Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John was careful , but as a singer I felt with him as I were standing on one leg after my time with Walter . |
| 2 | Holmes and I were sitting on either side of a bright fire in our sitting room in Baker Street . |
| 3 | These , however , have to co-exist next to real lulus like , ‘ Being a mole I felt as if I was living on burrowed time . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It 's just … it 's just … that I do n't have many friends and I do feel sort of isolated , I s'pose — ’ I pulled up short , I was trespassing on forbidden ground , getting close to revealing more than I should . |
| 5 | In the end , perhaps because I was embarking on other work , the matter was quietly dropped . |
| 6 | Erm Yes i know I was treading on dodgy ground but we 've got to do something |
| 7 | The journey was not in vain , for I quickly realised that I was walking on man-made terraces . |
| 8 | I was working on all this as I cycled . |
| 9 | I was working on one side of the car and the boot lid dropped . |
| 10 | I had the idea for this design one day when I was working on some embroidery . |
| 11 | I was working on some shoes on the table , and Will picked one up and looked at it . |
| 12 | At fifteen Deborah has a short story published in a collection and hopes to be a writer ; we had already met whilst I was working on another book . |
| 13 | If I was lying on that floor I 'd be as hungry as a cat outside a birdcage . |
| 14 | On the seats we 'll call it , on the seats of the rowing boat , I was standing on that and my father said to me when I got aboard , do n't do that no more , he said , cos he say if that paddle , what we call the paddle , come out of that sculling hole , he said you 'll go over the side and the boat will go away from you , he said , you 'll be bloody well drowned , which was right never forgot it never . |
| 15 | She felt as though she were treading on thin ice and any false move might plunge her once more into the dark depths of despair . |
| 16 | So I said you were getting on okay |
| 17 | So if you were commenting on such a section as this , you would have a great deal of things to say on , just on the letter forms as they appear on the page . |
| 18 | ‘ And you were travelling on that road in March 1964 ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Could you tell us where you were and what you were doing on those three days , please ? ’ he said , instead , levelly and she gave him another sideways , calculating look . |
| 20 | Her mother had had a fit when Carolyn admitted that she was living on social security . |
| 21 | And , while she was chewing on that , suddenly some fierce Czech expletive rent the air , then , ‘ Hell , did you have me fooled ! ’ he raged , and when she had been certain that his fury was wholly on account of her pretending to be a journalist when she was not , he proceeded to throw her thinking totally out of gear when , his face whiter than ever , ‘ You wanted that interview so badly you were even ready to commit adultery to get — ’ |
| 22 | I mean he she was going on that tape about she had to replace some things . |
| 23 | Yet she was relying on this very power to get her released . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She was lying on one of the sofas in the drawing-room . |
| 26 | The firm set of Niall Grant 's mouth suggested that she was treading on dangerous ground . |
| 27 | Vitor seemed to have something beneath his skin which had connected with something beneath hers , and her breathing was quickening , her pulses raced , she no longer felt as if she was standing on solid ground . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Did she mention what she was doing on that road on her own ? ’ |
| 30 | And when she found she was putting on some weight , she took up swimming regularly . |