Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] on that " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I say the problem with the tucking in on that one is there 's not quite such a lot of length . |
| 2 | We tried to keep the scaffolders er occupied , doing their scaffolding bit accurate but safe everybody 's gon na be climbing down on that . |
| 3 | Well that 's the been the problem issue we 've been struggling through on that basis |
| 4 | Erm but picking up on that erm for instance I mean er first first impressions are the most important . |
| 5 | Looking back on that period , Mr Li lamented , ‘ Some sectors of the economy were so decentralised that the state 's ability to exercise macro-control was weakened . ’ |
| 6 | About twelve years later , when I was looking back on that meeting with Dana , I wrote the following poem : |
| 7 | Looking back on that episode , I often wonder . |
| 8 | Looking back on that visit , as I sometimes do , I find it difficult to reconcile the warm , charming and amusing hostess who spared the time to entertain us that day with the latter-day basso profundo screecher of the House of Commons and the earnest , ingratiating gusher of numerous television interviews ( performances which make me dream wistfully of the old saw , ‘ In the ideal society politics should be as unobtrusive as drains ’ ) . |
| 9 | And er , but I felt and I feel looking back on that particular er decade between nineteen sixty and nineteen seventy , that the work which the shop steward 's movement did er even in a preliminary way , prior to the Donovan Report coming out , was based on reason and fair play . |
| 10 | Looking back on that then , you must have lost a great number of colleagues and workmates that it must give you sort of mixed feelings looking back on it ? |
| 11 | Looking back on that moment now , she felt it tremble before her , round and perfect as an overfull drip , and she caught her breath at the thought of its transitoriness , its shimmering beauty , and suddenly whispered to herself , ‘ I am happy , ’ as if she feared it might not last forever . |
| 12 | Looking back on that moment , it had often occurred to Shiona that it had marked the path that their future relationship was to take . |
| 13 | So they came back but of course , if it 's jus if it 's been pouring in on that bathroom ceiling again it 's , it , when I took , when Elsie called up to me , come and look at this , the bathroom ceiling was black mould ! |
| 14 | He looked ahead to where the road curved openly up to the left , free road ahead , that 's where he was going up on that open road ahead with this great sense of power behind his eyes , behind his shoulders , in his thighs . |
| 15 | Well I ai n't going out on that Fox again . |
| 16 | Why are we going out on that one , not on that ? |
| 17 | We are not going back on that , ’ a source said . |
| 18 | Might as well because this is a good time while he 's rushing around on that . |
| 19 | Richard you are the lion and you , Arthur , you are a Canadian Mounted Policeman and when the lion threatens to throw the baby into the volcano , you will come galloping up on that hobby horse — that one there , the one with bells — and rescue him . ’ |
| 20 | It 's so they can open the door behind them , the passengers getting in on that side of the road . |
| 21 | Erm , we are getting through on that , are you going to suggest on it ? |
| 22 | ‘ I guess I 've been getting back on that horse ever since . ’ |
| 23 | Stop mucking about on that football damn idiot . |
| 24 | Whitlow coming in on that near post the goalkeeper was very decisive then and er has benefited by getting the free kick Tommy Wright . |
| 25 | Inking up on that table only . |
| 26 | Do this once or twice more before giving up on that remedy . |
| 27 | I know there are terrible things out there , but that is n't an excuse for giving up on that which sustains us in this life . |
| 28 | Now , of course , we got problems now where they 've all been abolished and is virtually on a voluntary basis , and I say , it 'll be rather interesting to see whether Lamont actually is going to release some more money , cos you probably realise at the moment they 're cutting back on that particular budget . |
| 29 | There were another three Jet Skis buzzing around on that part of the river and a few water-skiers with their big-engined speedboats , all creating a fair old racket , but we could still hear William laughing ; the guy thought buying a frighteningly expensive piece of machinery and spending most of your time falling off it into the water was just the most enormous wheeze . |
| 30 | Oh he goes trotting along on that er little mechanical thing |