Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [noun sg] " 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 | Berger pulled himself up , hanging on to the marble top and the gypsies started to laugh . |
| 3 | Hanging on to the cliff face by his nails , gaining small purchase on it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | My eyes shut , I could see that napkin fluttering down through the mushroom cloud . |
| 7 | He was leaning against the parapet rail , gazing down at the brick terrace several floors below . |
| 8 | Tucking in at the Cork District Social function held in Clancy 's Bar on Wednesday , 7th April 1993 . |
| 9 | Scott brought his hand crashing down on the desk top , his face pale with rage , the vein at his temple throbbing . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Scraps of paper , issuing from the city , came twirling in through the cab window . |
| 12 | These people are afghans … a few of the one million who fled the rockets raining down on the capital city , Kabul . |
| 13 | There were people everywhere , rushing to the bars , crowding on to the dance floor , filling all the chairs and tables . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs . |
| 16 | Signing on to the DSD scheme , for instance , puts one more barrier in the way of a foreign firm wanting to sell in Germany . |
| 17 | So far , that legal impasse has kept the proposed sites in Japan and France from officially signing on to the exhibition tour . |
| 18 | She 'd got the job after being made redundant and signing on at the job centre . |
| 19 | Leaping on to the cabin top , he dropped the sails . |
| 20 | Tell you what , Jacqui and I were thinking of tootling on to the midnight matinee at the Parthenon after this lot . |
| 21 | " Jesus , but you frightened the life out of me , " Patrick whispered hoarsely , climbing down off the window ledge . |
| 22 | I continue walking down to the north section of West India Dock , to the Sugar Warehouses . |
| 23 | who was walking down to the telephone kiosk and asked all the questions about the area so that I |
| 24 | Kosi had moved up beside her after checking in with the duty manager . |
| 25 | Nude sunbathing down on the Waaf site ! ’ and everyone racing down to have a look . |
| 26 | Although Peru in 1990 probably bore little resemblance to the place described circa 1948 in our tomes , we were immediately obsessed with an area sloping down to the Amazon Basin to the east of the Andes . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The sound of wheels turned in her ears again as she thought of Maman driving off to the railway station as if on some brisk pursuit . |
| 30 | The EC favoured further opening up of the customer equipment market ; a separation of the regulatory and operational functions of the telephone authority ; a more cost-oriented pricing of services ; the major network and a small number of basic services would remain the monopoly of the telecoms administration . |