Example sentences of "be [v-ing] on some " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're planning on some kissing action on February 14th , make sure your lips are looking lovely ! |
| 2 | Furthermore , the company also seemed to be reneging on some of the assurances given to placate Scottish interests during the takeover battle . |
| 3 | The band were taking a break from each other , but they 'd be working on some new material soon with a view to releasing a new song as a single to coincide with Reading . |
| 4 | The tentacle pores are large with two small tentacles although in some specimens one or both scales may be missing on some of the pores . |
| 5 | ( They are standing on some windy street corner , say . ) |
| 6 | I am standing on some of the oldest rock in the world , standing on a tiny island in the Atlantic Ocean , the island where , it is said , in 563 AD St Columba landed with 12 followers bringing Christianity from Ireland to the heathen Picts . |
| 7 | The musical flavour will be supplied by Edinburgh 's own Tam White and the Caledonian Brewery are laying on some of their amber liquid and pies to give you just a taste of what the atmosphere will be like during the weekend 13–15 August . |
| 8 | Among the former are many participles , both present and past : ( 26 ) the watching crowd started to laugh he was greeted by smiling well-wishers the injured man had been feeding the orang-utan but participles do not exhaust the possibilities : ( 27 ) the angry bartender slammed the drink down five empty tumblers were standing by his elbow Notice , too , the clear ambiguity of : ( 28 ) a flashing light as meaning either a light which is flashing on some particular occasion , or one which normally has this characteristic . |
| 9 | The country is sitting on some of the world 's most valuable supplies of these metals . |
| 10 | She she 's working on some poxy thing ! |
| 11 | But I have been working on some things especially for Pierantozzi , and hopefully I will get a chance to try them out . ’ |
| 12 | Uriah Colclough , who had seen an angel just like her once when he had been fasting on some religious occasion , thought so too . |
| 13 | Deep down in Aspen , Colorado , Sun Laboratories Inc 's engineers are working on some object-oriented language and compiler technology called Self . |
| 14 | Police are working on some leads , but the motive for the attack is still unknown . |
| 15 | Bernie and Mick are working on some new songs for a second album . |
| 16 | Stockton Borough Council leader Bob Gibson said : ‘ We are working on some excellent and imaginative schemes ’ . |
| 17 | And when she found she was putting on some weight , she took up swimming regularly . |
| 18 | Lucy could n't find time to come over for an evening ; the globally significant exhibition was floating on some remote iceberg ; Jeremy had an agent , an opening ; Lucy 's sister was ill and needed her ( Jay recalled Lucy 's exasperated indifference to her sister ) ; the painters were coming . |
| 19 | Although he seemed to be oblivious of what had happened , because he was concentrating on some letter or other , Eliot looked up resignedly and with a smile of one all too accustomed to the lack of business acumen in other people ; but I could see that he was also relieved to find me not too cast down . |
| 20 | Greg was working on some kind of deal in Italy not long before he … before the accident . |
| 21 | Although he was working on some big accounts — British Gas , Bankers Trust , Harris Queensway and Beecham — he was ambitious and keen for a little more action . |
| 22 | I had the idea for this design one day when I was working on some embroidery . |
| 23 | I was working on some shoes on the table , and Will picked one up and looked at it . |
| 24 | I gather they 're going to tell us he was working on some secret defence project , after all . |