Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drama began after the man 's colleagues , who were working on neighbouring boats off the Southport coast , became concerned about their friend . |
| 2 | But even he notes that Maxwell would telephone ‘ as often as six times in an evening to staff who were working on political reports ’ . |
| 3 | The committee called in George Stephenson , Reid Clanny and Holmes who were working on safe lamps and ventilation . |
| 4 | But hard as John Meaney tried he found it an uphill struggle against Hughes , who was firing on all cylinders , and his great ‘ cool ’ blessed with a wide repertoire of shots saw him a worthy winner 4–0 from seven frames . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , we later discovered , the builder who was working on these kennels turned out to be an absolute cowboy . |
| 6 | Lambert who was leading on this occasion , ordered the formation to go into line astern for the attack . |