Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you ever thought of knitting them on a larger scale ? |
| 2 | The rationale here is colourfully illustrated by Lord Ellenborough 's dictum in Gardiner v Gray ( 1815 ) 4 Camp 144 to the effect that a person does not buy goods simply for the pleasure of depositing them on a dunghill . |
| 3 | He describes the tour of Wales as ‘ a joke ’ , not meant as a jibe at the opposition but at Australian officials for keeping them on a whistle stop that would daunt American tourists . |
| 4 | The potters decorated cups with closely set vertical stripes , painting them on a wet slip , deliberately causing the edges to blur . |
| 5 | They meandered along under the old overhanging house fronts and Jack had to duck his head to avoid cracking it on a lamp in an iron cage . |
| 6 | I do n't think they can be extremely confident if there basing it on a forty percent market share . |
| 7 | Three months after the executions , he wrote his vignette , probably basing it on a newspaper account he read in the Paris edition of the New York Tribune ( Baker 1969 : 108 ; Reynolds 1972 : 82 ) . |
| 8 | The aircraft was hijacked by 15 convicts who overpowered guards escorting them on a flight from Neryungri to Yakutsk ( East Siberia ) . |
| 9 | Be here on time and do your work well and I might consider hiring you on a regular basis once the child is born . ’ |
| 10 | The narrative maximizes Stepan 's vulnerability , perching him on a platform amid the malcontents and troublemakers and the much larger number of those humble , obscure people who are enduring more or less passively the chaos of the fête . |
| 11 | Earlier , a former police consatble , Patrick Stennett , told of stopping Hagans and searching him on a footbridge between the council office and a staff car park , half an hour before Mrs McGurk died . |
| 12 | The sun 's energy beams down on us still , sustaining us on a growing , breathing planet . |
| 13 | The kiss was different now , sensuous , infinitely pleasurable , leading her on a path of discovery towards a distant , hazy plateau , a focus for all the half-assuaged yearning that stirred within her . |
| 14 | He could think of nothing but disguising himself and rushing her on a dark night . |
| 15 | This role will involve further service development of the factory deep cleaning service with the aim of promoting and selling it on a nationwide basis . |
| 16 | Which reminds me that some bright sparks got the five ducks which our Mess has acquired very drunk the other day by feeding them on a pap of bread and over-ripe grapes . |
| 17 | When the party is over members of the bridal party , and guests , may want to go up to the speakers and personally thank them , complimenting them on a good , amusing speech . |
| 18 | Most importantly , what did Alexander learn at that Council meeting which changed his attitude , sending him on a journey in very dangerous conditions to court a queen he could scarcely be bothered with a few weeks before ? |
| 19 | The Movement came to her aid by sending her on a secretarial course and finding her a part-time job with a City accountant . |
| 20 | In his mind thinks of simply incredible things he would do to her , involving getting her on a couch and going into unrealistic positions without clothes , plus jerky movements . |
| 21 | She 'd have been wearing it on a day like this . ’ |
| 22 | Hendaye is not a town to dwell on , being easily outdone for charm by its partly walled Spanish equivalent of Fuenterrabia , facing it on a slight rise across the water . |
| 23 | Similarly you could try shortening the meeting , holding it on a different day or suspending it altogether for a few weeks . |
| 24 | But Mr Field immediately rejected the offer , saying he was not surprised that Mr Davies had not suggested re-running it on a vote of the individual membership . |
| 25 | This process simply involves , for each student , assembling the details of hours , days and rooms for each assigned set for each module , and printing it on a grid on a timetable form . |
| 26 | Everything is spelt out to them , it is like getting it on a silver platter , so they can go off into another world for half and hour and get lost in this pretend world , ’ said Kylie . |
| 27 | Make sure your house is thoroughly draught-proofed by testing windows and doors by closing them on a piece of paper . |
| 28 | Before very long , Wilson was constantly consulting me on a number of matters and even seeking my opinion on political issues — which he wisely always rejected . |
| 29 | Apart from housing , rent restriction and the like , Wilson flattered me by consulting me on a number of topics , on which I was never slow to express an opinion and never disappointed when that opinion was totally disregarded or not even mentioned . |
| 30 | The pilot of a Fuji aircraft at about 500 feet agl on finals , who believed he was number four to land , saw a Cherokee type aircraft approaching him on a collision course from his 10 o'clock ; to him the aircraft appeared to be level or slightly high and under power , and his passenger saw the Cherokee 's landing light flash . |