Example sentences of "i was [v-ing] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I realized I was kneeling on a tarpaulin which someone had carefully placed over what could have been a small metal gate — or — the detached ‘ fun bumper ’ cow-catcher device from a small four-wheel-drive vehicle , say , a Shogun . |
| 2 | For a while I was sleeping on a floor … |
| 3 | And I used this line but it did n't sound so effective because I was sitting on a bicycle . |
| 4 | I was sitting on a chair near the door , and I could just hear Greta Ross 's voice speaking on the phone . |
| 5 | On another occasion I was sitting on a bank with my feet on the headland , and Walter was coming along with his horses . |
| 6 | I was sitting on a timebomb . |
| 7 | I was sitting on a seat in the park , enjoying the sunshine , when suddenly I felt deathly sick . |
| 8 | One afternoon after tennis I was sitting on a drawing-room sofa at Bemersyde when Dawyck 's dog , a long black cocker spaniel called Wasp , came and nuzzled up against me in the most friendly manner . |
| 9 | As a 13-year-old child , I was sitting on a train when a middle-aged man came over and started talking . |
| 10 | Some years ago I was travelling on a train from Liverpool to Southport . |
| 11 | ‘ I was going on a bit . ’ |
| 12 | Colette and Bernard self-published works about matters holistic and mystical , and Ken relaxed when I told him I was working on a thriller . |
| 13 | And , well , I was n't doing anything , so I just started writing songs again — but this time they were guitar-based songs and I was working on a Portastudio . |
| 14 | ‘ A smalltime crook who got caught in the crossfire when I was working on a story a couple of years ago . |
| 15 | I was working on a street theatre mission in Bristol when the call came , getting in at 1.00 am after doing gospel presentations in the clubs and discotheques at night . |
| 16 | Bang a drum and it answers back , so I was working on a street market at the time and I went and bought a drum and started to learn . |
| 17 | I was lying on a bed of colours . |
| 18 | I was standing on a catwalk three boards wide . |