Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [v-ing] a [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people think that holding the wing down or putting a tyre on the wing will stop the glider blowing over . |
| 2 | It also offers 3D spreadsheets so that changing a value on one spreadsheet automatically changes a related value in another one . |
| 3 | It now became easier to send multiple copies of papers to colleagues rather than sending a file on the circuit of an institution . |
| 4 | He suggested the Church should concentrate its message on violence rather than offering a view on the Social Chapter . |
| 5 | Jacey ( London ) Ltd and Others ( 1975 ) , demonstrated clearly that showing a film on licensed premises could be indicted as an indecent public exhibition . |
| 6 | One Columbia University student went as far as writing a paper on the novel and its author and was awarded a respectable grade . |
| 7 | Fancy coming in here and demanding a Pernod on his very first day at the office ! |
| 8 | As well as providing a control on the extrapolation of geological boundaries , the cryptic compositional variations between the turbidite units should provide new insights into the different provenances that contributed material for the sedimentary infill . |
| 9 | I was in charge of weekly wages and organized shifts and hours , as well as keeping a check on the quantities of tomatoes brought in and weighed at the entrance of the factory . |
| 10 | He had a ‘ gut feeling ’ , he said , that the American people were not yet committed to war , and so he urged Mr Bush to pursue a meeting in Baghdad between James Baker , the secretary of state , and Saddam Hussein — as well as finding a date on which Iraq 's foreign minister could come to Washington . |
| 11 | As well as putting a ceiling on cases of average tetraplegia , the effect of the decision in Housecroft 's case has meant that awards in less serious cases have to bear a proportional relationship to the guideline figure for tetraplegia . |
| 12 | Navigating with a pen is surprisingly natural and certainly easier than using a mouse on a train , but the handwriting recognition is still weak . |
| 13 | Not even on the candidates ' list , Coun Wilson was asked to put himself forward while having a coffee on the Welsh stand during last year 's Party conference . |