Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was nodding politely on the fringes of a group listening to their host talking about himself when she heard a familiar voice behind her . |
| 2 | She saw the shadowy movement out of the corner of her eye and she was still reaching for her Beretta when she was struck heavily on the shoulder , knocking the Geiger-Muller counter from her hand . |
| 3 | On Pack Meeting night she always changed early into her uniform , and now she was skipping gaily on the grassy path outside the cottage , practising fancy new steps for the Keep Fit Challenge . |
| 4 | She was stationed now on the male floor and visited him frequently — sometimes in the line of duty , sometimes for a few minutes when her work was finished , often — as now , when she should have been elsewhere — for an illicit cigarette . |
| 5 | She was sitting tensely on the gilt chair . |
| 6 | She was sitting sideways on the horse in the usual lady 's position . |