Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , the next gig was weeks ahead at Earls Court in London and there was a choice of sailing round the Cape of Good Hope , going over the Khyber Pass or going on the Trans-Siberian Express . |
| 2 | Everyone on the site seemed to be out of doors , pottering round their tiny gardens , or lolling on the parched grass . |
| 3 | It 's cramped if there are four of you , but the atmosphere is very friendly and relaxed — neighbours popping in to borrow a cup of sugar or a 50p coin for the electricity meter , children running along the balconies or playing on the thin strip of grass between the blocks . |
| 4 | Any homework Ruth saw to at Emma 's flat , or sitting on the dark-blue bed . |
| 5 | Sometimes , sitting eating a sandwich on a park bench or jolting on the top deck of a bus through South London , I would hear his voice echo through my inscape . |
| 6 | After departure of the 1620 to Sheffield , and depending on the good will of the driver , we managed to achieve many foot plate rides down to Wharf Lane and back as the train had to reverse into the down bay . |
| 7 | Each specialized trade was like an organ within an animal 's body , providing a function that benefited the whole and depending on the continued existence of the whole for its own survival . |
| 8 | Briefly , these factors are : the total population of the area and the number of registered library members ; trends in book publishing — i.e. the number of new books published per annum , broken down by subjects ; the length of life of stock on the open shelves ( depreciation rate ) ; the risen costs of books and binding on the previous year 's fund ; and the range and condition of the existing stock . |
| 9 | Finally he spent an hour from 1630 to 1730 in his office finishing off his paperwork and checking on the next day 's programme . |
| 10 | Until recently , only the dedicated enthusiasts would identify the components as a B.R. Standard Class 5MT , but since the completion of volunteer Dave Clark 's expert temporary lining and numbering on the exposed cab side , 73156 is now brought to the attention of all train-board visitors . |
| 11 | If you use a pattern such as a basic 1x1 pattern ( that 's one hole punched , one hole blank , all across the card and alternating on the next row ) the resulting fabric has very short floats , not floats at all really ( swatch 6 ) . |
| 12 | Poor little Willie was fairly screaming the place down and banging on the barred window that separated him so carefully from the world . |
| 13 | She had once explained that slaughtering animals secretly and trading on the black market was simply bending the law a little and not really stealing at all , but real thieves were as bad as liars . |
| 14 | She was run over by a car travelling at excessive speed and overtaking on the wrong side . |
| 15 | A plea for employers to consider hiring disabled staff — and capitalising on the wide range of Government help to assist placements — was made yesterday by the Scottish industry minister , Allan Stewart . |
| 16 | I sat sweating and swearing on the sticky back seat . |
| 17 | I see myself sprawled in a chair , setting them at ease in a trice , and passing on the acquired wisdom of my life . |
| 18 | A risk-averse individual would only be indifferent between transacting on the forward market and transacting on the future spot market if the terms he expects on the uncertain future spot market were sufficiently more favourable than the forward market to encourage him to take the risk . |
| 19 | If this advice is ignored , the torque of the seven-foot-diameter propeller , and the airflow it sends corkscrewing down the fuselage and acting on the large fin , causes the relatively light 207 to suddenly aim for the left-hand side of the runway . |
| 20 | The noises of scuttling and rustling on the concrete floor . |
| 21 | He was out of practice , but he found no difficulty in scaling the window carvings and balancing on the icy stone arch while he pushed the canvas bag and all its petitions into a stone loop in the lowest vaulting . |
| 22 | For a few moments more Theodora continued to enjoy the spectacle of gulls and swallows swooping and idling on the warm air . |
| 23 | Here we go and that is that , up to now , erm we 've only made six beams , we 've got to reach , for these tanks , we want to make sixty and the problem is we 're on stop now redesign the whole thing and going on the present rate of production we 're going to go up to about week twenty-eight . |
| 24 | Bathing solutions were changed by careful aspiration , brief washing with the next solution , followed by addition of the same solution and refocusing on the designated area of cells before commencement of [ Ca 2 + ] i measurement . |
| 25 | The tournament doctor may be able to reduce the dislocation by twisting and pulling on the injured limb , but even if he is successful , that is the end of your day 's competition . |
| 26 | Check the colour mark on the bridle line and by slipping the Lark 's Head knot and pulling on the lower line ( 'B' ) bring the mark no more than 6mm ( 1/ 4in ) below the ring . |
| 27 | Choosing the right inhibitor ( which may need to include anti-freeze ) and deciding on the correct procedure ( which may involve cleansing the system first ) is not always easy . |
| 28 | The story is still very much one of departments making steady progress in establishing information systems , trying to acquire the relevant basic financial skills , feeling their way towards some rudimentary output and performance measures and deciding on the best approach to reorganising departmental structures and responsibilities . |
| 29 | The fuselage vibrated , the interior lights flickered and dimmed ; and then with a lurch they began to roll , bumping and jarring on the sectional concrete . |
| 30 | Lenin distinguished between administrative control and accounting on the one hand , and ‘ the scientifically trained staff of engineers , agronomists and so on ’ on the other . |