Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Touching down on the main wheels first , the Ercoupe twitched into line ; they even tried it with the rudder pedals locked , flying on elevator and aileron only , but found the feeling ‘ rather disconcerting ’ ! |
| 2 | Kneeling down on a soft surface , the patient may practise trunk movements using the gymnastic ball to support his arms and shoulders , while the physiotherapist controls the balance of his pelvis . |
| 3 | Kneeling down on the dusty pavement , she made as if to tie her shoelaces . |
| 4 | Turn right into er what is a very busy er road in any event at that time but that the dangers is that many drivers are becoming impatient with waiting their turn in the queue and what they 're doing is driving down on the wrong side of the road in order to utilise a little back road that 's a service road which runs alongside road and leads into Nightingale avenue . |
| 5 | Altogether appropriately and ingloriously , the frame ended with the Barometer 's in-off the black , the ball lasering in on the middle pocket at a preposterous angle . |
| 6 | Now that the EC is cracking down on the ozone-depleting solvents used in dry-cleaning processes , you could face problems . |
| 7 | The paper started by zeroing in on the inner London boroughs . |
| 8 | ‘ Muscling in on a theatrical invitation . |
| 9 | Driving off on the first day was Sandy Lyle … as a winner of the British Open and American Masters he 's got to be one of the best judges of courses around |
| 10 | In 1907 it had been noted that nickelodeons were opening up on every American street and it was not hard to account for their success . |
| 11 | For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 12 | Winding up on a voluntary basis |
| 13 | Now I think it 's a bit rich t to slam the Liberals for walking out on the last debate because the Tories did n't attend the Health Trust Select Committee which Council set up . |
| 14 | THE Princess of Wales seriously considered walking out on the Royal Family , according to royal biographer Andrew Morton . |
| 15 | THE Princess of Wales seriously considered walking out on the Royal Family , according to controversial royal biographer Andrew Morton . |
| 16 | Not from the beach — I think the salt there would probably kill hookworm — but in the back streets of the town , where the sewage system was n't what it might have been , and also walking around on the wooden deck of an old schooner sailing to Aldabra . |
| 17 | None came and still under the drug 's influence at dawn , he found himself looking out from the top of a forty-foot tree — he had no memory of climbing it — and looking down on a vast meadow , flecked with patterns of multi-coloured light and rocks which turned into horses , all of which filled him with ‘ tremendous emotions ’ . |
| 18 | ( 65 ) " I shall now select my Empress ! " he said , looking down on the cowering people . |
| 19 | The three grown people stand looking down on the sleeping infant whose soft breathing seems to have spread the tawny bloom over its ivory skin . |
| 20 | He stood close to Rebus , looking down on the smaller man , fixing him in the eye . |
| 21 | So did Sean and Michael and the family and most of the congregation , except old Emmet , who was still asleep and Jock , who sat in the choir balcony with his arms folded , looking down on the Latin mumbo-jumbo with Presbyterian disapproval . |
| 22 | And Jackdaws Castle which sits high on the Cotswolds is now looking down on the racing world … |
| 23 | When the old man came into the yard she pointed towards the coalhouse ; the next minute , looking down on the bloodied form , he said , ‘ God in heaven ! ’ |
| 24 | On the first day the Champion Hurdle had been won by Kribensis ( owned by Sheikh Mohammed and trained by Michael Stoute ) from Nomadic Way ( owned by Robert Sangster and trained by Barry Hills ) — powerful Flat racing connections elbowing in on the jumping scene . |
| 25 | What happens is this : it is swimming along on a near-horizontal plane when it spots a morsel of food , which it can see quite comfortably directly below it in shallow-enough water because its eyes are tilted downwards to allow for this facility . |
| 26 | The feet should be kept in the straps until sheeting in on the new tack , thereby keeping the board on its banked course throughout the crucial rig change . |
| 27 | I 'd also taken stock of just how deep the ravine was a yard or so to my right — on a previous visit to this rocky Brecon summit I 'd looked down on a pair of RAF Tornadoes streaking through on a high-adrenalin exercise . |
| 28 | He had heard that the Feds at Lockerbie had been good as gold , working at the pace required , picking up on every small detail provided by the forensic team at Farnborough , where the 747 had been reconstructed . |
| 29 | Picking up on the head maltster 's request for co-operation in Audience , Pryce-Jones wrote , ‘ Will Ferdinand help , and kindly inform on himself ? |
| 30 | Playing the fringes of the metropolis , Lily had used to hope that one day , looking up on the prompt side , she would see one of George Edwardes 's scouts . |