Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [v-ing] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Fael-Inis was concentrating on spreading honey on to a wedge of bread , and seemed not to notice . |
| 2 | She claims that Meryl was sitting on that window seat last night , wearing just her nightclothes . |
| 3 | She went on to Newcastle , where Goodwin was speaking on local TV about the Dwarf , and she was selling the paper at the local anarchist centre , giving it away along the roadside . |
| 4 | That was it , because Edith was going on another holiday and she was er , she wanted someone to go and visit er Lilly , and I said well I 'll go . |
| 5 | Greg was working on some kind of deal in Italy not long before he … before the accident . |
| 6 | Mr Fallon was campaigning on High Row on Saturday . |
| 7 | Once when Sylvester was lecturing on modern art at the Victoria and Albert Museum , Minton , in a spontaneous outburst , interrupted him , challenging his remarks on Bacon . |