Example sentences of "were [v-ing] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But within half-an-hour we were firing on all cylinders again . ’ |
| 2 | They heard the muffled thud as the charge blew before they set off to see how others were faring on this southern lock . |
| 3 | Rincewind swallowed hard when he saw them , because they were walking on that broad expanse of ceiling like flies . |
| 4 | We had so many breakdowns and strange things were going on that one of the guys went to see a medium in Germany . |
| 5 | and er I mean and these were three young girls , they only just started to work and yet they 'd got a car and as soon as they finished they they were going on this picnic |
| 6 | Pairs of RIC men were patrolling on each side of the wide thoroughfare and , though to Jacob they were of no more account than any other pedestrians , he realised that Deirdre could not feel so unconcerned . |
| 7 | But they were staying on another week … ’ |
| 8 | So if you were commenting on such a section as this , you would have a great deal of things to say on , just on the letter forms as they appear on the page . |
| 9 | ‘ And you were travelling on that road in March 1964 ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Could you tell us where you were and what you were doing on those three days , please ? ’ he said , instead , levelly and she gave him another sideways , calculating look . |
| 11 | The movies were advancing on several fronts and the social theme was but one strand in a more complex whole . |
| 12 | And we were dancing on that bit you see . |
| 13 | The transit baggage had not been loaded and customs officials and police were insisting on all cases being opened and everything laid out on the floor . |
| 14 | Because the tax registers of Poitiers were out of date , heavy burdens were falling on those unable to pay , including widows and orphans . |
| 15 | Both sides were spying on each other quite openly in the course of which many aggressive situations had occurred with loss of spy aircraft and their crews . |
| 16 | They were sitting on either side of a dying fire . |
| 17 | She was telling them a story , and they were sitting on either side of her on the sofa with their mouths hanging slightly open , Gawain meditatively fingering a lock of her long , dark hair , Damian staring at her and absently scratching his balls . |
| 18 | Holmes and I were sitting on either side of a bright fire in our sitting room in Baker Street . |
| 19 | I hope we were n't discussing what I thought we were discussing on that |
| 20 | In spite in a slowing in the growth of medium-priced sailing yachts , all the larger were concentrating on this section of the market with new or revamped models of 30 to 35 feet ( 9.1 to 10.7m ) . |
| 21 | With the aid of the LFS we were able to examine further the extent to which members of the temporary labour force in the hotel and catering industry were working on that basis because they had been unable to find permanent jobs , and to what extent they were doing so because they did not want permanent jobs . |
| 22 | While they were working on this case there were some things which Nikos had better not know . |
| 23 | Fact recognition method it 's a piece of hardware and one of the things that 's clear actually is that er the Alexander worlds and all sorts of other people that were working on this do n't look at them in this way and they look at these as I say ram blocks . |