Example sentences of "were [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But within half-an-hour we were firing on all cylinders again . ’ |
| 2 | The boys , meanwhile , were yanking on elastic-sided ankle boots ; very hip , very Beatles . |
| 3 | They heard the muffled thud as the charge blew before they set off to see how others were faring on this southern lock . |
| 4 | Something the Wild Geese used to say — the Irish soldiers who had fled Ireland after that big battle at the end of the seventeenth century when they were dying on foreign battlefields they used to say : ‘ Would that this were for Ireland . ’ |
| 5 | Rincewind swallowed hard when he saw them , because they were walking on that broad expanse of ceiling like flies . |
| 6 | In 1975 , two nature lovers were boating on one of the bay 's rivers . |
| 7 | As had been the case during the Exclusion Crisis , Tories and Anglicans repeatedly argued that the Nonconformists were acting on popish principles in seeking to destroy both Church and State . |
| 8 | Men here , in various stages of undress , were pulling on outer clothing and armour . |
| 9 | The three of them were going on one of their rare holidays abroad . |
| 10 | We had so many breakdowns and strange things were going on that one of the guys went to see a medium in Germany . |
| 11 | We were going on cross-country skis pulling pulks ( little sledges ) . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | It were getting on late and I says and er were there , oh we 'll walk you home Sarah said alright then says come on let's go through woods . |
| 14 | Me and Kate were getting on great . |
| 15 | We were getting on great and at the end they asked if we had drink at home . |
| 16 | I thought they were getting on fine . ’ |
| 17 | So I said you were getting on okay |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Research by the Game Conservancy Council found that 19 endangered plant species were reappearing on six fields in Wiltshire , Hampshire and East Anglia . |
| 20 | Many of these birds were feeding on tiny crabs with which the sands were teeming . |
| 21 | But they were staying on another week … ’ |
| 22 | Turning to the Irish , they were reckoning on five last week and that was before they had beaten the English . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ And you were travelling on that road in March 1964 ? ’ |
| 25 | When boats were travelling on improved sections they would go in pairs . |
| 26 | But when they tried to leave Nepal , officials discovered they were travelling on fake visas , bought in good faith . |
| 27 | She felt as though she were treading on thin ice and any false move might plunge her once more into the dark depths of despair . |
| 28 | There was no chilled Cristal champagne or smoked salmon and the floodlights could hardly be dimmed but , David , the night was full of excitement and emotions were running on four-star . |
| 29 | This is this is fairly new to us we bought the company because it was doing exactly what we were doing on other products . |
| 30 | Mostly he always used to take the mickey out of the girls because they always used to talk about their boy-friends and what they were doing on different nights and that , because you see , most of them went out with boys from the same school , see , and he knew them . |