Example sentences of "[pers pn] [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That had seemed natural to Stephen , the way things should be : his father working and then emerging from his work , all three of them walking on the beach , or walking to Badstoneleigh to go to the Pavilion , or having tea on Stephen 's birthday in the Spinning Wheel , or going to see Somerset play . |
| 2 | Me I going on the pot |
| 3 | I working on the training timber directly for horses , and then talk about cereal |
| 4 | There was one of them caressing on the beach at Crystal Springs , and another of the glamorous couple wrapped around each other in the crystal-clear water of the hotel beach . |
| 5 | Secretary Jackie Onstenk commented that it made ‘ an enormous difference ’ to have them living on the Down . |
| 6 | Bonington was impressed with the Darc Star climbers when he met them training on the Scottish peaks last winter . |
| 7 | If there was a cool breeze I would sometimes find them squatting on the lee side of a dry-stone wall . |
| 8 | And when you see them racing on the television ! |
| 9 | Certainly keeps them going on the grounds that eventually there will you know we 'll be able to say and this is what we believed this long and you know this is what has been proved to be necessary . |
| 10 | Although I could n't wait to leave school once and for all so I could join Granpa permanently , if I ever played truant for as much as an hour he would n't take me to watch West Ham on Saturday afternoon or , worse , he 'd stop me selling on the barrow in the morning . |
| 11 | The only thing that kept me going on the last lap of the journey was the rhythm of my steps . |
| 12 | My mother was absolutely marvellous about me going on the stage . |
| 13 | Alright excuse me going on the road |
| 14 | The area has a large common seal population , and there are always lots of them lying on the rocks or swimming in the sea . |
| 15 | Then he saw them lying on the ground , but not complete clubs , just the heads with their covers on , protruding from a detachable section that could be removed to expose the empty cylinder of the golf-bag . |
| 16 | just , just , left them lying on the floor . |
| 17 | Her goal was not to rest , ’ he said sadly , finding me lying on the sofa with a book . |
| 18 | in Barbados and er some young chaps had saw me lying on the beach and er they stole my bag and they stuck a gun in my face and freeze lady , you do n't do any thing , you just let them take what they want and its a horrible feeling when your there , we were there for three weeks and it just totally spoiled the holiday but the ramifications of it do n't just stop once you got on the plane home , it was very frightening |
| 19 | ‘ What are you allowing on the civic side ’ |
| 20 | unless I phone them up tomorrow and say look , you know , I , she , if she keeping on the club she 'll go backdate it |
| 21 | I often saw you sprawling on the floor or on a park bench , a joyous sunburst of creases radiating from your abandoned crotch , your jumping fly . |
| 22 | All of these comments and caveats will have set you pondering on the myriad uses to which you can put the data base , the diary , the notepad and the calculator . |
| 23 | Then a little genuine humility will help you to work on the negative side and this will get you going on the right track . |
| 24 | Then she said , still with her back turned , ‘ Have you any idea , Robina , why your parents are so against you going on the stage ? ’ |
| 25 | You know , you 're standing there and you get , ‘ What 're you doin' on the tube , I thought you ‘ ad loadsamoney , hur , hur. ’ and there 's nothing you can do . ’ |
| 26 | They took their drinks through to the study , he settling into his well-worn leather armchair , she squatting on the floor beside him . |
| 27 | what she crying for ? , what she going on the street for if she do n't like it ? , silly idiot |
| 28 | We do n't want you getting on the council housing list , clogging it up because you 've got a job and a bit of money , we want council houses to create ghettos , we do n't want people in an in employment , people with money to have council houses . |
| 29 | Are you feeding on the word of God |
| 30 | I ca n't push the buggy with you riding on the back either . |