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

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1 He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down …
2 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 .
3 Berger pulled himself up , hanging on to the marble top and the gypsies started to laugh .
4 Hanging on to the cliff face by his nails , gaining small purchase on it .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 My eyes shut , I could see that napkin fluttering down through the mushroom cloud .
8 He was leaning against the parapet rail , gazing down at the brick terrace several floors below .
9 Tucking in at the Cork District Social function held in Clancy 's Bar on Wednesday , 7th April 1993 .
10 They were extremely grateful to the Government for stepping in with a £140 rebate because they saw their aunts , uncles , friends , cousins and others elsewhere in the country paying a great deal less .
11 Scott brought his hand crashing down on the desk top , his face pale with rage , the vein at his temple throbbing .
12 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 .
13 Scraps of paper , issuing from the city , came twirling in through the cab window .
14 These people are afghans … a few of the one million who fled the rockets raining down on the capital city , Kabul .
15 There were people everywhere , rushing to the bars , crowding on to the dance floor , filling all the chairs and tables .
16 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 .
17 Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs .
18 Signing on to the DSD scheme , for instance , puts one more barrier in the way of a foreign firm wanting to sell in Germany .
19 So far , that legal impasse has kept the proposed sites in Japan and France from officially signing on to the exhibition tour .
20 She 'd got the job after being made redundant and signing on at the job centre .
21 Leaping on to the cabin top , he dropped the sails .
22 Tell you what , Jacqui and I were thinking of tootling on to the midnight matinee at the Parthenon after this lot .
23 The greatest benefit of the deal for BA comprises the sharing of flight codes which means that transatlantic passengers booking on to a USAir flight in the US would automatically transfer to a BA flight for the Atlantic crossing .
24 The major benefit of the deal for BA was described yesterday as the sharing of flight codes which meant that transatlantic passengers booking on to a USAir flight in the US would automatically transfer to a BA flight for the Atlantic crossing .
25 " Jesus , but you frightened the life out of me , " Patrick whispered hoarsely , climbing down off the window ledge .
26 I continue walking down to the north section of West India Dock , to the Sugar Warehouses .
27 who was walking down to the telephone kiosk and asked all the questions about the area so that I
28 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 .
29 Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs .
30 Kosi had moved up beside her after checking in with the duty manager .
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