Example sentences of "were [adv] [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What needs to be done before you move in — repair or installation work that would make life very uncomfortable for you if you were already living on the premises . |
| 2 | Catkins were already fluttering on the nut hedge behind Albert 's house and the sky was a pale translucent blue , as tender as a thrush 's egg-shell . |
| 3 | Torches were already flaring on the castle walls when the first wagons carrying the dismantled mangonels rumbled across the drawbridge . |
| 4 | The king and his judges were already acting on the assumption that all ecclesiastical endowments within the realm were originally held by and from the crown , to which they should therefore revert if and when a church failed of its purpose . |
| 5 | By then , though , the television cameras were in place for the wedding , the cake had been baked , the crowds were already gathering on the pavement and the sense of happy anticipation was almost palpable . |
| 6 | The fleet had gone east to Lantic Bay that day , and the first boats were already returning on the first of the ebb . |
| 7 | Some bees were already crawling on the early clover . |
| 8 | Iraqi forces were already massing on the Kuwait border when Flight 149 took off from Heathrow at 6.05pm on August 1 , 1990 after a two-hour delay . |
| 9 | The Marmite and plum jam sandwiches were already curling on the trestle table under the walnut tree . |
| 10 | DETECTIVES investigating an alleged attack on two prisoners found unconscious in their cell were yesterday working on the theory they had been fighting each other . |
| 11 | At one point in my innings I thought that a number of England fielders were deliberately walking on the pitch and scuffing it up with their spikes . |
| 12 | After the Portuguese mission left Abyssinia , Lebna Dengel found himself increasingly faced by the threat from the Muslim states of Ifat and of Adal , which included Harar , with which ever since the fourteenth century the Emperors of Abyssinia had been intermittently at war ; these states were forever encroaching on the eastern borders of the empire in a war of raid and counter-raid . |
| 13 | Cumulatively , however , the aura of association with the US was of immense political benefit to those who called themselves a provisional government but who were still skating on the thin surface of political respectability and had by no means attained a state of acknowledged legitimacy . |
| 14 | Despite the lateness of the hour , some children were still playing on the footpath . |
| 15 | Grand Met was going directly to the new format , but analysts were still working on the old style p&l accounts . |
| 16 | The result was that other departments er particularly the fitters for example er who were still working on the old scheme , wanted to , they then wanted to come onto the scheme . |
| 17 | The last reverberations of the gong were still vibrating on the still air when a door down the corridor burst open and young girl raced out onto the landing , heading for the stairs . |
| 18 | We were still standing on the landing . |
| 19 | The Conservatives ' advantage over Labour in the post-election survey is nearly double what it was in 1964 and treble what it was as recently as on Tuesday and Wednesday last week : 1964Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Now Conservatives ' best 45 45 43 44 45 52 Labour best 34 37 38 38 38 31 Con advantage+11 +8 +5 +6 +7+21 While the Tories were triumphing on the issues , they were also triumphing on the matter of personal leadership . |
| 20 | Drops of acid rain were also falling on the monster to no effect , because it belonged there . |
| 21 | The three Frenchmen have just settled into the trench as I contemplated the hordes of mosquitoes that were now descending on the area . |
| 22 | My mum and Mrs Quigley were now ritting on the arm of the sofa , their eyes glued to the screen , as Quigley paced around the room . |
| 23 | Graham grinned looking over at the two Art School girls , who were now sitting on the floor on the other side of the room , talking to each other . |
| 24 | Laura lapsed into a glum silence , staring blindly over at the children , who were now sitting on the grass , busily trying to make daisy chains . |
| 25 | UNCED senior forestry advisor , Bernardo Zentilli , said that negotiations were now continuing on the basis of a shared declaration regarding the principles of forest protection , to be presented at the Rio summit . |
| 26 | He had been stripped and measured , and two tailors were now working on the clothes . |
| 27 | For this was the season when at every doorway and table the locals were noisily betting on the lilliputian battles of fighting cicadas . |
| 28 | Hollywood was full of ‘ nitwits ’ , ‘ bubble-heads ’ , ‘ airheads ’ , who were presumptuously marching on the nation 's capital to dictate policy . |
| 29 | Even after Chernobyl , the government had given the go-ahead for the power station , and when the Hinkley C Inquiry was about to open , the foundations of Britain 's first PWR were steadily expanding on the Suffolk coast . |
| 30 | what 's happening ? fucking dishes are n't even they were actually sitting on the table |