Example sentences of "on [art] [adj] [noun pl] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time we ventured outdoors , we had to brave the ranks of these dozens of seemingly unoccupied Americans who would sit in lines on the low walls surrounding the house , wolf whistling and just waiting to pick up a girl . |
| 2 | As well as the company brochure , employees were given documentation on the five counties surrounding the relocation area so that they had the opportunity to get to know the areas before visiting them . |
| 3 | The Institute has played a major part in the development of the Construction Industry Council and the policies it has developed on the key issues affecting the industry . |
| 4 | For the most part , I will concentrate in this first section on the legal problems facing the transsexual contemplating surgery . |
| 5 | After that she sat on the morning-room steps watching the day slide off the face of Old Carrots field . |
| 6 | If one imagines a surface with chance irregularities ( Fig. 11.2 ) on to which grains are being driven by saltation , it is obvious that the frequency of bombardment by sand grains will be greater on the slight slopes facing the wind ( AB , Fig. 11.2 ) than on slopes facing away from the wind ( BC , Fig. 11.2 ) . |
| 7 | She wanted the vase to lift up and off , potter through the air in a slow-motion arc , sprinkle itself in tinkling bits on the glazed tiles surrounding the empty fireplace . |
| 8 | Most respondents interpreted the question as an invitation to comment on the wider issues surrounding the nature and scope of the Compensation Fund , and these are discussed below . |
| 9 | They stood on the concrete steps reviewing the dismal scene as if it were a personal insult . |
| 10 | They have written to Director General of Fair Trading Sir Bryan Carsberg asking him to advise the Government to lift a ban on the two companies discussing the integration of their Dover-Calais services . |
| 11 | We see why Marx felt it important to attack Smith 's generalised conception of the division of labour , and to insist on the different conditions governing the division of labour between and within commodity producing enterprises . |
| 12 | Mr Malik 's speech — described by one of Maisie 's mother 's oldest friends as ‘ a masterpiece of bad taste ’ — had dwelt , at great length , on the sexual prospects awaiting the Faithful in heaven . |
| 13 | NEXT Tuesday evening , Yorkshire Television were hoping to transmit a debate on the latest calamities befalling the county : Brian Close , chairman of the club 's cricket committee , versus the representative for the Wakefield district , Geoffrey Boycott . |
| 14 | His eyes were on the numerous doors lining the corridor , and he could n't help wondering what went on behind those doors . |
| 15 | A few neon signs are beginning to appear on the larger buildings advertising the usual Western wares such as Levi jeans . |