Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While in Athens she had got her hall-porter to place a successful bet for her on a horse called Beethoven , and I am sure she was acting on the best information that was to be had . |
| 2 | Of course she was drinking on the sly , her and her precious friend … |
| 3 | Rain was sure she was listening on the other side of it . |
| 4 | She was going on the overnight train so that she could read the Children 's Act of Scotland en route . |
| 5 | Sara curtsied , and backed to the door ; and it was only when it had closed behind her and she was standing on the long , tiled landing that she realized that her future mother-in-law had not once asked about her family in Ireland . |
| 6 | The road suddenly appeared through the thinning trees and Jenna had to scramble down a bank , cross a ditch and she was standing on the firm tarmac of the main highway . |
| 7 | She was working on the two o'clock to ten o'clock shift at the factory and on the Tuesday morning was up early to do some ironing , then she began to prepare the midday meal for herself and her mother and father , and Aunt Carrie who was visiting them . |
| 8 | She was sitting on the top deck and was cut and bruised by branches . |
| 9 | She was sitting on the opposite side of the grate and Louise Carter thought fleetingly how proud Nora had always been of her daughter even when they had been dramatically at loggerheads and how pleased she would be if she could see her now , in her elegant black dress and silver jewellery . |
| 10 | Unaware of his presence , she was sitting on the soft springy turf , leaning back against the ancient wall of the summer-house and gazing dreamily across the blue haze of the estuary . |