Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [adv] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He speaks English in a curious way , that improbable Dutch-accent tongue slapping down hard on the vowels , like shoe leather on a dry pavement . |
| 2 | ‘ What are you doing ? ’ he shrieked , twisting about madly on the ropes that suspended him . |
| 3 | Probably the most historic and also the most photogenic is that of the counts of Kyburg , perched high above woodlands and looking down fiercely on the river Toss . |
| 4 | For a moment I felt better , then my face chanced to come alongside the face of a three-foot-high king in a crown — I 'd been pushing down hard on the bishop 's corpse memory , now he reared up again … |
| 5 | Going on again on the tenant farmers , I actually think that er we are very good landlords and I think our our our tenants would rather us keep us as landlords than the private sector , in actual fact we will have no doubt a debate quite soon on that issue when the government makes us sell off all areas of of er th our interests and that one , I will tell you this , I think that some of the members all sides of the fence every side of the fence , have been passionately behind the tenants , if if they 're gon na be sold off by now they 'd have been sold off , but I think it wo n't be far long before we have to take education first , social services first , the elderly before er your side with your government to come forward and say to us we do n't want you interfering with anything like that and being bold business , get rid of , but that 's another debate that will come up later on . |
| 6 | Secondly , it 's very important for me , as the head of a record company , to research what 's going down well on the dancefloor ’ |
| 7 | If one end of the comb is higher than the other , it can not do its job of pulling down evenly on the stitches . |
| 8 | Yeah well th cos they 've been waiting up there on the thing and they 've land or they 've just been circ |
| 9 | His legs were bent , unintentional but lucky because they folded neatly under him and stopped his tail from slamming down hard on the tiles . |
| 10 | And the only way she could possibly avoid it was by swerving blindly in the opposite direction , while at the same time slamming down hard on the brake . |
| 11 | He could hear Lorton moving around quietly on the floor above . |
| 12 | By night the lava lake presents an unearthly sight , with great slabs of dark , solidified crust shifting about slowly on the surface , allowing the bright lava underneath to gleam through along the cracks between slabs . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps when I was younger , I should have — ’ She broke off , clamping down hard on the thought . |
| 14 | Well , said his mother , what are you doing down there on the floor ? |
| 15 | The third one focusing in specifically on the combat modelling is what is known as a C O E I A which is a combined operational effectiveness and investment appraisal and this work is being carried out at Farnborough and we 're comparing in single roles and multi-role Eurofighter two thousand against different aircraft . |
| 16 | The Daily Express was by this time in pole position , but the Mail and Today were coming up fast on the inside . |
| 17 | we 're going to finish with motor racing … our Nigel Mansell competition is coming up hard on the heels of yesterday 's Portugese Grand Prix |
| 18 | There was a fine blue sky with great white clouds in the distance , and even the restless tiger had stopped still and was dozing , his great eyes staring out peacefully on the world as he occasionally licked a paw and groomed himself . |
| 19 | I recently spent ten hours mixing this live broadcast that 's coming out soon on the BBC , and as soon as I pulled either mine or Keith 's amp out of the mix the vibe was n't quite the same . |
| 20 | That break in Sicily with my friends , and sailing down here on the Kestrel , was the first holiday I 've taken in ages … ’ |
| 21 | He simply wished that he did n't have to contend with the unspoken supposition that the two of them were hiding up there on the Step and banging away like a couple of baboons , which he saw in the eyes of more than one person who wished him good morning when he went into town to pick up his mail . |
| 22 | They have people hanging about outside on the pavement trying to entice gullible idiots in . |
| 23 | Edward , sitting down heavily on the locker , said that he wanted to explain . |
| 24 | She sighed , sitting down stiffly on the chair by the wall . |
| 25 | What made the annual gathering even worse was we always had to listen to her recite the twenty-third psalm , standing up there on the stage in her white dress , white socks , black shoes . |
| 26 | He searched desperately for Tony 's father among the confusing patterns of lights and shadow shifting and flickering down there on the prom . |
| 27 | They do n't really expect any er any delay erm and they 're expecting to start shipping up here on the Monday . |
| 28 | Black could operate on the right for there is no challenge now from Robbie Dennison ( Wolverhampton Wanderers ) who did not sign his new contract until earlier this week and has not played a first team game this season — missing out also on the club 's Scandinavian tour . |