Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] on [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved closer , into the dimness of the stall itself , and stood there beside her , his hand resting gently on the horse 's flank . |
| 2 | Damage against this target is resolved with a strength of 5 representing the effect of the big heavy cauldron landing right on the victim 's head . |
| 3 | Walking together on the ship 's deck , Gloucester stumbles , and Clarence , in trying to steady him , is knocked overboard . |
| 4 | His feet were resting comfortably on the ship 's control panel . |
| 5 | It 's a place where the opinions of parents are taken seriously and they are not simply placed in a passive role operating only on the school 's terms . |
| 6 | She walked through into the Lancaster Room again , where Phil Aldrich was still scribbling away on the hotel 's notepaper ; and for the moment ( as Sheila stood in the doorway ) looking up with his wonted patience and nodding mildly as Janet propounded her latest views on the injustice of the tour 's latest delay . |
| 7 | I 'm trying to work out whether we 'll get snow cos er , it looked like it was heading downwards on the news ti news |
| 8 | The old , traditional method of exchange of contracts for sale by the buyer 's solicitors or representatives calling personally on the seller 's is very rarely used . |
| 9 | ( 1 ) Fires beginning accidentally on the defendant 's land |
| 10 | erm , it 's actually sitting there on the Meridian er Business Park , it 's been sitting there for three years er overgrown with er grass and what have you and it 's there . |
| 11 | Only Mozart playing serenely on the car 's stereo masked the tension between them during the drive home . |
| 12 | Moreover , Arabic tends to use a relatively small number of conjunctions , each of which has a wide range of meanings which depend for their interpretation on the context , thus relying heavily on the reader 's ability to infer relationships which are only vaguely alluded to by the writer . |
| 13 | In an occupation depending heavily on the officer 's craft , the value of education and ‘ bookwork ’ is dismissed . |
| 14 | Frederica was irresistibly reminded of the two dolls leaning lifelessly on the doll 's house dresser , staring , in The Tale of Tao Bad Mice . |
| 15 | On the same day that it announced its intention to apply for the judicial review , Greenpeace members attempted to block the company 's discharge pipes , provoking an injunction banning them from trespassing further on the company 's property . |
| 16 | Their hands were resting lightly on the wizard 's shoulders . |
| 17 | Rincewind turned his head slowly , taking care to keep Kring resting lightly on the dragon 's back . |
| 18 | The first half dealing with the historical aspect of the Ju 52 , its development and predecessors , and the impact that it had in the world of air transport , concentrating mainly on the type 's civil use . |
| 19 | I heard the voice , but I tried not to listen , concentrating instead on the spider 's web in the window . |
| 20 | This can only be achieved by working prospectively on the child 's future environment and by deciding which new experiences may be introduced to compensate for those which , in the past , have proved to be inadequate for language development . |