Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] on the [adj] [noun pl] " 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 | Now that the EC is cracking down on the ozone-depleting solvents used in dry-cleaning processes , you could face problems . |
3 | The ageing NI team is looking back on the key events of the last decade of the millennium . |
4 | Looking back on the twenty-five years of fostering children , is there any one memory that stands out for you ? |
5 | Born Alfredo James Pacino he is still haunted by memories of growing up on the mean streets of New York 's South Bronx where his street gang pals called him The Actor . |
6 | Through the wide-open window floated the lightest of breezes , tangy with the scent of wild herbs growing up on the rugged hills behind the town . |
7 | And Super Kick off , the best game going out er , the best football game going out on the all computers ! |
8 | So this must be where Marc plots his business deals , she thought , trying not to show too much curiosity about the details flashing up on the several screens against the wall . |
9 | You can compensate for using more time working a really special border and so on by speeding up on the main sections . |
10 | Then , when the next breeding time comes around , the males start moving in on the female groups again and fight one another for possession of that year 's harems . |
11 | But now new technology is moving in on the traditional auctions . |
12 | They closed on the knife blade , twisted it out of the man 's hand , and then he was using the whole false arm as a metal club slamming down on the upraised arms , jabbing for the face , forcing the man back step by step until the edge of the track was only one more step away . |
13 | Nevertheless , there is no question of clamping down on the private shabashniki because they provide a valuable service , especially in the construction industry , which costs the state nothing . |
14 | Clacton Police will start the initiative on Monday aimed at clamping down on the young drivers who regularly roar along the town 's one-way system , screeching tyres and playing loud music on their car stereos . |
15 | Here , in bad weather , there are reputed to be spectacular collisions between the seawater coming in on the westerly winds and the fresh water trying to get out . |
16 | Telling you , I thought we 'd of been clomping around on the bare floor-boards and sitting on orange-boxes watching a wee black-and-white portable for ever . |
17 | Technically he is excellent but you have noticed that he is falling down on the supervisory aspects of his job . |
18 | Robert had the strong impression that they viewed unwanted spectators in the same spirit in which the ancient Greeks received people barging in on the Eleusinian mysteries . |
19 | By 2000 it will have passed both France and Britain , and will be nosing up on the real geriatrics , Germany and Sweden . |
20 | and this afternoon the Gloucester coach was weighing up his team 's next opponents … tomorrow at Kingsholm the cherry and whites take on the South African Barbarians … a team bristling with international talent … they were warming up on the playing fields at Wycliffe School in Stonehouse … |
21 | The snowflakes were caking up on the dried grasses and ferns on either bank . |