Example sentences of "was [verb] [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meggie , my sister two years younger than me , was helping Mum on the verandah . |
| 2 | Broughton , the oldest boarder , was slapping Hilary on the back , then in desperation pushing him over and trying to massage his stomach . |
| 3 | Less than ten minutes later , Ellwood was driving west on the elevated section , carving a path through the laggards and deadheads . |
| 4 | In the last years of the reign , Charles was developing Compiègne on the River Oise as his " capital " : his Carlopolis . |
| 5 | " She was hunting rats on the wharf and she fell into a clay lighter , Mercantile Lighterage Limited , flag black diamond on broad white band . " |
| 6 | Query : The teacher of first-year humanities was seeking information on the Australian aborigines . |
| 7 | Thora Hird was dispensing homilies on the television ; she was sitting in front of a Grecian urn . |
| 8 | ‘ We had time booked , songs were arranged in the studio and I was writing lyrics on the day they sang them . |
| 9 | Brushing aside the major political problem of French colonialism , ( 'there was no reason to discuss the question further' ) the real problem for de Lattre was guaranteeing priorities on the delivery of equipment . |
| 10 | The onus of proving that sufficient disclosure was made rests on the firm and it is not a defence to show that a legal or financial impediment on the part of the customer would have prevented him from proceeding with the relevant transaction , or that disclosure would not have affected the customer 's decision whether or not to proceed . |
| 11 | The agreement to lift the IMF 's quotas , effectively the membership fees payable by its 152 members , from 90,000 million to 135,000 million special drawing rights ( SDR1=US$1.32757 as at May 11 , 1990 ) , was made conditional on the adoption of a tougher policy against countries in arrears . |
| 12 | Through the glasses it seemed as if the whole sky was showering brilliance on the town below . |
| 13 | Given that the object of the exercise was to focus attention on the linguistic devices which bind the story together , the first step was to dismantle the text entirely . |
| 14 | Er eleven percent er was heading west on the A fifty nine . |
| 15 | At the age of eighteen , Doris was turning heads on the island and was selected as Sheerness Carnival Queen from fifteen entrants ; one of the judges was Frank Forbes-Robertson , a film star of the time . |
| 16 | At that particular time , er , quite right , faced with the failing national economy , and it 's got worse than it was then , and an increase in poverty in , this controlling group produced its plan for 1990 ninety one and in it 's redirection packages which are now part of our agenda on Council we d we made to pledges , one was to change the nature of Council and the other was to redirect sources on the process of need and we put four point three million on redirection in the first year , four point seven the second year . |
| 17 | his wife was supporting him and he was doing jobs on the side , |
| 18 | The disappointing response to the appeal was said by observers to reflect the donors ' view that the government was squandering resources on the civil war . |
| 19 | His humour was sometimes expressed in schoolboyish practical jokes , but he possessed also a quicksilver wit , as illustrated by his remark to Lady ( Margaret ) Keynes ( née Darwin ) , who told him she had been bitten by an ape at Gibraltar : ‘ He was having revenge on the Darwins . ’ |
| 20 | Dustin knew he was coming in to Broadway with Jimmy Shine and did not relish the idea of making a film and simultaneously appearing in a play , especially as the production was having problems on the road . |
| 21 | Margaret Elder was giving evidence on the first day of the fatal accident inquiry into drugs deaths in Glasgow . |
| 22 | The detective was giving evidence on the fourth day of a trial in which Hepburn , 29 , of Alloa , denies that on a Saturday night last October he twice lured young women into his car by pretending he was a taxi driver . |
| 23 | The broadcaster who threw it all up to become the son of God was giving thanks on the eve of the party conference in Wolverhampton . |
| 24 | One was to save par on the 15th , and the others for birdies on the 16th and 17th . |
| 25 | The next race , the Grand Prix d'Europe , was taking place on the newly rebuilt Nürburgring , much shorter than the old , infinitely safer , but also less interesting . |
| 26 | Serious foot surgery was taking place on the shores of Lake Rotoiti . |
| 27 | ‘ If you 're going to enjoy Tivoli as it deserves to be enjoyed , I think for tonight at least we should call a truce , ’ he suggested , apparently unaware of her intense reaction to his touch , as they walked past the Pantominteatret , where a performance of the traditional Italian pantomime was taking place on the open-air stage . |
| 28 | There 's no suggestion that any deliberate cruelty was taking place on the farm , but the RSPCA decided to call in a ministry of agriculture vet to examine the animals . |
| 29 | Ira Sanchez was looking at the birds ; then he glanced up to where a man was taking bets on the far side . |
| 30 | In R. ( O'Brien ) v. Military Governor , N.D. U. Internment Camp ( 1924 ) a decision of the old Irish Court of Appeal , a Public Safety ( Emergency Powers ) Act was declared invalid on the ground that it had not been passed in accordance with the procedure laid down in the constitution . |