Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I really believe they have not had any capital for twenty years , but were entirely trading on credit . ’ |
| 2 | and these people were not depending on agriculture alone . |
| 3 | In the Operations Room , some of the female part-time watchkeepers were just coming on duty and were being briefed on the operations that were planned for the day and those that were already taking place . |
| 4 | By the third week around 17 per cent thought Labour and the Alliance were also concentrating on defence . |
| 5 | They certainly were n't speaking on behalf of the company and appear to be , frankly , incomprehensible ramblings . |
| 6 | Surfers despised bodyboarders for not standing up on their boards : they were n't walking on water , they were wallowing in it . |
| 7 | That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week . |
| 8 | Hamilton and I did dummies of what an alternative paper might look like — we were then working on Student , and had access to design material . |
| 9 | The sad fact is that although the ostensible reason for the dolphin kills was that dolphins were stealing and eating the commercial fish species , examination of their stomach contents showed that only the false killer whales were actually feeding on yellowtail . |
| 10 | And so if people had less money in their pockets and they were losing their jobs , what factors can explain why more and more people were actually going on holiday abroad ? |
| 11 | A deal with EMI beckoned , and 15-year-old singer Stinky Turner was soon going on stage in his pyjamas and bawling , ‘ You insult my intelligence but I a not a fool ! ’ to the band 's legion of admirers ( affectionately known as ‘ The Rubber Glove Firm ’ ) . |
| 12 | A deal with EMI beckoned , and 15-year-old singer Stinky Turner was soon going on stage in his pyjamas and bawling , ‘ You insult my intelligence but I a not a fool ! ’ to the band 's legion of admirers ( affectionately known as ‘ The Rubber Glove Firm ’ ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think so , she was just passing on gossip . ’ |
| 14 | The Company was not acting on behalf of the government when it entered into the concession agreement . |
| 15 | The significant features of Arazi 's victory over Supermec and River Majesty were that the knee operation carried out last November appeared to have no effects and , this time , the colt was not racing on medication , as he had been when winning the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile . |
| 16 | At least then he would know that she was not lying on ice in a bloody mortuary . |
| 17 | In that , he was really laying on line precisely what he felt and what he enjoyed . |
| 18 | Consumer goods production had fallen by 12-24 per cent , but there were more consumer goods in the shops , because a higher proportion of consumer spending was now going on food . |
| 19 | Anneka was today filming on location somewhere in London for her current programme , Capital Woman , ‘ which has certainly required an extra effort . ’ |
| 20 | [ Mond is said to have complained , away back in the 1880s , that his company was n't concentrating on chemistry any more but on making money , a complaint perhaps most easily made by those who have already acquired as much money as they can reasonable need . ] |
| 21 | In the evenings there was sometimes singing on deck to the accompaniment of a lute , and sorrowful music it was too , because the songs were nearly always about broken hearts , unrequited love , or dear ones lost at sea . |
| 22 | Her hair was almost standing on end , but not for the world would she admit it . |
| 23 | He was therefore resigning on principle . |