Example sentences of "[v-ing] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central News followed their activities over Christmas- our cameras and microphones eavesdropping on a party conversation . |
| 2 | Central News followed their activities over Christmas- our cameras and microphones eavesdropping on a party conversation . |
| 3 | ‘ Stella Maris , ’ he muttered against her hair , and jumped away like a fish leaping on a bank . |
| 4 | ONE of Britain 's most prestigious stores , Selfridges , made history yesterday by opening on a Sunday . |
| 5 | Now it 's been so successful , it 's opening on a permanent basis . |
| 6 | Oxford City Council has brought the prosecutions against the Reject Shop , B and Q and the HMV record shop for opening on a Sunday . |
| 7 | I mean to my mind if they 're opening on a Sunday they should bring their prices down because they 're opening that extra day they 're going to be taking extra revenue . |
| 8 | Because they 're opening on a Sunday and hoping that you 'll go in |
| 9 | Barbara Coleman was in the lobby , banging on a door . |
| 10 | One is now face down in the corner , snoring on a pile of old cheese cloths . |
| 11 | Previously restricted to the acid substrate of debarked pine twigs , this lichen is now appearing on a variety of surfaces . |
| 12 | Mr Oliver Reed , the thirst , while appearing on a ‘ late-night Channel 4 talkshow ’ , After Dark , indulged in some ‘ outrageous antics ’ . |
| 13 | After appearing on a television programme in Scotland , I was asked by an eminent Professor of Physiology to try to establish the long-term success of my Hip and Thigh Diet slimmers . |
| 14 | This is equally frustrating when one notices that the coffins appearing on a series of five resurrection monuments executed by John and Mathias Christmas between 1628 and 1640 are also of this type . |
| 15 | That should stop Pat Eddery or Peter Scudamore suddenly appearing on a horse instead of an obscure rider . |
| 16 | Who these days got to adulthood without appearing on a file somewhere ? |
| 17 | Indeed , there were only nine men aged under 30 and these included a group of four aircraftsmen appearing on a court martial accused of assaulting some young cadets at a summer camp . |
| 18 | And over the next six months you 'll see everything from computers to paint-by-number books appearing on a beauty counter near you . |
| 19 | Since appearing on a BBC Christmas programme from Pebble Mill in 1981 Fine Arts Brass has built up a long and varied list of TV and radio credits , including its own series of light entertainment shows on BBC Radio 4 , now in its third series . |
| 20 | While there seems to be no reason to doubt the account to this point in Molla Yegan 's career , a question is raised about Taskopruzade 's statement that he did not again hold office by a note of Molla Yegan 's ( the only example I have found of his signature ) appearing on a page of the dated 839/1435–6 , of Isa Bey , the son of Bayezid Pasa , containing the signatures of a number of notable scholars of the fifteenth century : the page , which has been reproduced in facsimile by Unver , seems indeed almost to have become an autograph book for leading scholars of the period . |
| 21 | ‘ You terrified these people , both the staff and public in this fast-food outlet and you are lucky not to be appearing on a more serious charge ’ . |
| 22 | Which artistes were appearing on a certain date , that sort of thing . |
| 23 | Shortly after appearing on an independent television programme to discuss his views ( no BBC programme invited him on ) , Altrincham was hit in the face by a furious official of the League of Empire Loyalists . |
| 24 | Disregard any fields which would entail landing on a downhill slope . |
| 25 | North , back in the Marines , found himself landing on a beach ; there facing him , with a rifle , was Calero . |
| 26 | Sheriff Risk rejected suggestions that the Sikorsky should not have been landing on a restricted helideck . |
| 27 | There is a sweet old chestnut about the JAL jumbo mistakenly landing on a tiny nearby private airfield in smog . |
| 28 | There the science and technology portfolio has passed around among ministers , sometimes landing on a peculiar desk . |
| 29 | He was also involved in the briefing of a Commando landing on a Normandy beach which was sent to bring back cores of the beach material . |
| 30 | BALLOT BOX — A player landing on a Ballot Box must answer a question for either 25 seats ( quite difficult ) or 50 seats ( absolutely bloody impossible ) . |