Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] on the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes an elaborate display involving ritual dunging on the same spot ( like dogs peeing on car wheels ) is necessary . |
| 2 | The Russian Federation Security Council meeting on the same day expressed concern over arms deliveries from Romania to Moldova ( although on May 31 the Moldovan Foreign Ministry had denied Gen. Grachev 's claims that Romania was supplying Moldova with tanks , claiming that only pontoon bridges and trucks were donated ) . |
| 3 | We were not reassured when a solitary American tourist travelling on the same flight told us he 'd been on this very plane on a previous flight , and they found petrol pouring down the window before take-off , and had to do some repair work on it . |
| 4 | Mark Newall 's brother Roderick , 27 , is in custody in Gibraltar awaiting an extradition hearing on the same charges . |
| 5 | As it turned out , she would have done better to have stayed on her pillow , for there she might have been found by Maud or Enid who would possibly have put two and two together at the curious sight of a cat and frog nestling on the same bed . |
| 6 | Braking was achieved through a foot brake operating on the rear wheels of the tug , a hand brake exerting on the same wheels and a second hand brake acting on the trailer wheels . |
| 7 | There could be a communications system linking some users via a satellite , or equally well , simply a program running on the same computer as itself . |
| 8 | Some people have great difficulty in solving problems and making decisions and waste a great deal of time ruminating on the same thoughts without ever coming to a clear conclusion . |