Example sentences of "they [was/were] [v-ing] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they were staying on another week … ’ |
| 2 | Rincewind swallowed hard when he saw them , because they were walking on that broad expanse of ceiling like flies . |
| 3 | While they were working on this case there were some things which Nikos had better not know . |
| 4 | They were sitting on either side of a dying fire . |
| 5 | She was telling them a story , and they were sitting on either side of her on the sofa with their mouths hanging slightly open , Gawain meditatively fingering a lock of her long , dark hair , Damian staring at her and absently scratching his balls . |
| 6 | 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 |