Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I realized I was kneeling on a tarpaulin which someone had carefully placed over what could have been a small metal gate — or — the detached ‘ fun bumper ’ cow-catcher device from a small four-wheel-drive vehicle , say , a Shogun . |
| 2 | And when she found she was putting on some weight , she took up swimming regularly . |
| 3 | Alexandra stood up , found she was standing on her own hem , bobbed a little to release herself and confronted a large , commanding woman pulling off brown suede gloves . |
| 4 | Ludens , amazed at his own emotion , found he was kneeling on one knee . |
| 5 | However , Novell , which claimed it was acting on the urgings of its customers , is expected to press the integration and interoperability of NetWare and Unix , the development of common management framework and common application framework ABIs to put at the service of third-party software developers and mission-critical accounts intent on rightsizing and employing distributed solutions . |
| 6 | He discovered she was missing on Christmas Eve when her sister went round to his house . |
| 7 | I heard she was trying on everything to see what |
| 8 | I felt I was arguing on behalf of myself and the other two , who never rose to the bait . |
| 9 | Di Driver had been coming to my classes for some time and she knew I was appearing on the programme but I had no idea that she planned on paying me a visit ‘ on air ’ . |
| 10 | She thought I was cheating on her , you see , hurting another woman behind her back . |
| 11 | Yes er but I do n't think he knew what I did , I think he thought I used to take the boiling water upstairs you see int he bedroom and er I think he just thought I was sitting on it to open the womb . |
| 12 | She understood she was standing on the pavement with people walking past , the traffic rushing up and down had been standing there , stock-still , for how long ? |
| 13 | She had clung to the doll tenaciously , until the awful feeling she 'd had once before stole up through her little body from her feet to her head , and the next thing she knew she was lying on the floor with her head in Ma 's lap . |
| 14 | I knew she was going on a cruise . |
| 15 | Instead , feeling as though with each step she took she was treading on her dreams , destroying them forever , she followed him mutely back to the sofa and seated herself where she had been before . |
| 16 | The next thing he knew he was lying on the floor , half stunned , beans everywhere . |
| 17 | Luke and Sonny knew he was coming on the afternoon train ; they should have been waiting at the railway station with the horse and trap . |
| 18 | ‘ All that money I thought he was spending on you , he was spending on drugs . |
| 19 | She said and Bobby says she do n't he said I was laying on the floor the other night and she came down beside with me and put her arm round me as we were laying there he said I 'll never do anything he said cos if you started playing about with her she 'll , you know childlike and and he said she would n't erm show her affection any more . |
| 20 | Like the one she said she was doing on drug smuggling . ’ |
| 21 | He said he was coming on Wednesday . |
| 22 | Washington has expressed its willingness to change the venue for the summit from Vancouver to Moscow if the Russian side makes such a request , but Mr Clinton said he was working on the assumption that it would take place in Canada as planned . |
| 23 | In fact , his parents discouraged Gedge , especially when they suspected it was infringing on his studies and attempts to find a job . |