Example sentences of "were [verb] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And luck , a commodity the spirited teenager had never been short of , played a crucial part in the events that were to set her on the path to millions . |
| 2 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 3 | If we were to put you on a slimming diet providing you with 1,500 calories a day , you would be 500 calories short of your requirement and these would have to be taken from your body fat . |
| 4 | I 'd be looking for sixty five for ours , if we were to put it on the market , I mean we 're not |
| 5 | They had taken the area from the rebels and were defending it on the orders of General Kopyion . |
| 6 | Bob , who hides a sparky humour , behind a grizzled exterior , said tenants who were taking his beers were doing it on a ‘ belligerent , sod-the-brewer basis ’ . |
| 7 | Now at that stage you were doing it on the telephone were you ? |
| 8 | T frankly , yes it did , but I mean you were reading it pretty well correctly the way they read I mean most of us read things I know I do myself , one reads things quicker than perhaps some would if we were reading them on a radio or something . |
| 9 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 10 | At the front , though , they had taken them through the gate and were playing them on the windows of Hilda Machin 's sitting-room . |
| 11 | All these people were smacking her on the back , and touching her and congratulating her , and expressing surprise and delight . |
| 12 | You were congratulating yourselves on the fact earlier , I know . ’ |
| 13 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 14 | On the day arrangements went smoothly and we were settling ourselves on the 1220 ex Llangollen when Colin appeared in person , having done his work in the small hours and put our visit ahead of his sleep ! |