Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] [noun pl] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After lunch there was always an interval during which the men remained seated , perhaps leaning their heads on the table for a pisolino , a nap — exhausted after all the eating , drinking and argument . |
| 2 | Mrs Browning was still in bed while Pen dashed in and out when he was not feeding his rabbits on the balcony . |
| 3 | The first of the pros were already finishing their rounds on the 18th green . |
| 4 | Spreadsheet vendors ca n't be accused of not having their fingers on the pulse of their market . |
| 5 | ALTHOUGH Ville de Paris and Nippon have been eliminated after the final races of the America 's Cup challengers ' semi-finals , they are both already setting their sights on the 1995 Cup . |
| 6 | Quickly wiping her fingers on the cotton wool , she tore a large plaster from its paper envelope and pressed the dressing into place over the lacerated bump . |
| 7 | The young man followed him into the hall , carefully wiping his feet on the mat . |
| 8 | Mr Gordon in your erm opening remarks you referred to the fact that erm following the programme re-orientation I think you words were that the full government are now capping their liabilities on the programme . |
| 9 | The anti-Europeans , however , are now pinning their hopes on the Danes , who in their forthcoming referendum will almost certainly vote against Maastricht , rendering the entire treaty null and void . |
| 10 | Having set our investment in bricks and mortar , we 're now setting our sights on the future . |
| 11 | To add to the general gothic touch , the now released pigeons fly around depositing their droppings on the dead body . |
| 12 | By the palaeolithic period , man was a highly developed creature capable of shaping tools and even depicting his activities on the walls of caves . |
| 13 | He certainly was n't dumping his pints on the floor on the sly ; I 'd have got wet if he was . |
| 14 | The remainder of the followers now spread out around the clear area — a makeshift poteau mitan — touching their candle flames to one of the pyres and then laying their candles on the ground at the edge of the clear ground . |