Example sentences of "was [v-ing] on this " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words it 's , it 's sticking from east to west , people will know of all the thing , it 's er tell you that many from eastern parts and western parts were called and reclined at the table , in other words this , well this good news that Jesus was sticking on this |
| 2 | The Collector , in a remote and academic sort of way , was musing on this question of ammunition , considering whether there was anything left which still might be fired . |
| 3 | I am sure of , many of you ground and air crew members of the Three-Ninetieth , as well as the local citizenry remember what was happening on this very spot . |
| 4 | The Beveridge Report was revealing on this . |
| 5 | Now another Foreign Secretary , much junior much more Baldwin 's protege , whether through intention or exhaustion , was acting on this precept with avidity . |
| 6 | Lambert who was leading on this occasion , ordered the formation to go into line astern for the attack . |
| 7 | there and I said no my handsome you did n't pick that up and the case fell , fell to bi he , cos he was going on this is inferior not up to standard and so I said |
| 8 | The lady was travelling on this particular journey which was subject to many delays owing to permanent way maintenance work , and the passengers were heartily fed up with the hassle . |
| 9 | Minton bought him a motorbike and he was travelling on this to a match with the All Blacks when he had an accident . |
| 10 | it was a it was full pass inside to two fullbacks er , for the Southampton player that was running on this fullback shaded it away you know , guiding him out of it , he 's running to the e sa Smeichel came out to the edge of the area but he was like right on the edge as the player was coming to him , so he just let it roll a little bit further , he stopped it with his foot , the guy came and tackled him off got it instead of just picking it up with his hand , I mean he was actually in the area but like he was right on the edge and he took a step back |
| 11 | In fact , Angel One was counting on this factor making his opponent confident of defeating him . |
| 12 | Sometimes I felt the whole world was converging on this little room . |
| 13 | Yet she was relying on this very power to get her released . |
| 14 | He was again conscious of where he was : in the room of his own apartment , on the third floor of a large house , he was sitting on this Sunday afternoon , an ageing man , old not in years , but in their disappointments . |
| 15 | There was this veranda on the back of the caravan which Yul Brynner had got from somewhere , and he was sitting on this veranda in his black shirt , black boots and black trousers and smoking a big cigar . |
| 16 | He was standing on this big silver pyramid where the stage was . |
| 17 | I looked through the bedroom and this chap was standing on this Mini , jumping up and down . |
| 18 | I 'm was leaning on this , look ! |
| 19 | And er I 'd got a key to get in from the works into the office once I was inside , but that was access to the works you know and er I er I en I enjoyed it more or less and I must say the firm , to some extent , looked up to me and I 'd only got to have a damned machine stop , where the girls was working on this machine , and the bobbin shop and all that sort of thing , and I was able to go look er , down and say look here I want this . |