Example sentences of "person [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clause B of the certificate entitles ‘ any person driving on the order or with the permission of the Policyholder ’ to drive . |
| 2 | At the foot of each bed what appears to be a miniature TV set faces the person lying on the bed . |
| 3 | I ca n't exactly remember which side of of the person on the who was lying on the ground , P C was but he was in a position where he was not putting himself er he was covering the person lying on the ground but he was n't covering to the point of fact that P C erm would have to walk in front of his shot gun . |
| 4 | No at no time did P C get that close to the person lying on the ground . |
| 5 | Examples would be : where the act is not seen , as when the victim is asleep ; where the victim believes that the gun was unloaded ( Lamb [ 1967 ] 2 QB 981 ) ; where the victim knows by the accused 's words that the threat will not take place ( Tuberville v Savage ( 1669 ) 86 ER 684 ; or where the accused could not put his threat into effect : the usual illustrations are shaking a fist while on a non-stop train at a person standing on the platform and doing the same to a person standing on the opposite bank of a fast-flowing and wide river where there is no bridge . |
| 6 | Examples would be : where the act is not seen , as when the victim is asleep ; where the victim believes that the gun was unloaded ( Lamb [ 1967 ] 2 QB 981 ) ; where the victim knows by the accused 's words that the threat will not take place ( Tuberville v Savage ( 1669 ) 86 ER 684 ; or where the accused could not put his threat into effect : the usual illustrations are shaking a fist while on a non-stop train at a person standing on the platform and doing the same to a person standing on the opposite bank of a fast-flowing and wide river where there is no bridge . |
| 7 | There 's this person sitting on the pavement watching them . |
| 8 | The stranger might refuse to admit defeat and maintain simply that the person sitting on the bench was not I , that he was I , and that it was with him that the man who was now doubting his identity was having a conversation a moment ago . |
| 9 | However , the use of a disclaimer will be effective only if it is clear and unambiguous and drawn to the attention of the person relying on the advice . |
| 10 | I might struggle to hold fast to my course , to become just another off-the-peg person dangling on the idiomatic hook ( line and sinker ) , my voting habits purely a function of minute alterations in fiscal policy , but a moment 's relaxation could have a jolting impact . |
| 11 | It is now the responsibility of the person working on the DC to decide whether to continue with the DC or to abort it . |
| 12 | In other words it sleeps six erm and the landlady 's willing to have one person sleeping on the floor officially . |