Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [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 | " Drewy " Leask , one of our local customs staff , same with us as local pilot , and very glad I was to have him on board as he was able to show us many remote anchorages and isolated harbours that I would never otherwise have dared approach . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He put a solicitor down , and last time I spoke with him I was defending him on a for fraud . |
| 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 | Er , if you was to put everything on top of each other , for example , then erm , there 's probably little gaps between one section and another , and those little gaps are using extra memory . |
| 28 | If we were to put you on a slimming diet providing you with 1,500 calories a day , you would be 500 calories short of your requirement and these would have to be taken from your body fat . |
| 29 | I 'd be looking for sixty five for ours , if we were to put it on the market , I mean we 're not |
| 30 | At dinner one evening , we were congratulating him on getting the job and he mentioned this educational remit and that he had no idea what to do . |