Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] on this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and er I mean and these were three young girls , they only just started to work and yet they 'd got a car and as soon as they finished they they were going on this picnic |
| 2 | In spite in a slowing in the growth of medium-priced sailing yachts , all the larger were concentrating on this section of the market with new or revamped models of 30 to 35 feet ( 9.1 to 10.7m ) . |
| 3 | While they were working on this case there were some things which Nikos had better not know . |
| 4 | The Collector , in a remote and academic sort of way , was musing on this question of ammunition , considering whether there was anything left which still might be fired . |
| 5 | Now another Foreign Secretary , much junior much more Baldwin 's protege , whether through intention or exhaustion , was acting on this precept with avidity . |
| 6 | Lambert who was leading on this occasion , ordered the formation to go into line astern for the attack . |
| 7 | it was a it was full pass inside to two fullbacks er , for the Southampton player that was running on this fullback shaded it away you know , guiding him out of it , he 's running to the e sa Smeichel came out to the edge of the area but he was like right on the edge as the player was coming to him , so he just let it roll a little bit further , he stopped it with his foot , the guy came and tackled him off got it instead of just picking it up with his hand , I mean he was actually in the area but like he was right on the edge and he took a step back |
| 8 | In fact , Angel One was counting on this factor making his opponent confident of defeating him . |
| 9 | He was again conscious of where he was : in the room of his own apartment , on the third floor of a large house , he was sitting on this Sunday afternoon , an ageing man , old not in years , but in their disappointments . |
| 10 | There was this veranda on the back of the caravan which Yul Brynner had got from somewhere , and he was sitting on this veranda in his black shirt , black boots and black trousers and smoking a big cigar . |
| 11 | I looked through the bedroom and this chap was standing on this Mini , jumping up and down . |
| 12 | And er I 'd got a key to get in from the works into the office once I was inside , but that was access to the works you know and er I er I en I enjoyed it more or less and I must say the firm , to some extent , looked up to me and I 'd only got to have a damned machine stop , where the girls was working on this machine , and the bobbin shop and all that sort of thing , and I was able to go look er , down and say look here I want this . |