Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's er the title song is er and the second version which is a remix version which I 've done , which I was working on last night . |
| 2 | I can not remember half of the astonishingly clever ideas which they were working on . |
| 3 | I responded as usual by smiling slightly — sufficient at least to indicate that I was participating in some way with the good-humouredness with which he was carrying on — and waited to see if my employer 's permission regarding the trip would be forthcoming . |
| 4 | She failed to pick up on his humour which he was putting on to cheer her up . |
| 5 | The position might be more delicate if , say , a central purpose of the exchange 's action was to affect a particular non-member , or the way in which it was carrying on its business . |
| 6 | I was so eager to start training an owl , I felt I knew what I was taking on , and yet the right bird eluded me . |
| 7 | So when he was approached in the early '80s to be part-time chairman of Wandsworth Health Authority in London ‘ I knew what I was taking on ’ . |
| 8 | As much as I love her I did n't realise what I was taking on , she 's absolutely obsessed with Paul McCartney . . |
| 9 | But , what I was going on to say was that erm Grace what 's her name ? |
| 10 | And it took about two minutes to twig what I was going on about ! |
| 11 | Wondered what I was standing on there it 's a bit of squashed carrot . |
| 12 | I hauled myself up from whatever I was lying on . |
| 13 | Bernadette had asked for a sign saying simply ‘ quality ’ which was very appropriate for her appearance but did nothing much to advertise what she was advising on . |
| 14 | Did she really understand what she was taking on ? |
| 15 | You know what you were taking on when you married me . " |
| 16 | I did wonder at first whether or not they realized what they were taking on because Baldersdale is another world compared to what they have been accustomed to — very different indeed . |
| 17 | Tried not to think what they were treading on . |
| 18 | They did n't want his help , each one told him straight , because by the time he was briefed into what they were working on , then he would be away and they 'd have wasted the classroom time . |
| 19 | There was another long banner , duplication of the one in the station , fastened to the side of the train , telling all the passengers what they were going on , if they were still in any doubt . |
| 20 | He was too far away from me to see what he was catching on . |
| 21 | Glen Webbe , of international fame and a target for League clubs , might just as well have stayed home decorating his Christmas tree for what he was called on to do . |
| 22 | Had Mr Malik known quite what he was taking on when he hired Dr Ali ? |
| 23 | I could n't really understand what he was going on about , and I did n't like the way he shook my hand so blummin hard . |
| 24 | And he used to sort of ask you questions you know , sort of sit there and pick on you and if he knew you did n't have the faintest idea what he was going on about he 'd ask you all the more , see , and if you could n't answer it , he used to come up to you , look at you , would n't say nothing , give you this funny look and tell you to get in the next room . |
| 25 | ‘ Ca n't talk about what he was working on , ’ Howard said stiffly . |
| 26 | John le Grant laid down what he was working on . |
| 27 | Throughout the day he would stop work , make us coffee and talk to me about what he was working on , what he was reading and what I was doing . |
| 28 | ‘ I wanted to find out what he was working on , ’ she said as the waiter removed the plates and tidied the table for the main course . |
| 29 | I 'm sure that 's what he was working on . |
| 30 | I thought you were supposed to be finding out what he was working on , not going on about what he might or might not have done with Suzanne Regan . ’ |