Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The borings are concentrated high on the pillars but are remarkably lacking on the masonry lower down . |
| 2 | I am merely reporting on the fate to have befallen every other Minister for Sport you can care to mention which is one of the reasons why we are still debating the kind of football stadiums we should have for the future when every other country besides Botswana and the Cocos Islands have already built theirs . |
| 3 | It is important to bear in mind the fundamental rule of agency law , that the acts of an agent are only binding on the principal if the agent had actual or apparent authority to perform those acts . |
| 4 | As the cause of the accident is not clear , will he deplore the remarks of the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , East ( Mr. Prescott ) and others who are already speculating on the causes of the accident and criticising the Government for not investing enough in the railways ? |
| 5 | We can not park at the weekend and people are already parking on the grass verge . ’ |
| 6 | Over 20 SikaRobots are already working on the Continent . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're obviously thriving on the excitement , ’ he ventured . |
| 8 | They 're just jumping on the bandwagon . |
| 9 | Actually he 's not that friendly with Foxy but erm tt says they 're always arguing on the rugby pitch , they 're always , you know , stand at the back and slag each other off and say oh shit or stuff but then erm tt afterwards they sort of end |
| 10 | Because you 're always starting on the root , reversing directions on the root and ending on the root , you 're only using one seventh of the possibilities inherent in each scale . |
| 11 | But they 're now ca , they 're now catching up they 're now putting on the label its proper name . |
| 12 | Now you stop further , now you 're almost stopping on the lights . |
| 13 | So you 're actually continuing on the savings fund |
| 14 | They are always fighting on the margins just to stay alive . |
| 15 | It had a profound influence on me — I am still working on the stuff she did to me . ’ |
| 16 | Negotiations are still continuing on the R & D Framework programmes , such as ESPRIT and Telematics , which have been delayed . |
| 17 | They are still sitting on the shelf . |
| 18 | Kmart , one of the country 's leading discount-store chains , has its employees scurrying around the aisles with hand-held lasers to zap bar-coded labels on products that are still sitting on the shelf . |
| 19 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
| 20 | Police are still working on the case ; the Erfurt public prosecutor has evidence that the individuals arrested were not involved in the actual theft of the paintings from the museum . |
| 21 | 16 officers are still working on the case full time . |
| 22 | We are also calling on the G M B to pursue this issue through the T U C and any other avenues that may be open in the hope that , as a result , we can enjoy a better environment and quality of life at work . |
| 23 | Before we start slapping all sorts of controls and restrictions on cars , we ought to find out a little more about the effect that they are really having on the environment . |
| 24 | Many donors lay down more or less stringent rules about the use of their funds and these are legally binding on the body that receives them . |
| 25 | Some further strengthening of the environmental obligation that we and the European Commission 's directives are now laying on the promoters of private Bills should be introduced by not giving a promoter the last word . |
| 26 | Campaigners are now calling on the government to destroy the country 's stockpile of rhino horns , estimated at between five and 10 tonnes , or the equivalent of 2,000-4,000 dead rhinos . |
| 27 | However , researchers are now working on the theory that heat and digestive enzymes are necessary for the production of the substances which are active in promoting health . |
| 28 | More than sixty officers are now working on the inquiry , coardinated from this incident room at Milton Keynes police station . |
| 29 | He hangs on to the hope that he will work with Almodóvar again , but Hollywood and a coterie of internationally-acclaimed directors are now pounding on the door . |
| 30 | I mean I 'm , I 'm , I 'm only going on the fact that I I tend to do everything on the cheap so I tend to get if I can find somebody who does photocopying I can do it then we 'll do it . |