Sentence examples for we were advancing on from inspiring English sources

Our confidence never recovered from the debacle of the crumhorn, and within minutes of curtain down we were advancing on the director like a posse of vengeful villagers approaching Castle Dracula.

Once we were advancing on a hill to attack 'les combatants'.

We are advancing on what reveals itself, as a patch of mist dissolves, to be an agitated rhino being mock-charged by the cheetah's curious cubs.

"We are advancing on Heglig from the north," said the spokesman, Al-Sawarmi Khalid, who added that fighting had moved to an area much closer to Heglig than Kersana.

"We are advancing on everything," said France's climate ambassador Laurence Tubiana.

The conclusion that demand management/reduction is the best way to address this (climate certified fuels, low-carbon fuel standards as in California, carbon budgets, etc …) is correct if we were advancing steadily on that pathway.

A1 The chief United Nations electoral expert said election procedures in Iraq were advancing on schedule.

I feel as if the mountains and forests of all countries were advancing on Paris.

Within minutes, the flames were advancing on the neighborhood.

With reports that troops were advancing on Beijing, "the situation was very tense," Wang said.

Crozier, a rumour soon began to circulate that 500 heavily armed troops were advancing on the territory.