Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was convicted largely on the basis of a confession which he later retracted . |
| 2 | Well , my dad , my dad 's erm Gemini and Taurus cos he was born exactly on the night like he was born midnight basically |
| 3 | After the honeymoon , Alexia was pregnant and he was progressing well on the film score . |
| 4 | One minute he was busking away on the cabaret circuit , the next he was on late-night TV , and then suddenly he was grinning all over the tabloids . |
| 5 | As it happened , he seldom flew in straight combat , for his skill as a pilot was so admired he was employed mainly on the courier service , ferrying high-ranking officers . |
| 6 | But , as he passed the children , he saw he was closing fast on a grey saloon car , which ‘ appeared from nowhere ’ in the fast lane , he added . |
| 7 | ‘ I gave him a good whacking , ’ Wally told police as he was taken away on a stretcher . |
| 8 | He did n't seem particularly pleased with himself even though he was patted enthusiastically on the back by the rest of his team and applauded by the spectators . |
| 9 | Promoted lieutenant in the brig Grasshopper , he was driven ashore on the Helder in December 1811 . |
| 10 | He was pressing hard on the button and standing patiently for the door to open . |
| 11 | He was standing here on the other side of the door , knowing nothing of Isabel 's plans . |
| 12 | He was standing calmly on the stage . |
| 13 | He was standing now on the steel floor , the corner of the first container some twenty feet away . |
| 14 | He was perched precariously on the very edge of the precipice waiting for puffins to fly past , and when one came within reach he swung his long-handled fleygastong ( which is like a landing-net on the end of a four-metre pole ) to intercept the bird . |
| 15 | He was hired anyway on the condition he spend two months studying English at Berlitz . |
| 16 | Some well I myself I was lucky I had a job with my brother in law , he was working there on the railway and he knew them well . |
| 17 | ‘ He said to tell you he was working hard on the unknown numbers , and you are not to put yourself in danger of arrest . ’ |