Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pn reflx] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The son of Rainbow Quest was always up with the leaders that day , clearly enjoying himself on the easy ground and eventually racing three and a half lengths clear . |
| 2 | Eventually Don grappled with the critical section , and with a quick windmill of arms and legs was up and establishing himself on the next stance . |
| 3 | The grounds for relief were , inter alia , that Lautro failed to comply with the rules of natural justice and to act fairly in that it failed before the service of the notice to inform the applicant or Winchester of the allegations being made therein , failed to allow Winchester or its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised company representatives the opportunity of answering or responding to the allegations made against them , failed to take into account the interest of Winchester , its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised representatives when deciding to exercise the notice ; that Lautro acted unreasonably and came to a decision such that no person or body properly directing itself on the relevant law and acting reasonably could have reached in that it acted with bias against Winchester and its officials , issued the notice at a time its investigations were incomplete and on the basis of findings which were erroneous and provisional , and failed to conclude its investigations before serving the notice ; and that Lautro acted ultra vires and in error of law in that the rights of appeal applied to any person subject to the rules of Lautro whether or not members . |
| 4 | The reason that his brush has stroked not a lot on these pristine pages of late is twofold : firstly , he 's been very busy providing illustrations for the soon-to-be-seen N-Force magazine ( which Europress are launching for Nintendo fans = both of them ! ) , and he 's been sunning himself on the golden shores of beautiful Bali for the past three weeks ! |
| 5 | Nature in our garden seems to stretch about as far as our three Indian runner ducks , whose sole interests in life are lettuce , bread and little things which wriggle ; and the frogs in the pond who spend summer days sunning themselves on the warm cement slabs surrounding the off-green water . |
| 6 | Because what Niki was doing-the subject was Niki 's contract and terms for 1977 — was putting himself on the same level as Enzo . |
| 7 | By resorting to guns , even toy ones , are the Lithuanians forfeiting the rights of democrats and putting themselves on the same level as the Soviet troops ? |
| 8 | So much so that he spent fully eight years in a succession of colleges before throwing himself on the tender mercies of the world . |
| 9 | Settling myself on the wooden bench I peered through the open slit . |