Example sentences of "was [verb] on some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Federation took up a case , it often meant that the worker in question was dismissed on some pretext , accused of robbery for example . |
| 2 | It was when he tried to move that he found his robe was caught on some obstruction . |
| 3 | And when she found she was putting on some weight , she took up swimming regularly . |
| 4 | Then I was put on some sort of medication to help me calm down because I kept on getting knotted up , getting uptight . |
| 5 | And if he was engaged on some scheme of his own , she had better leave him to pursue it without interference . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Greg was working on some kind of deal in Italy not long before he … before the accident . |
| 8 | I had the idea for this design one day when I was working on some embroidery . |