvester was lecturing on modern art at the Victoria and Albert Museum , Minton , in a spontaneous outburst , interrupted him , challenging his remarks on Bacon . |