Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most players were bogeying it on Saturday and Sunday . |
| 2 | Hewlett-Packard Co recently sent out pairs of natty sunglasses to the UK computer press bearing the message ‘ you 'll be needing these on May 5th , ’ ( well some of the poor loves must have thought things rather fetching as they were wearing them on Olivetti 's jaunt to Paris a couple of days later ) . |
| 3 | The townfolk always stared as if we were doing it on purpose , and that made us feel worse . |
| 4 | He took to it like a duck to water and from then on he 'd grill me for hours on end about the various types of plays , especially when we were watching it on TV . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | This can happen if , for example , the sub-purchaser bought the goods from someone who was hiring them on hire purchase terms . |
| 7 | When Smith was recommending it on television he said , ‘ I wish we could get beyond colour as the criterion and choose to be governed by the best men for the job . ’ |
| 8 | He was doing it on purpose . |
| 9 | Sam had been using tape echo , or slap-back , and whether he was doing it on purpose or not , he also treated Elvis 's voice like another instrument . |
| 10 | I do n't know how reliable the post is here , as I have only received one postcard from you here — it was posted on 16 March , and was awaiting us on arrival . |
| 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 | It 's odd because I was watching him on Football Focus yesterday , him and Bob Wilson , and I was trying to stay awake |
| 13 | 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 ! |