Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We told him that you had been out all night and that you were catching up on some sleep . |
| 2 | Yet it seems quite certain that our direct ancestors were walking around on two feet with an upright posture like our own at least four million years ago and no creature in the non-human line of descent seems ever to have done that . |
| 3 | And as if the elements were ganging up on defenceless human beings , half the neighbourhood around the bridge was woken up at 3 o'clock on the morning of Sunday , 10 March by shouts of ‘ Fire ! ’ as a stable next to Sheppards ' workshops went up in flames . |
| 4 | Most shoppers were splashing out on practical items and steering clear of the luxury goods , he said . |
| 5 | Troops were marching through on either side of the road . |
| 6 | Their ages ranged from about fourteen to fifty , but the majority were youngsters out at work all day who were losing out on regular schooling . |
| 7 | In 1990 there was a breakthrough in public consciousness when entire libraries were being closed in the Midlands and other parts of Britain , and other libraries were cutting back on new books , or freezing purchase grants . |
| 8 | The manufacturers were generally happy with the BEA 's conservatism , which suited their export concentration on low technology markets , and gave them a relatively easy and highly profitable life ( though as the 1950s advanced more of them were to become worried that they were missing out on new technical developments as their world market share slipped ) . |