Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [adv prt] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | was the bit that 's sticking out on the path . |
| 2 | People and animals portray in this , in the Tahiti painting , never seemed to be in a hurry , erm , even when always relaxed even when working and I wondered how much of this was cultural and erm , how much was due to the large amounts of erm drugs consumed in most paintings at this , this period but that I suppose I 'll , I 'll never know for sure about , erm with this painting I found in the background , er there 's a figure , that 's looking in on the situation and I , I for myself think 's its probably Gaugin , as he portrays himself as Christ , which I think he did quite a lot to me in , in , in a few of his paintings and so this painting gave me tremendous sense of being looked in on and this figure in the background , was the person that was doing the looking in . |
| 3 | The third one is the , this book is pushing down on the table and the table is pushing up on the book . |
| 4 | The third one is the , this book is pushing down on the table and the table is pushing up on the book . |
| 5 | He 's lying down on the floor having a nice lie down are n't you Toby ? |
| 6 | KEYS : ‘ But it is not just a question of what is going on on the park , it 's what 's happening elsewhere that we 're beginning to hear and read about and that 's never been the case at Liverpool previously , ever . |
| 7 | RINGO Starr is going back on the road , but unlike his fellow former Beatle , George Harrison , his performances will have nothing to do with Transcendental Meditation , writes James Delingpole , Arts Correspondent . |
| 8 | A renowned rock guitarist is going back on the road with a new band , ten years after leaving the group that made him famous . |
| 9 | A controlling block of the club 's shares is going back on the market and a new owner could emerge in the next few weeks . |
| 10 | This is going down on the table . |
| 11 | The Hague Linker is getting in on the act . |
| 12 | In March time the new engine is coming out on the Escort . |
| 13 | No , on bid four , Mr , 's focusing in on the closure of er , |
| 14 | He 's stopping off on the road , he 'll be in in the morning , I … ’ |
| 15 | Daihatsu is cashing in on the leisure boom in Japan with the latest addition to its minicar line up , the Mira RV-4 ( below ) . |
| 16 | Marie 's sitting up on the bed with a packet of fags . |
| 17 | There it is sitting out on the garden path where I left it . |
| 18 | The circulating system wanders a little closer , deepens , is classified under a new title — a moderate tropical storm — and is given a name , Agnes perhaps , or Bob , an innocent , unassuming , rather cosy , old-fashioned sort of name that makes no connection in anybody 's mind with a swirling mass of warm air and piled clouds that is bearing down on the coast , thunder and lightning flickering from its belly , the waves beneath it being whipped up into a fury . |