Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most players were bogeying it on Saturday and Sunday . |
| 2 | He had a curious feeling of release ; other people had taken portions of his grief upon themselves , and they were expressing it on his behalf . |
| 3 | And luck , a commodity the spirited teenager had never been short of , played a crucial part in the events that were to set her on the path to millions . |
| 4 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 5 | Hewlett-Packard Co recently sent out pairs of natty sunglasses to the UK computer press bearing the message ‘ you 'll be needing these on May 5th , ’ ( well some of the poor loves must have thought things rather fetching as they were wearing them on Olivetti 's jaunt to Paris a couple of days later ) . |
| 6 | Even if they are what you think they are , rival agents , how could they have known you were expecting a letter , and how could they have known you were expecting it on that particular night ? ’ |
| 7 | If we were to put you on a slimming diet providing you with 1,500 calories a day , you would be 500 calories short of your requirement and these would have to be taken from your body fat . |
| 8 | I 'd be looking for sixty five for ours , if we were to put it on the market , I mean we 're not |
| 9 | They had taken the area from the rebels and were defending it on the orders of General Kopyion . |
| 10 | Bob , who hides a sparky humour , behind a grizzled exterior , said tenants who were taking his beers were doing it on a ‘ belligerent , sod-the-brewer basis ’ . |
| 11 | The townfolk always stared as if we were doing it on purpose , and that made us feel worse . |
| 12 | were doing it on their own two feet , |
| 13 | Now at that stage you were doing it on the telephone were you ? |
| 14 | T frankly , yes it did , but I mean you were reading it pretty well correctly the way they read I mean most of us read things I know I do myself , one reads things quicker than perhaps some would if we were reading them on a radio or something . |
| 15 | They were rolling it on rusty ball bearings . |
| 16 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 17 | At the front , though , they had taken them through the gate and were playing them on the windows of Hilda Machin 's sitting-room . |
| 18 | All these people were smacking her on the back , and touching her and congratulating her , and expressing surprise and delight . |
| 19 | And when you were carrying it on your back into the sheds for the cattle , the juice would be would be soaking through the bags . |
| 20 | They marched down the road , stopping outside every public house — where they were handed drinks by the landlord — and outside cottages whose inhabitants were awaiting them on their doorsteps . |
| 21 | At dinner one evening , we were congratulating him on getting the job and he mentioned this educational remit and that he had no idea what to do . |
| 22 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 23 | He took to it like a duck to water and from then on he 'd grill me for hours on end about the various types of plays , especially when we were watching it on TV . |
| 24 | Len was thumping him on the arm now with his fist . |
| 25 | Before caution could restrain the impulse , he placed his hand over hers where she was resting it on the low wall in front of them . |
| 26 | ‘ I knew it could n't be the murder weapon , ’ he gravely told Wickham , ‘ because I was using it on Friday evening , hours after MacQuillan was found dead . ’ |
| 27 | When she was n't preparing food she could barely swallow , or making hot drinks , or washing up , he was instructing her on how to use the boat 's equipment . |
| 28 | Dyson swung the wheel to the left , then swung it sharply to the right again to avoid a lorry which was overtaking him on the inside . |
| 29 | Yes , when they was fitting them on the H M S Gothic they sent , they Birkenhead and I asked if they , so I stopped work , all Saturday and this , this er big er were it ? |
| 30 | I was in a shop once , buying scented candles , and on the radio came Steve Wright with a collage of Smiths ’ songs , and I got a distinct chill , almost as though the hand of death was tapping me on the shoulder , saying : ‘ put yer candles down , it 's time to go ! ’ ’ |