Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [v-ing] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He had obviously been brooding on this incident some years back , ’ said Mr Denny . |
| 2 | not been putting on any loud music recently I 've not had , I 'll stretch it out a little bit , but erm you know , we had a heater in here and er , record player and er ra er radio and that . |
| 3 | most were set by several … [ and ] although one compositor might set a whole book , he would not normally be working on that book alone but would intersperse work on other jobs when it was called for … |
| 4 | It was corporation booty however , and it was only reasonable to expect that this early entertainment centre might not be firing on all cylinders . |
| 5 | If the person or institution is not willing , the clause may be ineffective , because the contract will not be binding on that person or institution and the court will not make the appointment : see 10.3.1 . |
| 6 | Perhaps I should start by telling you something I 'll not be talking about and that is the subject of financial resources and how Lynda 's getting on in her discussions with chief secretary , I do n't suppose that comes to you as any surprise but I shall I not be talking on that but let me say that we remain committed strongly to a substantial aid programme which as far as possible is directed towards the poorest countries . |
| 7 | Exactly who , or what , triggered this Titanic blast , or what exactly was going on half an hour before it went off , we are not told . |
| 8 | Can you really be reneging on that vow , merely because a connected case is being investigated by the Inspector ? ’ |
| 9 | I have also enclosed an article to add to the considerable amount of reference material you should now be holding on this subject . |
| 10 | Allsorts of costs may well be impinging on this . |
| 11 | Erm so you need to build up a picture of what you 've got erm but there 's no real reason why we should n't be working on that now it seems to me . |
| 12 | Normally you do n't you would n't be working on that sort of time scale . |
| 13 | Otherwise we would n't be standing on this deck right now . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You wo n't be walking on that again in a hurry . ’ |
| 15 | What turned the campaign around was playing on another strength : his genuine fondness for getting among the public , even a hostile public . |