Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] [verb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Lindsey and Stevie joined the band you were out touring on the circuit before the big-selling albums happened . |
| 2 | She and her father were out walking on the day he died . |
| 3 | Before this game we were told that this was the poorest Irish team in memory , that Irish rugby was in the doldrums and that the swashbuckling French were about to turn on the after-burners and skyrocket into the stratosphere . |
| 4 | I was up going on the ski slope , and this is like , I 've been up a couple of times before , but it had been really cold and bi and I went at Easter , I was so like hot , but it 's still really good snow , and we went up there and I just could n't believe it , I just went dad , erm , oh , I do n't feel too good , and he just went , do n't be so stupid , and Nathan and I collapsed , I was at the front of this queue waiting for the ski lift and the whole queue just went |
| 5 | It was about sex — not about sexual politics — but another show was about to go on the road , and Oz had got there first . |
| 6 | The joker exaggerated Lilley 's plight , but gave an indication of a dilemma he was about to face on the hustings . |
| 7 | He raised his fist and was about to hammer on the door when he heard sounds . |
| 8 | The Muzak reached a gap as she was about to knock on the door and she could hear he was being told by the hotel that his credit was n't good . |
| 9 | Loretta was about to knock on the window and ask for further directions , when she shrugged and gave up . |
| 10 | Sukey had reached the window in her pacing and was about to start on the return journey . |
| 11 | ‘ As I was about to come on the ref told me , ‘ I 'll be watching you closely . |