Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 There I was congratulating myself on surviving the winter without so much as a sniffle , when I was suddenly struck down without warning .
3 It was sunning itself on the path .
4 All she wanted to do now was get out of here because it was pretty obvious that this woman had known Felipe when he was enjoying himself on the coast and there was definitely something between them .
5 While householders fumed in queues to find out how they should pay , he was sunning himself on an Indian Ocean holiday .
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