Example sentences of "was [v-ing] on some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when she found she was putting on some weight , she took up swimming regularly . |
| 2 | Although he seemed to be oblivious of what had happened , because he was concentrating on some letter or other , Eliot looked up resignedly and with a smile of one all too accustomed to the lack of business acumen in other people ; but I could see that he was also relieved to find me not too cast down . |
| 3 | Greg was working on some kind of deal in Italy not long before he … before the accident . |
| 4 | I was working on some shoes on the table , and Will picked one up and looked at it . |
| 5 | I had the idea for this design one day when I was working on some embroidery . |