Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pn reflx] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were congratulating yourselves on the fact earlier , I know . ’ |
| 2 | On the day arrangements went smoothly and we were settling ourselves on the 1220 ex Llangollen when Colin appeared in person , having done his work in the small hours and put our visit ahead of his sleep ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Burton was hurling himself on the course most likely to tempt and test him to the limit . |
| 5 | While householders fumed in queues to find out how they should pay , he was sunning himself on an Indian Ocean holiday . |
| 6 | The first creature we had seen , a small turtle , was sunning itself on a rock as we climbed into a canoe and paddled and drifted round the green-speared edge of the lake . |
| 7 | It was sunning itself on the path . |
| 8 | Because what Niki was doing-the subject was Niki 's contract and terms for 1977 — was putting himself on the same level as Enzo . |