Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] on [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scott brought his hand crashing down on the desk top , his face pale with rage , the vein at his temple throbbing . |
| 2 | ‘ Fancy me working in a library again , ’ he said , one hand resting idly on a card index . |
| 3 | These people are afghans … a few of the one million who fled the rockets raining down on the capital city , Kabul . |
| 4 | They used to do that : the chief inspector walking down on a Saturday morning in full regalia and one of these fellows would nod and they 'd always walk to the corner , and the Chief would n't say anything about it because they were on the corner and not causing any obstruction . |
| 5 | Nude sunbathing down on the Waaf site ! ’ and everyone racing down to have a look . |
| 6 | I feel er something of a stranger walking in on the Maastricht reunion er annual dinner er at the er I have to say that erm I er would n't wish to cross swords with the honourable gentleman on the detail of the Maastricht bill but certainly but certainly I 'ave to say that for many people and maybe even some people on this own side who may be prepared to admit it , the false divide between Euro sceptics and Euro fanatics is one that does n't appeal to the new generations of members and I suspect on both sides of the house , we are in our considered view in Europe and we need to make the best of it and treat Europe on its merits rather than re-live the battles of the er late seventies and early eighties . |
| 7 | Whenever leading faces of stage and screen change their image drastically , it 's a heavy indication of what 's happening generally on the fashion scene . |
| 8 | He denied UI would be doing this to appease SunSoft and others reportedly unhappy about the situation , and refuted suggestions that SunSoft wants UI 's commitment to use other suppliers and non-USL technologies as a pre-requisite for it signing off on the ABI effort . |
| 9 | Right let's catch up with what 's been happening nationally on the football scene , and join Headley Feast . |
| 10 | Airacomet 44–22633 flew out of Edwards in the late 1940s , finally ending up on a target range along with some sister ‘ 59s . |
| 11 | As a result , they feel themselves not only homeless but in a total existential crisis — ending up on the dossers circuit removes the last residues of respectability . |
| 12 | All the computers were cracking up on the factory floor this morning . ’ |
| 13 | Just 22 months after walking out on the Merseyside club , the 41-year-old Scot received a warm reception from the Kop as he took his place on the Blackburn Rovers bench . |
| 14 | Hoomey pushed the front seat up and leaned over , groping about on the back seat . |
| 15 | Not so popular was the experimental survival section of the course which always seemed to be carried out in extremely inclement weather with a helicopter helping to increase the discomfort of tossing about on a life raft in Plymouth Sound . |
| 16 | Not only did he treat everyone in sight but also led nightly singsongs by thumping away on the pub piano . |
| 17 | At the edge of the eyes are a pair of long spines , and these point downwards at a steep angle , at very awkward attitude for resting comfortably on the sea floor . |
| 18 | Fine views can be had looking down on the north side of the island to Porto da Cruz and the Penha d'Aguia ( the enormous flat-topped rock ) which stands between Faial and Porto da Cruz . |
| 19 | It is built across the Via Sacra at its summit , looking down on the Forum Romanum . |
| 20 | It has been developing away on a polymer foam that is intended to fill an entire building ‘ from floor to ceiling ’ in a few seconds after an alarm is tripped . |
| 21 | Only Phil Aldrich had seemed as placid as ever , even after being interrupted in the middle of his lunch , and thereafter being seated in the Lancaster Room , writing busily on the hotel notepaper ; and being interrupted just the once , and then only briefly , by Janet Roscoe — the latter intent , it appeared , on fomenting further dissatisfaction whenever possible . |
| 22 | It revolves around a narrator ( never named ) who is living temporarily on the west coast . |
| 23 | At the same time I could hear someone tapping frantically on the glass door of the kiosk , someone far too anxious to clamber in with me . |
| 24 | He shuffled out of the courtyard , his over-sized shoes flapping noisily on the stone floor . |
| 25 | Action round-up time now … two big events this week … we 're looking back on the RAC Rally and forward to the Hennesey Gold Cup |
| 26 | Before splashing out on a travel cot , ask yourself the following questions to make sure you buy one that really going to do the job you want it to : |
| 27 | Thereafter he resumed his City career , serving again on the Levant Company 's court of assistants ( 1669–74 , 1677–8 , 1679–80 ) , and the committee of the East India Company ( 1672–82 ) . |
| 28 | Drawing deeply on a Havana cigar , O'Mara said : ‘ How in hell are we going to prove all this ? ’ |
| 29 | You going down on a weekend darling ? |
| 30 | It was rather pathetic sometimes because he was upset at somebody going down on a discipline charge and getting the sack . |