Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] on this " in BNC.
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| 1 | They heard the muffled thud as the charge blew before they set off to see how others were faring on this southern lock . |
| 2 | and er I mean and these were three young girls , they only just started to work and yet they 'd got a car and as soon as they finished they they were going on this picnic |
| 3 | In spite in a slowing in the growth of medium-priced sailing yachts , all the larger were concentrating on this section of the market with new or revamped models of 30 to 35 feet ( 9.1 to 10.7m ) . |
| 4 | While they were working on this case there were some things which Nikos had better not know . |
| 5 | Fact recognition method it 's a piece of hardware and one of the things that 's clear actually is that er the Alexander worlds and all sorts of other people that were working on this do n't look at them in this way and they look at these as I say ram blocks . |
| 6 | In other words it 's , it 's sticking from east to west , people will know of all the thing , it 's er tell you that many from eastern parts and western parts were called and reclined at the table , in other words this , well this good news that Jesus was sticking on this |
| 7 | The Collector , in a remote and academic sort of way , was musing on this question of ammunition , considering whether there was anything left which still might be fired . |
| 8 | I am sure of , many of you ground and air crew members of the Three-Ninetieth , as well as the local citizenry remember what was happening on this very spot . |
| 9 | The Beveridge Report was revealing on this . |
| 10 | Now another Foreign Secretary , much junior much more Baldwin 's protege , whether through intention or exhaustion , was acting on this precept with avidity . |
| 11 | Lambert who was leading on this occasion , ordered the formation to go into line astern for the attack . |
| 12 | there and I said no my handsome you did n't pick that up and the case fell , fell to bi he , cos he was going on this is inferior not up to standard and so I said |
| 13 | The lady was travelling on this particular journey which was subject to many delays owing to permanent way maintenance work , and the passengers were heartily fed up with the hassle . |
| 14 | Minton bought him a motorbike and he was travelling on this to a match with the All Blacks when he had an accident . |
| 15 | it was a it was full pass inside to two fullbacks er , for the Southampton player that was running on this fullback shaded it away you know , guiding him out of it , he 's running to the e sa Smeichel came out to the edge of the area but he was like right on the edge as the player was coming to him , so he just let it roll a little bit further , he stopped it with his foot , the guy came and tackled him off got it instead of just picking it up with his hand , I mean he was actually in the area but like he was right on the edge and he took a step back |
| 16 | In fact , Angel One was counting on this factor making his opponent confident of defeating him . |
| 17 | Sometimes I felt the whole world was converging on this little room . |
| 18 | Yet she was relying on this very power to get her released . |
| 19 | He was again conscious of where he was : in the room of his own apartment , on the third floor of a large house , he was sitting on this Sunday afternoon , an ageing man , old not in years , but in their disappointments . |
| 20 | There was this veranda on the back of the caravan which Yul Brynner had got from somewhere , and he was sitting on this veranda in his black shirt , black boots and black trousers and smoking a big cigar . |
| 21 | He was standing on this big silver pyramid where the stage was . |
| 22 | I looked through the bedroom and this chap was standing on this Mini , jumping up and down . |
| 23 | I 'm was leaning on this , look ! |
| 24 | And er I 'd got a key to get in from the works into the office once I was inside , but that was access to the works you know and er I er I en I enjoyed it more or less and I must say the firm , to some extent , looked up to me and I 'd only got to have a damned machine stop , where the girls was working on this machine , and the bobbin shop and all that sort of thing , and I was able to go look er , down and say look here I want this . |