Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green .
2 Catching on to the coat tails of the downsizing rush just in time , CA said that it was surprised by the demands from its users for it to develop migratory and Unix-based applications — a far cry it admits from its traditional stronghold in the mainframe market .
3 Somehow I ca n't see it catching on in the way Play-Doh did .
4 Berger pulled himself up , hanging on to the marble top and the gypsies started to laugh .
5 Pippin , our four-year-old daughter , and Paul , two-and-a-half , were becoming a little cranky and tired of hanging on to the cockpit coamings .
6 Hanging on to the cliff face by his nails , gaining small purchase on it .
7 Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter .
8 She pulled herself up to the level of the bonnet by hanging on to the wing mirror then snatched at a scrap of folded paper .
9 My eyes shut , I could see that napkin fluttering down through the mushroom cloud .
10 He was leaning against the parapet rail , gazing down at the brick terrace several floors below .
11 Tucking in at the Cork District Social function held in Clancy 's Bar on Wednesday , 7th April 1993 .
12 And Jackson , who caused upset when he held his nose after touching down in the Ivory Coast , plans to perform extra dates in Africa .
13 And the singer , who caused upset when he held his nose after touching down in the Ivory Coast , plans to perform extra dates in Africa ‘ to make amends ’ .
14 Scott brought his hand crashing down on the desk top , his face pale with rage , the vein at his temple throbbing .
15 He said that his men were held back by the heat of the fire , which stripped plaster from the walls , burnt floorboards and brought ceilings crashing down onto the ground floor of the semidetached house .
16 Scraps of paper , issuing from the city , came twirling in through the cab window .
17 From this angle , stepping down with the altar candles behind him , his high shoulder and the bulge behind it scarcely broke the symmetry of a body beautifully compact and admirably handled .
18 These people are afghans … a few of the one million who fled the rockets raining down on the capital city , Kabul .
19 There were people everywhere , rushing to the bars , crowding on to the dance floor , filling all the chairs and tables .
20 If you have time , it is worth climbing on to the observation terrace on the site of the tiny Chapel of Holy Mary of Einsiedel which was part of the Theatine Monastery below .
21 Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs .
22 Signing on to the DSD scheme , for instance , puts one more barrier in the way of a foreign firm wanting to sell in Germany .
23 So far , that legal impasse has kept the proposed sites in Japan and France from officially signing on to the exhibition tour .
24 They were the sorts of contacts that you have when you 're signing on at the Employment Benefits Office , when you 're going to a job interview erm and often these are very negative because the experience of signing on is n't a very pleasant experience at all ; most job interviews , unfortunately , end with a rejection erm so a lot of these non-routine contacts were quite negatives ones for people .
25 She 'd got the job after being made redundant and signing on at the job centre .
26 Leaping on to the cabin top , he dropped the sails .
27 Tell you what , Jacqui and I were thinking of tootling on to the midnight matinee at the Parthenon after this lot .
28 " Jesus , but you frightened the life out of me , " Patrick whispered hoarsely , climbing down off the window ledge .
29 I continue walking down to the north section of West India Dock , to the Sugar Warehouses .
30 who was walking down to the telephone kiosk and asked all the questions about the area so that I
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