Example sentences of "was [verb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she wanted to do now was get out of here because it was pretty obvious that this woman had known Felipe when he was enjoying himself on the coast and there was definitely something between them . |
| 2 | Burton was hurling himself on the course most likely to tempt and test him to the limit . |
| 3 | Bigwig had raised his head and was supporting himself on his fore-paws alone . |
| 4 | So in the end it would be Maxim 's name on the pieces of paper , not whatever Sims was calling himself on this trip . |
| 5 | While householders fumed in queues to find out how they should pay , he was sunning himself on an Indian Ocean holiday . |
| 6 | The first creature we had seen , a small turtle , was sunning itself on a rock as we climbed into a canoe and paddled and drifted round the green-speared edge of the lake . |
| 7 | It was sunning itself on the path . |
| 8 | Because what Niki was doing-the subject was Niki 's contract and terms for 1977 — was putting himself on the same level as Enzo . |
| 9 | I was congratulating myself on my fitness when I passed a middle-aged German couple climbing up — with a good deal more spring in their steps than me . |
| 10 | There I was congratulating myself on surviving the winter without so much as a sniffle , when I was suddenly struck down without warning . |
| 11 | The meeting at the Presbytery after Benediction had dragged on far too long , but he had caught his bus , and was congratulating himself on being out of the rain , when the conductor had bawled |