Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two minutes later , on the concrete of a Royal Air Force aerodrome , the engines of the German bomber were dying on the light west wind . |
| 2 | But the views in winter are rather more spectacular , and although we were starting to feel that snow was coming on the strengthening wind , we at least enjoyed the open sweeping aspect to the south and east as we walked . |
| 3 | Members of the Battalion were converging on the broad slope above the empty resort . |
| 4 | The girl was walking on the other side of the pavement . |
| 5 | Perhaps this flock were nesting on the grassy top of Hoo Stack , who knows ? |
| 6 | What she should be doing was looking on the bright side . |
| 7 | There were reports that 1,000 people a day were dying on the Iranian border alone . |
| 8 | ‘ I also reminded the meeting of the effects the speculation was having on the commercial activities of the Football League . ’ |
| 9 | The moon was shining on the Great Grimpen Marsh , and a fog was rising from it . |
| 10 | Taxation was crippling on the small area of his effective kingdom . |
| 11 | It seemed that the pupil was focusing on the widening gap as the door was being opened , rather than on the width of the door itself . |
| 12 | The Berne-bound goods train was standing on the next track down ; all he had to do was cover the twenty yards between the two tracks and find himself an empty freight car . |
| 13 | It was a sunny morning in late autumn and the frost was melting on the stiff blades of grass as I climbed the lane out of Malham and crossed the meadows climbing steeply upwards to Pikedaw Hill . |
| 14 | The England manager was reflecting on the exhilarating 4–0 World Cup qualifying victory over Turkey . |
| 15 | ‘ Our lease was ending on the old building so we had to look for somewhere different , ’ says . |
| 16 | At one wedding the bridegroom and best man were standing on the wrong place , with the best man prompting a tongue-tied groom in a stage whisper . |
| 17 | Erika 's assent was less than whole-hearted , for , although she was proud of the care the State was lavishing on the old buildings , and although , in fact , she preferred this part of the city , she felt it a duty to defend the crude and blatant concrete of the post-war Berlin . |
| 18 | A third man was standing on the far side of the car . |
| 19 | It happened on the M-4 east of Swindon while the man was working on the hard shoulder . |
| 20 | Nicolo was standing on the far side of the room , talking with Bob Calder . |
| 21 | Nigel could n't actually see what the doctor was writing on the other side of his desk , but he could guess . |
| 22 | Yeah she was erm well necessarily cos that day Blue was working on the other team as well so he had his erm break at different time . |
| 23 | That night , as on every night in Benedict 's , in some ward in every block at least one patient was hovering on the outer edge of life . |
| 24 | Baptiste was standing on the bottom step of the wooden staircase , affecting surprise at the sight of her . |
| 25 | The Prime Minister was sitting on the Front Bench as Mr Major explained the importance of membership , and how wonderful it all was . |
| 26 | It is common ground that there was no ‘ good cause ’ within the meaning of section 34 ; the university was relying on the three months ' notice term contained in the letter of appointment coupled with the provision in section 34(3) that Mr. Page 's tenure was to be subject to the terms of the appointment . |
| 27 | The bit about odd jeans was totally accurate , by the way ; Cousin Josh made his fortune firstly by dealing in cars , then by risking all on a jeans company which at the time was tottering on the very hem of bankruptcy ; under Josh 's regime , their jeans were n't any better or any cheaper than anybody else 's , but he had the garments made in odd sizes ; waists of 29 , 31 , 33 inches , and so on , as opposed to the products from all other companies , domestic and foreign , which tended to favour the even numbers . |
| 28 | He went up to London that day , and in fact was travelling on the same train as Stratton when the two of them arrived back in Oxford . |