Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] was [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former British formula 1 driver John Watson , now a commentator for Eurosport , said : ‘ The last time I saw him was in Monte Carlo for the Monaco Grand Prix where he was staying on a boat in the harbour . |
| 2 | ‘ We ca n't find out where he was going on Friday evening ; you know that he was seen in Albert Terrace , apparently on his way to Moorgate ? ’ |
| 3 | Matthew had a drawing board on the table by the window , where he was working on a set of plans . |
| 4 | The journey was not in vain , for I quickly realised that I was walking on man-made terraces . |
| 5 | My motivations were not as clear-cut as those of any contemporary workforce , but there is no doubt in my mind that I was going on strike in the only way I knew how to , and that in this sense Szasz is right to describe anorexia nervosa as a political problem . |
| 6 | And then , damn me , it was clear that I was sitting on someone ! |
| 7 | ‘ I began to lose consciousness and felt that I was standing on the world 's edge aside of a high , dark space looking across it , thinking that I was about to enter into it . |
| 8 | Bang a drum and it answers back , so I was working on a street market at the time and I went and bought a drum and started to learn . |
| 9 | I kept thinking cos I was , was n't very well Saturday so I was lying on the settee thinking well I hope it ai n't me . |
| 10 | Once I was lying on the bed I noticed that with the appearance of Aids , there is so much more precaution — every needle , tube , cotton wool swab etc is carefully disposed of . |
| 11 | Her mother had had a fit when Carolyn admitted that she was living on social security . |
| 12 | Then , with great bravado , she attacked the pile of pine-needles , scooping them up between the giant clutch of her karaso and her own small hand , depositing them in another heap that she was building on top of the rope . |
| 13 | I knew that she was operating on a matter of some principle , something basic and territorial , something she had been taught , perhaps . |
| 14 | Martha felt that she was walking on air and when she entered the kitchen , Annie looked up . |
| 15 | The firm set of Niall Grant 's mouth suggested that she was treading on dangerous ground . |
| 16 | Sally-Anne 's returning senses told her that she was lying on an old-fashioned sofa with a high back at one end , and no sides . |
| 17 | Jake gathered her to him and rolled over on his back , so that she was lying on her stomach on top of him . |
| 18 | anything about coming , and yet Jenny came up and told me that she was coming on Friday , er before I got that letter , got that letter the next day |
| 19 | Yet , looking into those liquid dark eyes , Fran could n't help the sudden feeling that she was standing on the verge of something so mind-blowing that it made her afraid . |
| 20 | It went against the grain to meekly obey , but the look in his eyes told her in no uncertain terms that she was standing on the edge of a minefield . |
| 21 | It no longer occurred to Folly to doubt that Luke was telling the truth — and she knew that she was concentrating on his explanation simply as a shield against the other questions that hovered only a breath away . |
| 22 | This kind of emphasis on the opposition between , rather than the complementary nature of , the active and contemplative lives was reflected in the patristic interpretation of the story of Martha and Mary ( Luke 10:38 — 42 ) in which Christ excuses Mary 's lack of active help in Martha 's household chores because she was listening to him , on the grounds that she was concentrating on that which was most essential . |
| 23 | She reluctantly followed Nicole outside , certain that she was verging on dragging her steps and generally acting like a twelve-year-old delinquent on the way to the principal 's office . |
| 24 | She licked her lips nervously , and realised that she was sitting on the edge of the sofa , staring at him as though her life depended on it . |
| 25 | At least it took her mind off the far less confident emotions that she was feeling on her own account . |
| 26 | And that she was going on Wednesday , I think . |
| 27 | Otherwise it tends to make the whole picture , like , I went to er er one club once and there was a very nice portrait , not unlike this , there was a girl sitting on a stool , rather less clothes on than this girl has got and it was very nicely done except she was sitting on a painted stool and all the paint was chipped and that to me looked really tacky ! |
| 28 | Although he was working on some big accounts — British Gas , Bankers Trust , Harris Queensway and Beecham — he was ambitious and keen for a little more action . |
| 29 | The sun had moved so that it was setting on the roof of the building on the western side of the yard . |
| 30 | Rejecting this accusation , China claimed that it was drilling on the Chinese side of a north-south boundary line in the Gulf of Tonkin agreed in 1887 by China and France , Vietnam 's then colonial ruler . |