Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [v-ing] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the lesson of the Kennedy case is that if you have the chance to take another job before your redundancy has been confirmed , you may have to choose between safeguarding your future and cashing in on the job rights built up over the years in your present employment . |
| 2 | Then , to Perdita 's squirming embarrassment , he replayed the clip of her rowing with the umpire three times , freezing the frame of her yelling with her mouth wide open , until her teammates were howling with laughter and rolling round on the floor . |
| 3 | and we 're , we 're going on the Friday afternoon and coming back on the Monday afternoon . |
| 4 | Gould remembers following the driver and lying down on the floor of the car face down , waiting for the ambush to pass . |
| 5 | A company seeking a flotation might be better off skipping the OTC and starting out on the third market or USM . |
| 6 | It was pointed out in Dann v Hamilton that the defence could apply in cases where : " the drunkenness of the driver at the material time is so extreme and so glaring that to accept a lift from him is like engaging in an intrinsically and obviously dangerous occupation , intermeddling with an unexploded bomb or walking along on the edge of an unfenced cliff " . |
| 7 | I can remember doing Bartholomew Fair at the Royal Court Theatre with the NYT and seeing all the scenery and lighting down on the stage at the end of the last performance and thinking how exciting it was to belong to the world of make-believe . |
| 8 | ‘ Not , ’ said Lydia under her breath and falling back on the cliché , ‘ if I see you first . ’ |
| 9 | The sun was high in the sky and beating down on the mourners ' heads . |
| 10 | Sometimes the actors went back up to their dressing-rooms for an hour at a stretch while she and Geoffrey stood in for them , posing languidly at the fireplace or leaning back on the settee , twirling empty wine glasses . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In fact obesity can be effectively reversed by eating more brad and cutting down on the amounts of butter , margarine and oil we eat , and taking some exercise . |
| 13 | Well , it 's good to be back on the list and catching up on the mountain of messages . |
| 14 | I will be staying for the weekend and going back on the train on Sunday night . |
| 15 | Cover the pan with a cloth — to prevent steam from condensing on the cover of the pan and falling back on the curd — and the lid , and leave it for two to four hours , until the curd is fairly firm . |
| 16 | Ace woke at once , drawing her gun and spinning about on the carpeting of plaster chips and glass fragments , searching for the source and target . |