Example sentences of "[was/were] [being] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because you know money-wise because we were not content to sit back and see er schemes being introduced that , which were going to act as a deterrent to er our members er being able to earn wages er on incentives and so therefore erm what happened was that we agreed that the consultants er head personnel manager would come down and talk to each group of people who were being put on to the incentive scheme , one , in order that he go over everything with them in regard to its application , and two , then answer any practical questions er where our members may find that there could be difficulties . |
| 2 | Following the data which was being projected on to the tiny screen , it was clear that the telemetry and guidance modules had performed according to specification . |
| 3 | " It was as if some Technicolour epic of Cecil B. De Milles was being projected on to the screen of the vast plain . " |
| 4 | Léonie could n't watch them any more , she was being pulled on to the narrow track between the trees . |
| 5 | The Court of Appeal held , however , that there was no partnership in existence , since no business was being carried on by the defendant and X ; on the contrary , the goods had been ordered in preparation for the formation of a company , and such transactions could not be considered as ‘ carrying on a business ’ . |
| 6 | From 1165 to 1299 , considerable prison building was being carried on throughout the country with Rochester being among the earliest in I 165 . |
| 7 | Carl , at No. 38 with Does It Feel Good To You , only realised he was being spied on by the law when police pulled him up in his car . |