Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] on [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At its zenith the programme was embarking on 8 new projects per year and , despite a slowdown from the breakneck pace of the late 1970s , by 1990 France will have about 70 operating nuclear installations . |
| 2 | The lady was travelling on this particular journey which was subject to many delays owing to permanent way maintenance work , and the passengers were heartily fed up with the hassle . |
| 3 | Mlle Patricia Allemoniere , of the TF1 station , said her team was working on five different projects ; health , housing , education , the election campaign and the three party leaders . |
| 4 | Lucy could n't find time to come over for an evening ; the globally significant exhibition was floating on some remote iceberg ; Jeremy had an agent , an opening ; Lucy 's sister was ill and needed her ( Jay recalled Lucy 's exasperated indifference to her sister ) ; the painters were coming . |
| 5 | Sometimes I felt the whole world was converging on this little room . |