Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] on [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't like him sitting on her cushions or dirtying her nice clean towels or weeing in her water closet or dripping on her bleached oak vinyl tiled floor . |
| 2 | Cowley sat with them , Leaning forward , hands clasped in front of him and resting on his beige folder . |
| 3 | He was twiddling a piece of cork and sucking on his empty pipe . |
| 4 | Dad sat poking the dead ashes in the grate and sucking on his empty clay pipe . |
| 5 | The activity is straightforward , understandable , accessible and develops the mutual confidence and understanding on which other partnership activities can be built . |
| 6 | Depicting a muscular young man , naked and balancing on his left leg , it is thought to be more than 370 years old and the most significant example of Renaissance sculpture to come up for auction . |
| 7 | Ian , 17 , died of acute alcohol poisoning and choking on his own vomit after the traditional celebration to mark completion of the gruelling 30-week course at the Commando Training Centre , Lympstone , Devon . |
| 8 | Half-points will also be upgraded to full points for techniques which catch the opponent as he attacks ; for deflecting the opponent and scoring on his undefended back ; for techniques which immediately follow a sweep or throw ; for an onslaught of continuous and effective attacks , each component of which scored in its own right . |
| 9 | Having grasped the use of silence you now have to quieten your own brain , stop it muttering away to itself about all the things you need to do and may forget , stop it reacting and getting on its high horse when all it needs to do is to absorb information and store it for future reference . |
| 10 | Now in her seventies and embarking on her fiftieth novel , she revels in the peace of the countryside . |
| 11 | Ward was smiling a bright , happy , almost drunken smile , playing the innocent Scot and putting on his broadest accent . |
| 12 | So goodbye to the days when washing your hair meant using just shampoo and conditioner , and relying on your own dexterity to make your hairstyles work . |
| 13 | Repeat exercises 7–10 on your left side — raising your left arm and bending your left leg and leaning on your right side . |
| 14 | The time of the children was spent entirely on tape listening ( 15 minutes ) question and answer ( 25 minutes ) and working on their own tor the balance . |
| 15 | Assuming that no mature way can be found to speak from the workers ' culture or meaning system , as opposed to breaking it down and imposing on it other meaning systems such as that espoused by management , then passive individuals will be fostered . |
| 16 | She received the unknown and unexpected widow like a welcome cousin , asking no questions and extorting no confidences , but offering on her own part enough warmth to make the early April evening glow . |