Example sentences of "he was [v-ing] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right now , he was overdosing on both . |
| 2 | Although he seemed to be oblivious of what had happened , because he was concentrating on some letter or other , Eliot looked up resignedly and with a smile of one all too accustomed to the lack of business acumen in other people ; but I could see that he was also relieved to find me not too cast down . |
| 3 | Minton bought him a motorbike and he was travelling on this to a match with the All Blacks when he had an accident . |
| 4 | I saw him this morning but he was sitting on another table . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was standing on this big silver pyramid where the stage was . |
| 8 | Although he was working on some big accounts — British Gas , Bankers Trust , Harris Queensway and Beecham — he was ambitious and keen for a little more action . |
| 9 | I gather they 're going to tell us he was working on some secret defence project , after all . |
| 10 | But Lillie 's theme in 1965 was conservation , so he was working on both topics simultaneously . |
| 11 | She had this pervert on and he was going on all through everything you know what I mean ? |
| 12 | there and I said no my handsome you did n't pick that up and the case fell , fell to bi he , cos he was going on this is inferior not up to standard and so I said |