Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were zeroing in on the wallflowers , splitting up couples and effortlessly getting them to mix . |
| 2 | All the computers were cracking up on the factory floor this morning . ’ |
| 3 | The action had also electrified the crowd who were pressing in on the ring despite the best efforts of the khalifas to keep them all back . |
| 4 | Along London 's fast-flowing River Thames freighters and trampers were steaming in on every tide , and the jetties and berths echoed all day long with the sounds of wheeling cranes , dockers ' shouts and curses , and the chugging of busy tugs . |
| 5 | For a moment she was too surprised to speak and simply stared as if she were looking down on an apparition . |
| 6 | And when it happened , you were passing by on the bus , tuning in to their moment from another reality , like switching through channels on late-night TV . |
| 7 | My voice had risen a good half-octave and my hands were waggling around on the end of my arms as though I was trying to shake off bits of Sellotape . |
| 8 | Darley 's mount Starica stumbled on a path as the six runners in the Thorne Maiden Fillies Stakes , won by 11–2 chance Bella Parkes , were pulling up on the bend past the stands . |
| 9 | But said that they went on Tuesday evening they had some people over and they were looking we were gon na go for a meal in Chorley er they 'd come over from Grantham , and they were going over on the night on the night ferry , on night boat from Hollyhead . |
| 10 | At the official launch of the the new Countrywatch campaign the area 's police chief said bobbies were going back on the beat in rural areas . |
| 11 | Bees were moving about on the bluebells . |
| 12 | Amanda had been all enthusiastic even in the rain , saying it was spray in her face and look at the gulls , which were swooping down on the shoal of crisp packets and orange peel trailing in the wake . |
| 13 | Third did he ? the first which was the Sunday and he had to get it ready because they were coming in on the Tuesday , on the third . |
| 14 | I have known a fox earth populated with a family of cubs while small rabbits were running around on the surface nearby . |
| 15 | Oh chicken , you did n't think when you were running around on the farm that you would be lucky enough to be served to one who — May I ? |
| 16 | After the ceremony of the Wheel there was a firework display and people bought chips and hot-dogs from traders with vans who were cashing in on the occasion . |
| 17 | Little clusters of guests were standing about on the cobblestones between the houses , looking at a loss . |
| 18 | The state telecoms monopolies wanted to retain their privileged positions , and that meant extending their privileges , since new technologies and services were springing up on every hand . |
| 19 | The trend was illustrated by the new cemeteries , which were springing up on the cities ' fringes . |
| 20 | I first saw him when you were sitting out on the veranda ; but I did n't pay any attention to him . |
| 21 | They were sitting out on the terrace on the low wall of which stood , in pairs , stone figures from classical mythology of a rather embarrassing kind . |
| 22 | In the 1830s the farmers of Burwell fen began to realize that they were missing out on the prosperity achieved through drainage by their neighbours at Swaffham . |
| 23 | Its elaborate ritual and its uniform of white hooded sheets appealed particularly to poorer folk from the small towns and rural areas who were missing out on the prosperity of the period . |
| 24 | ‘ I was kneeling down on the beach beside a lake when I felt this appallingly painful tingling sensation in my knee . |
| 25 | the ship 's radio officer was catching up on a backlog of communications ; some outgoing messages from passengers took precedence over ice warnings |
| 26 | Quite apart from the blunder there was one moment near the end of the game when he was walking around on the stage of Sadler 's Wells , unaware for a few minutes that it was his move . |
| 27 | That had been their agreement , and , if she was walking out on the deal earlier than expected , it was as much his fault as hers . |
| 28 | Carolyn was picking up on the movements of the three women , which had seemed so mysteriously random at first . |
| 29 | When the twelfth-century bard , Cynddelw , recalled ‘ the clash of Powys … with Oswald ’ , he was looking back on an episode which had considerable significance not only for the Welsh but also for the Mercians . |
| 30 | Peter was lying back on the sofa , doing nothing in particular . |