Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The truth is I knew throughout the summer that my game was not as sharp and I was not enjoying myself on the course as I did in 1991 . |
| 2 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
| 3 | I 'm not patting myself on the back — it 's a highly competitive business and one needs selfish , single-minded dedication to succeed , but because female comics were rare in my day , competition was negligible , and I was able to be generous . |
| 4 | and I 've we 've taken the the old settee down to Carrie 's and moved the two seater and the armchair down this end and they flew in tonight straight up on the sofa , I said to it 's gon na be tough for a week or so but they 've got ta get used to staying on the floor , I 'm not having them on the furniture all the time cos they just absolutely ruin it ! |
| 5 | He 's just putting , just putting , I got three eggs , I was just putting them on the bed I could n't be bothered with them then . |
| 6 | I 'm not leaving you on the Moor by — yourself , so make up your mind which you prefer . " |
| 7 | Revelation went sweetly on , thus impaling me on the hook of my own guilt once more . |
| 8 | Jurors decided that he assaulted his brother , Robert , 30 , to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life by shooting him , pinning him to the ground and repeatedly hitting him on the head with bottles . |
| 9 | So John 's now taking it on the basis that he takes budget with it so |
| 10 | I 'll just leave it there he 'll be at home with his mother now watching them on the telly . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe I was n't disgracing myself on the park , but I was cheating the Sheffield fans and manager Jimmy Sirrell . |
| 12 | But the Department of Transport says it 's important to ban the plates because simply having them on the car , changes the driver 's behaviour and the idea is that speed is always a danger on our roads and anything that contributes to safety is to be encouraged . |
| 13 | Well joining me on the line is the Minerals Planning Consultant from the protester 's group that 's er Peter and in our Northallerton studio is John who 's the County Planning Officer . |
| 14 | they come up knocking at my door asking me to teach them boxing and even stopping me on the street . |
| 15 | He was running water over the dishes in the sink , swilling them round rapidly and then placing them on the side . |
| 16 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
| 17 | His inventions solved the problem of finding a ship 's position in longitude — east or west — thereby pinpointing it on the map . |
| 18 | Minutes later Charlie was outside the tent , buttoning up his jacket before continually slapping himself on the back in an effort to keep warm . |
| 19 | I think the other thing also , I found it a disadvantage actually having it on the table , I think if I 'd just left it on the like that |
| 20 | Few of his peers scoffed , but even fewer followed his example of actually taking it on the course . |