Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] on [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 11 a.m. the bombardment intensified to the point where Campana could count the shells raining down on two neighbouring companies at a rate of five a minute . |
| 2 | Walsh , chugging along on two cylinders for most of the match , suddenly sparked to life , making the ball cut both ways and always liable to produce one that scuttled through . |
| 3 | This central area of the town — Hillgate , Millgate , the Underbanks , all names attested in the 15th century — does however retain both the medieval street plan and something of a medieval atmosphere , because of the narrow , twisting , hilly streets and the buildings crowding in on one another . |
| 4 | Yet it seems quite certain that our direct ancestors were walking around on two feet with an upright posture like our own at least four million years ago and no creature in the non-human line of descent seems ever to have done that . |
| 5 | Today when you look down from the top of the mountain which once provided jobs for 85 per cent of the male population you 're looking down on one of the poorest cities in Bolivia.When the price of tin crashed on the world markets in 1985 the state mines were closed down and 25,000 people lost their jobs . |
| 6 | My son , he wrote , moving on to a new page , my son , who is a keen footballer and a passionate supporter of our local team , Brighton and Hove Albion ( the Seagulls ) , was surprised the other day when , looking in on one of the team 's training sessions in the sports pavilion of the University of Sussex , he . |
| 7 | I I on picking up on one thing that was said |
| 8 | No one looking back on 1981 would claim that there was consensus on the correct economic policy either in the Conservative Party or outside . |
| 9 | They played gallantly , leading right up to the final game , and going down on 836 . |
| 10 | He built Britain 's biggest theme park , bought the world 's largest listed building and has this week been shouldering in on one of Manchester Airport 's more unusual records . |
| 11 | He 's taken to going off on one or other of his ships — quite reasonably , because he is managing director of the shipping company . |
| 12 | Lining up on one side is the Baker Street pub in appropriately , Baker street . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not going up on one of those things ! ’ |
| 14 | your the one who 's loosing out on fifty P , you said fifty P , I 'll give you a quid and I want my change back , god |
| 15 | Anyway when I approach a thirty mile an hour bend I usually go round at sixty thus going round on two wheels — halving the wear on the tyres . |
| 16 | I remember my mother dozing off on one occasion , over the miles of Salisbury Plain , and saying in a sleepy voice to Ann who had perched on her knee , ‘ Ann dear , may I have my leg back ? ’ |
| 17 | One review board chairman agreed completely with the inspector , one completely disagreed and in the third case the chairman merely rewrote the report in different words without coming down on one side or the other . |
| 18 | Yeah , if you do n't measure it the right way , and go all the way round there and say that he 's coming in on two hundred and twenty five degrees |
| 19 | ‘ Coming up on one full revolution , Ace . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , my psalter ! ’ she exclaimed , coming up on one elbow . |
| 21 | Apart from the problem of dealing with large numbers of frightened refugees , there was also an election coming up on 10 May , and the political factions in the town were anxious that nothing should interfere with it , so there was a concerted effort to play down the possible risk . |
| 22 | I told Kidsons that I did n't think it was right that I should seek re-election , which was coming up on 30 April , and left it at that . ’ |
| 23 | Traditionally , if you wanted to get married , the chap was supposed to ask the girl 's father for permission before dropping down on one knee and popping the question . |
| 24 | If the variometer is fluctuating and reading up on one side of the circle and down a little on the other , the probability is that the glider is not climbing at all but is just drifting further down wind . |
| 25 | It 's a beautiful valley and if nothing else you can get a close look at some ridiculous overhanging walls decorated with lean supermen ( and women ) swinging around on one finger . |
| 26 | He was half in and half out of the cloakroom , stripping off his ski-suit , jumping about on one leg with his other foot caught in the elasticated cuff . |
| 27 | This is a difficult trick to bring off with suburban trains hurtling by on one side and lorries grinding through their gears on the other . |
| 28 | Tuathal of St Serf 's , sitting down on one side with Cormac and Eochaid , saw Lulach smile and shot a brief glance to warn him . |
| 29 | I had mine in a cone , with wafers stuck in the top that I used to eat it with , but Cati sat down and she had hers with a spoon , out of a glass , sitting up on one of those stools … . ’ |
| 30 | This was a land where the pursuit of illusion possessed the artists ; where awkward tries at perspective were made , and revellers in scenes of feasting were shown sitting up on one elbow , on daybeds with legs disposed for the first time in recession . |