Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] was [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | when she opened her eyes she was lying on one of the seats inside the shelter , and — horror of horrors ! — a huge crowd had collected . |
| 2 | her lips curled in a smile , and Patrick wondered if she knew what effect she was having on him — and then realized that she probably did . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , there 's the house , ’ he said quickly in an attempt to divert his thoughts from the effect she was having on him . |
| 4 | When she regained consciousness she was lying on a bench with her future sisters-in-law looking down at her . |
| 5 | A guardian would be assessed on the stock he was holding on behalf of his wards , as was Francis Brown of Little Casterton , Rutland , in respect of his four brothers and sisters . |
| 6 | Edward would come and live on Grace , which would save the rent he was paying on his rooms at present ; the girls , once they were not being prayed for at the grotto , would agree to go back to the nuns ; and with Tilda at school she could go out herself and look for a job . |
| 7 | Last summer , Romania reportedly warned neighbouring Hungary it was working on nuclear weapons and a ballistic missile system . |
| 8 | If he knew the effect he was having on her traitorous senses , she 'd die of chagrin . |
| 9 | But Luke did n't seem to notice the effect he was having on her . |
| 10 | ‘ The moustache came to symbolise everything I hated about my character and the effect he was having on me and my marriage . |
| 11 | Charles worried about the effect it was having on her ; and grew angry and frustrated on his own behalf , that no one seemed interested in the ills of the world . |
| 12 | A test ban would destabilise the nuclear balance because neither side could be sure what effect it was having on the other . |
| 13 | I made visits at the most relevant times during the appraisal , in particular whilst the inspection was under way , so that I could observe the effect it was having on staff . |
| 14 | I used to go to work fearful of the dialogue I was putting on the screen . |
| 15 | One afternoon after tennis I was sitting on a drawing-room sofa at Bemersyde when Dawyck 's dog , a long black cocker spaniel called Wasp , came and nuzzled up against me in the most friendly manner . |
| 16 | Merrill stared at the crumbly mess she was making on her plate . |
| 17 | For a few minutes she explained the system on which the cards were arranged , then let him try to select some for a bibliography she was compiling on nutrition in underdeveloped countries . |
| 18 | Mrs Stych glared at the exquisite collection of cookies she was arranging on a tray . |
| 19 | ‘ Mike 's changed , ’ Laidlaw answered , staring at the beer can he was turning on the table . |
| 20 | And it turned out to be simply because she knew she was pregnant ; a mechanical trick she was turning on him . |
| 21 | Of course she was drinking on the sly , her and her precious friend … |
| 22 | For an article I was doing on telephone sex . ’ |
| 23 | She had quite expected him to stop the car on the way home and make a grab at her and she was all prepared to cope with it , had her little speech ready about what a wonderful evening she 'd had but at the moment she was concentrating on her career and did n't really want to waste time on that kind of thing . |
| 24 | But Henry was more concerned about the political repercussions of the advances he was making on the Continent than about the troubles of the church of Canterbury . |
| 25 | She became very busy with the packages he was stacking on the jetty . |
| 26 | I pretended it was Annie 's hair we was putting on the tree , and I called her a little angel , but she got upset about that , so I stopped . |
| 27 | For a while I was sleeping on a floor … |
| 28 | One day I was sitting on the roof with Chola and Mina , shelling wild walnuts for oil . |
| 29 | On another occasion I was sitting on a bank with my feet on the headland , and Walter was coming along with his horses . |
| 30 | And so one minute she was standing on deck in the rush of bright wind , the next minute the motor launch was scything across their bows . |