Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Isabel had plenty of spirit , Guy reminded himself , ruthlessly stamping down on the protectiveness the sight of her always seemed to arouse in him . |
| 2 | DRAWING IN on time and to budget , Bovis Construction have handed over Waterloo International , the UK 's first international rail terminus to serve channel tunnel passengers . |
| 3 | His body tightened , the muscles drawing in on themselves . |
| 4 | Though he could n't see her , the darkness was a black canvas , and he painted her there to perfection , her beauty gazing down on him . |
| 5 | On her ice cream round she lost her temper , bringing down on the head of the ringleader the entire tray of ice cream . |
| 6 | There would be all sorts of things rattling down on you — railings and chamber pots and lavatory pots . |
| 7 | Encased in dry-suits , they struggled out into the bay to come crashing in on their boards . |
| 8 | Soon it was wild and tumultuous , crashing in on itself , rolling and somersaulting into frothing white whirlpools and eddies , roaring out across the valley like the rumble of an interminable train . |
| 9 | For a moment Theda stood transfixed , as everything that had passed , all Lady Merchiston 's avowed plans for her and this man , came crashing in on her brain . |
| 10 | This is the life down on the Copacobana beach in Rio … sun shining … waves crashing in on the sand … and its here that Liz Macdonald from Gloucester is setting off on the second leg of the British Steel Challenge … she 's on board the Nuclear Electric yacht … from Rio they round Cape Horn and head for Hobart … they 'll be racing for six weeks … |
| 11 | The idea of the Big Chief Exec himself crashing in on the detail seems a poor use of resources itself and no more a guarantee of success when he should be looking after the whole business ( you have heard the litany : ‘ At first he came to every meeting , then occasionally he was called away , then he sent some deputy or other , and in the end we thought , what 's the point , if he does n't care , why should we ? ’ ) . |
| 12 | Although Joe Nichols in the New York Times wrote that ‘ Lester Piggott rode with the competence that has stamped him as one of the world 's great riders , and brought his mount home in time ’ , the Washington Post thought that ‘ there could be fault-finding with Piggott 's tactics in tucking in on the rail and not asking his mount for more of the effort he had in reserve ’ . |
| 13 | As I say the problem with the tucking in on that one is there 's not quite such a lot of length . |
| 14 | Watching these changes about him , and seeing the leaves of the trees behind the cages turn rusty brown and then come tumbling down on gusts of wind , Creggan grew restless and ill at ease . |
| 15 | Touching down on the main wheels first , the Ercoupe twitched into line ; they even tried it with the rudder pedals locked , flying on elevator and aileron only , but found the feeling ‘ rather disconcerting ’ ! |
| 16 | Touching down on Luqa 's main runway , heading east and sitting on the port side of the aircraft , the aviation-oriented visitor to the Island is drawn to a distinctive sight within the village of Kirkop , just of the Airport 's southern perimeter road , three fins ! |
| 17 | In course of time McKenzie did just that and the four divers slipped over the side , touching down on the deck of the Delos just over an hour after leaving the Ariadne . |
| 18 | Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord . |
| 19 | Italy left the counter to the very last seconds with their scrum-half touching down on his own kick through . |
| 20 | I went and got the pressure-cooker to brain him with and was just about to bring it crashing down on his bonce when I heard Mike calling from the next room . |
| 21 | It arrived [ I wrote ] at the end of an appalling day of Khamseen — a would-be pergola and a trellis came crashing down on my roof-top , overturning my palms and wrecking my aspidistras . |
| 22 | The main force of level bombers passed over to 6 8,000 feet virtually unchallenged , their bombs crashing down on Luqa where six Wellingtons were burnt out ( R1247 , 1381 , 1382 , 1383 , 1384 of 148 Squadron , plus the sole remaining aircraft of 70 Squadron detachment , T2816 ) and seven more badly damaged , as were several Marylands . |
| 23 | It felt as if my whole world had come crashing down on me . |
| 24 | He raises it over his head and brings it crashing down on the back of the man 's head ; once , twice , three times . |
| 25 | Scott brought his hand crashing down on the desk top , his face pale with rage , the vein at his temple throbbing . |
| 26 | Maybe it was time to put bit and bridle on the masses — to master events before the whole thing came crashing down on them . |
| 27 | If she pulled they would come crashing down on top of her , said Mr Wakerley . |
| 28 | Just a week before stepping down on May 27th , his camp put out a proposal for radical tax changes in the city . |
| 29 | Kneeling down on a soft surface , the patient may practise trunk movements using the gymnastic ball to support his arms and shoulders , while the physiotherapist controls the balance of his pelvis . |
| 30 | Kneeling down on the floor , he picked up an empty cartridge case . |