Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] on [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The confused evidence suggests they are acting on their own initiative , not on directives from East Berlin to play for time . |
| 2 | Although there can never be any guarantees , it is frequently the case that older children enjoy working with younger ones , enjoy the responsibility they are being given , and behave much better than they do when they are working on their own . |
| 3 | So that one day when they are sitting on their fat butts in frankfurt or Langley and some poor guy 's written seven point nine two centimetre automatic rifle instead of seven point nine two millimetre , they wo n't want to fire him for bad writing . |
| 4 | They 're infringing on our basic right to be a member of a trade union . |
| 5 | It is possible they were acting on their own initiative , in the belief that Stalin would have been pleased to have Kirov removed . |