Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] on " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
2 | It 's odd because I was watching him on Football Focus yesterday , him and Bob Wilson , and I was trying to stay awake |
3 | I like him , I was watching him on the telly the other day , I think he seemed nice . |
4 | PS Stoke just won thier first game under Joe Jordan … so what ? well I was watching it on telly , had to come to work , & had to find something to do ! |
5 | Yeah and I was watching it on This Morning and what it is it 's because most things you 've got in your kitchen like myself are all tested on animals and they do n't label it |
6 | Or maybe , the other ends got hot while I was a-tapping them on the anvil . ’ |
7 | I was congratulating myself on my fitness when I passed a middle-aged German couple climbing up — with a good deal more spring in their steps than me . |
8 | There I was congratulating myself on surviving the winter without so much as a sniffle , when I was suddenly struck down without warning . |
9 | ‘ I was bouncing her on my knee ’ |
10 | I was hitting them on the head and they were all falling on the floor . |
11 | I got her a pair of tough brogues from the plastic bag and all the time I was putting them on her she was looking at me with a vacant stare , her eyes still very wide , the pupils enormous . |
12 | Well , I was putting it on the foil and I thought : ‘ This could kill me ’ , but it was that strong the urge to have it , I did n't care . |
13 | He put a solicitor down , and last time I spoke with him I was defending him on a for fraud . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | He felt the moistness , felt the narrow aperture , then slowly , her eyes never leaving his , she lowered herself down as if she were impaling herself on his flesh . |
16 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
17 | You were congratulating yourselves on the fact earlier , I know . ’ |
18 | While you were congratulating yourself on dodging Louie , Ambrose had you in view all the time . ’ |
19 | The only problem was the London Paddington to Liverpool train did n't run from the expected start station , it started from Reading instead of from Paddington , so if you were expecting somebody on that train , well they may not have , may not have been on that one if they er were actually starting from Paddington , otherwise no problems on the buses . |
20 | 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 ? ’ |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Now at that stage you were doing it on the telephone were you ? |
23 | 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 . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | The woman was holding on to him with one arm , and with the other she was pounding him on the back , very hard . |
26 | McLeish carried over a loaded tray , and ate ravenously , noting with interest that Catherine Crane had an equally good appetite , though it was not obvious where she was putting it on that slim frame . |
27 | Tommy , who was accompanying them on the mouth-organ , noticed that Charlie could n't take his eyes off Rose the barmaid who , although on the wrong side of thirty , never stopped flirting with the young recruits . |
28 | I did n't make any bread out of it , just me own gear , like , and I was still in debt to this lad who was laying it on me . |
29 | This can happen if , for example , the sub-purchaser bought the goods from someone who was hiring them on hire purchase terms . |
30 | ‘ Give me that , ’ said Tabitha , snatching the melon from Saskia , who was balancing it on her arm , rolling it slowly from her shoulder down to her wrist and back again . |