Example sentences of "were [verb] [pron] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most players were bogeying it on Saturday and Sunday . |
| 2 | He had a curious feeling of release ; other people had taken portions of his grief upon themselves , and they were expressing it on his behalf . |
| 3 | And luck , a commodity the spirited teenager had never been short of , played a crucial part in the events that were to set her on the path to millions . |
| 4 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 5 | Hewlett-Packard Co recently sent out pairs of natty sunglasses to the UK computer press bearing the message ‘ you 'll be needing these on May 5th , ’ ( well some of the poor loves must have thought things rather fetching as they were wearing them on Olivetti 's jaunt to Paris a couple of days later ) . |
| 6 | The only problem was the London Paddington to Liverpool train did n't run from the expected start station , it started from Reading instead of from Paddington , so if you were expecting somebody on that train , well they may not have , may not have been on that one if they er were actually starting from Paddington , otherwise no problems on the buses . |
| 7 | Even if they are what you think they are , rival agents , how could they have known you were expecting a letter , and how could they have known you were expecting it on that particular night ? ’ |
| 8 | If we were to put you on a slimming diet providing you with 1,500 calories a day , you would be 500 calories short of your requirement and these would have to be taken from your body fat . |
| 9 | I 'd be looking for sixty five for ours , if we were to put it on the market , I mean we 're not |
| 10 | They had taken the area from the rebels and were defending it on the orders of General Kopyion . |
| 11 | The worst one was when we were doing one on Women 's Studies and I said look , let's have your title and let's have some kind of format . |
| 12 | Bob , who hides a sparky humour , behind a grizzled exterior , said tenants who were taking his beers were doing it on a ‘ belligerent , sod-the-brewer basis ’ . |
| 13 | The townfolk always stared as if we were doing it on purpose , and that made us feel worse . |
| 14 | were doing it on their own two feet , |
| 15 | Now at that stage you were doing it on the telephone were you ? |
| 16 | T frankly , yes it did , but I mean you were reading it pretty well correctly the way they read I mean most of us read things I know I do myself , one reads things quicker than perhaps some would if we were reading them on a radio or something . |
| 17 | Given time , Boulestin could perhaps with his book of menus have opened the door to organized cooking for thousands of young women who in the thirties were finding themselves on their own in flats and bed-sitting rooms knowing nothing more about how to make a meal than that it ought to taste nice and should not be a bore . |
| 18 | They were rolling it on rusty ball bearings . |
| 19 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 20 | At the front , though , they had taken them through the gate and were playing them on the windows of Hilda Machin 's sitting-room . |
| 21 | Well the other evening they were showing something on T V , one of these doctors ' , doctors ' practices that are opting out or whatever . |
| 22 | All these people were smacking her on the back , and touching her and congratulating her , and expressing surprise and delight . |
| 23 | And when you were carrying it on your back into the sheds for the cattle , the juice would be would be soaking through the bags . |
| 24 | They marched down the road , stopping outside every public house — where they were handed drinks by the landlord — and outside cottages whose inhabitants were awaiting them on their doorsteps . |
| 25 | You were congratulating yourselves on the fact earlier , I know . ’ |
| 26 | At dinner one evening , we were congratulating him on getting the job and he mentioned this educational remit and that he had no idea what to do . |
| 27 | Somehow , somewhere , she got the impression that they were congratulating themselves on Martin and Rachel 's failure ; on their very irresponsible approach to Phoebe 's education . |
| 28 | They 've shown opposition to the introduction of L M S right from the start and put every obstacle possible in the way of its success , and its implementation , and yet there they were congratulating themselves on how well it was working . |
| 29 | While you were congratulating yourself on dodging Louie , Ambrose had you in view all the time . ’ |
| 30 | Finally , someone once calculated that if the pillars and spires were stood one on top of the other they would be 5,300 metres high . |