Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the aid of the LFS we were able to examine further the extent to which members of the temporary labour force in the hotel and catering industry were working on that basis because they had been unable to find permanent jobs , and to what extent they were doing so because they did not want permanent jobs . |
| 2 | His mind was working on two levels . |
| 3 | There was no hint then that the Mail was running on such a short fuse . |
| 4 | At its zenith the programme was embarking on 8 new projects per year and , despite a slowdown from the breakneck pace of the late 1970s , by 1990 France will have about 70 operating nuclear installations . |
| 5 | However , action was proceeding on two cases : the East London River Crossing via Oxleas Wood , and the new BP oil terminal at Kinneil , near Grangemouth on the Firth of Forth in Scotland . |
| 6 | To her intense humiliation , Luke , Angel , Alejandro , three of Alejandro 's sons , and two of their friends who 'd come to lunch were playing on one pitch while Perdita had been put on another with Alejandro 's three younger sons and four of their cousins — none of them a day over twelve . |
| 7 | The lady was travelling on this particular journey which was subject to many delays owing to permanent way maintenance work , and the passengers were heartily fed up with the hassle . |
| 8 | And erm so that the campaign was working on two levels one to persuade women that they did n't have to take time off from working in factories , at certain times of the month and another to persuade women to use erm internal sanitary protection and as I said I will explain why later it comes into another section . |
| 9 | Ice was forming on Three Island Pond . |
| 10 | Mlle Patricia Allemoniere , of the TF1 station , said her team was working on five different projects ; health , housing , education , the election campaign and the three party leaders . |
| 11 | At one point Manchester University group was working on 39 ! |
| 12 | When the train had stopped , it was found that the child 's body was lying on one side of the rails but his head had been completely severed from the body . |
| 13 | The day was moving on faster than I was now and a heat haze shimmered over the Tarn as I came to its banks to sit and eat my lunch . |
| 14 | A revolution was going on that had absolutely nothing to do with the streets of Brooklyn or the Bronx . |
| 15 | Sigourney was coming on last and we were going to move the seats around during the interval because we felt that she might not be able to concentrate sitting next to the heavily made-up and highly camp Julian . |
| 16 | A slender man with a wisp of grey beard and an air of pleasant idleness was lying on one elbow beside a yew . |
| 17 | Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening . |
| 18 | In November 1985 , a maintenance team at the B ( Advanced Gas-Cooled ) station was working on one of the circulators which drives the carbon dioxide cooling gas round the reactor core . |
| 19 | All this was to change , however , in the year she describes as ‘ extraordinary ’ , 1963 , as a result of what she took to be the effect that television was having on public debate . |
| 20 | And during the last two centuries , especially when Britain had strong ties with India and the Indian sub-continent and the trade was flourishing on those routes . |
| 21 | Helen turned and saw that the Colonel was putting on white clothes on top of his army uniform . |
| 22 | Lucy could n't find time to come over for an evening ; the globally significant exhibition was floating on some remote iceberg ; Jeremy had an agent , an opening ; Lucy 's sister was ill and needed her ( Jay recalled Lucy 's exasperated indifference to her sister ) ; the painters were coming . |
| 23 | After Mr Runciman had complained that it appeared the firm was acting on privileged information , Mr Malcolm had instructed his salesmen not to initiate any further sales . |
| 24 | The note of sarcasm in Ben 's voice was bordering on outright rudeness now . |
| 25 | But the bull was kneeling on Merry 's overcoat ; and that saved him ! |
| 26 | I enjoyed Reading , a few beers , good atmosphere and some good bands , but … what the bloody hell was going on hygiene-wise ? |
| 27 | Sometimes I felt the whole world was converging on this little room . |
| 28 | The shadow was turning on that landing , moving up the next set of stairs after them . |
| 29 | The Doctor was standing on one hand now , and juggling five different balls whilst singing a medley of songs by Abba . |
| 30 | The Beveridge Report was revealing on this . |