Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DRAWING IN on time and to budget , Bovis Construction have handed over Waterloo International , the UK 's first international rail terminus to serve channel tunnel passengers . |
| 2 | Watching these changes about him , and seeing the leaves of the trees behind the cages turn rusty brown and then come tumbling down on gusts of wind , Creggan grew restless and ill at ease . |
| 3 | Touching down on Luqa 's main runway , heading east and sitting on the port side of the aircraft , the aviation-oriented visitor to the Island is drawn to a distinctive sight within the village of Kirkop , just of the Airport 's southern perimeter road , three fins ! |
| 4 | The main force of level bombers passed over to 6 8,000 feet virtually unchallenged , their bombs crashing down on Luqa where six Wellingtons were burnt out ( R1247 , 1381 , 1382 , 1383 , 1384 of 148 Squadron , plus the sole remaining aircraft of 70 Squadron detachment , T2816 ) and seven more badly damaged , as were several Marylands . |
| 5 | If she pulled they would come crashing down on top of her , said Mr Wakerley . |
| 6 | Just a week before stepping down on May 27th , his camp put out a proposal for radical tax changes in the city . |
| 7 | The School Mathematics Project books are more abstract than many , depending less on pictures . |
| 8 | The forecasts period can cover 7 days , 11 days , 30 days or 90 days , depending entirely on management policy . |
| 9 | What there has been is a steady process of learning that management and business is a pragmatic matter depending entirely on people and how they react . |
| 10 | He said bookings for summer holidays this year were well ahead , with operators competing fiercely on price to capture their share of the market . |
| 11 | Like , yes , the gold fish bowl on chains , they 're hanging down on chains |
| 12 | Of course you ca n't put the tails hanging down on bar ten can you . |
| 13 | Her dark-clad arm now overlapped the armrest , a loop of sleeve hanging down on Alice 's side . |
| 14 | Under the Arab League Charter a resolution passed by a majority of votes was binding only on member states voting in favour . |
| 15 | Was he driving slowly on purpose , or had the car decided of its own free will that it was a nice day to relax ? |
| 16 | The first vehicles loomed out of the darkness on the south bank , driving only on convoy lights with each one following the barely seen , under-chassis-mounted , single White light of the one in front . |
| 17 | Cracking down on terrorists can be a first step , but not the last . |
| 18 | ‘ However , the Thais have shown they are really cracking down on foreigners becoming involved in heroin . ’ |
| 19 | I was less impressed by a news story in the Sunday Times announcing that the Pope is cracking down on sinners for Easter week : ‘ The Pope has ordered priests in the confessional box to clamp down on sin as churches prepare for the traditional Easter rush of sinners seeking forgiveness this week , ’ it announced knowingly . |
| 20 | Banks too are muscling in on insurance , mainly on the life side , to keep customers ' savings ‘ in the family ’ . |
| 21 | And , with this poise in front of the cameras , it surely wo n't be long before they are muscling in on mum and dad . |
| 22 | Although previously I had been walking only on weekends , I was now walking up to five times a week for half an hour at a time . |
| 23 | Each big chief was preceded by some twenty slaves on mules banging away on kettle drums , with war horns and huge flutes blaring away all the time . |
| 24 | It 's a challenge all the more remarkable for the fact that not so long ago jetting off on holiday made her weak at the knees … |
| 25 | For the surfers , it was a supreme challenge keeping upright on top of the torrent of water and avoiding the danger of being dashed against the river bank . |
| 26 | Returning home on December 22nd , Mr Bouterse described Mr Shankar as a ‘ joker ’ and said he would resign . |
| 27 | He was returning home on Saturday night after a drink with friends at the Haughton Le Skerne Working Men 's Club when the attack happened . |
| 28 | GEARING UP ON SAFETY |
| 29 | An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to company insolvency and winding up ( including the winding up on companies that are not insolvent , and of unregistered companies ) ; enactments relating to the insolvency and bankruptcy of individuals ; and other enactments bearing on those two subject matters , including the functions and qualification of insolvency practitioners , the public administration of insolvency , the penalisation and redress of malpractice and wrongdoing , and the avoidance of certain transactions at an undervalue . |
| 30 | He made a point of checking up on people who got in the way of the Path of Joseph . |