Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] on the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hours of bending and stretching and twisting down on the prom in singlets and shorts while the wind whipped over us from the wintry sea . |
| 2 | At the official launch of the the new Countrywatch campaign the area 's police chief said bobbies were going back on the beat in rural areas . |
| 3 | Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure . |
| 4 | Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure . |
| 5 | At the time I honestly never gave a thought to why Billy Tuckett had been poncing around on the roof in the wee small hours or why he 'd chosen Sunil 's bathroom to fall through . |
| 6 | The UK , in particular , is fundamentally opposed to the idea of compulsory employee participation , believing that this is an area best left to individual company policy and fearing that giving in on the issue in this context could lead to similar measures becoming a compulsory feature of EC company law . |
| 7 | An example of a processing bias would be the use of a mental filter — characteristically homing in on the negative in a situation and leaving the positive out of account . |
| 8 | Times certainly are changing down on the farm in the TV soap Emmerdale 's new calendar . |
| 9 | He took the dose and immediately collapsed , rolling around on the floor in a kind of agony that most people could not contemplate . |
| 10 | So far we 've been concentrating on Meryl 's reasons for hanging round on the gallery in the middle of the night ; all well and good , but what was Gladys doing there ? ’ |
| 11 | And the next minute there he was , writhing around on the floor in agony ! ’ |
| 12 | The predominant colour for spring/summer 1991 is being , cropping up on the catwalk in shift dresses , shorts and wrap-around sarong-style skirts . |