Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any rock lying around on the frozen continent stands a good chance of being a meteorite as — the occasional ice-piercing mountain aside — there is nowhere else to come from but the heavens . |
| 2 | They closed on the knife blade , twisted it out of the man 's hand , and then he was using the whole false arm as a metal club slamming down on the upraised arms , jabbing for the face , forcing the man back step by step until the edge of the track was only one more step away . |
| 3 | Russell turned to Dexter with a look of surprise and irritation , as if he were a complete stranger butting in on a private conversation — which indeed was just how the sergeant felt . |
| 4 | The kitchen was bigger than he had supposed ; it had a stone floor with a large square of matting , an open grate and a tiny window looking out on the rising ground of the headland . |
| 5 | Or again late at night as I stood shivering at my bedroom window looking out on the frosted garden , unable to sleep and unable to understand why . |
| 6 | Even now as he stood there by the kitchen table he could see Caspar closing in on the weaker lamb , and he could hear that weird and terrible wailing of Lee 's . |
| 7 | Here , in bad weather , there are reputed to be spectacular collisions between the seawater coming in on the westerly winds and the fresh water trying to get out . |
| 8 | Sometimes I looked out of the window at the grey November afternoon , and saw the rain pouring down on the leafless garden . |
| 9 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |
| 10 | Clinging to this assurance , Isabel listened to the rain beating down on the other side of the wall and refused to think about her peculiar reactions to fitzAlan any longer . |
| 11 | Altogether appropriately and ingloriously , the frame ended with the Barometer 's in-off the black , the ball lasering in on the middle pocket at a preposterous angle . |
| 12 | SERB forces were last night closing in on the last Muslim-held stronghold in eastern Bosnia , battling at close range with defenders of Gorazde . |
| 13 | They were in a similar position to the person coming along on a standby basis for an airline seat as against the passenger paying a full fare , and without the full rights of a standby passenger , in the sense that the decision whether or not to accommodate them in the college was entirely discretionary . |
| 14 | Over in the corner of the sizable room an electronic organ was giving out Moon River , the player a young , prematurely bald man , with sweat standing out on the smooth , polished face and head . |
| 15 | ‘ But the crucial thing is to see that budget deficit coming down on a medium term basis convincingly . |
| 16 | And Super Kick off , the best game going out er , the best football game going out on the all computers ! |
| 17 | Loss of control taking off on a windy day |
| 18 | As they walked away Scarlet observed another woman bearing down on the many-coated one with the air of a person about to commit good works . |
| 19 | That 's Pen-y-ghent , that 's Ingleborough and this is Whernside coming up on the left , but first the viaduct at Ribblehead . |
| 20 | Peter O'Toole 's happiest hour as the Soho scribe looking back on a mis-spent life . |
| 21 | We 've got a hearing coming up on the sixteenth of July in |
| 22 | Yvonne Bell 's charge hit trouble when finishing second in his heat , but was back in sparkling form charging through on the last bend to win the track final by 2 9 lengths at generous odds of 6–4 . |
| 23 | This could offset feed lost to opportunistic wildlife cashing in on an easy meal ! |
| 24 | It is easy to become disheartened if the dace fail to respond after an hour or so , but stick at it , keeping the feed going in on the same line . |
| 25 | they booked a six week holiday coming back on the first week on boxing day they 've got free car hire for the whole six weeks , not the insurance . |
| 26 | At Banbury , they say they found cattle being prodded with unnecessary force , a calf slipping up on a concrete surface and a pig being forced into a pen with a kick . |
| 27 | As it goes r you 've heard something sort of er say an ashtray going round on a hard surface . |