Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
| 2 | A tool called a shack-fork — a fork with curved tines and an iron bow at the shoulder was used to gather the swathes of barley into gavels ready for pitching on to the wagons . |
| 3 | The examination will be conducted by means of a cassette recording for dubbing on to the audio equipment at the Local Centre to achieve universal standards of dictation . |
| 4 | The examination will be conducted by means of a cassette recording for dubbing on to the audio equipment at the Local Centre to achieve universal standards of dictation . |
| 5 | The examination will be conducted by means of a cassette recording for dubbing on to the audio equipment at the Local Centre to achieve universal standards of dictation . |
| 6 | Striker John Borthwick wasted his side 's best opportunity of the half , latching on to a loose ball on the edge of the Stoke penalty area and making space for himself , only to fire lamely at keeper Ronnie Sinclair . |
| 7 | Ferguson marked his return by latching on to an Alan Main clearance to beat Murdoch to the jump on the edge of the box , and head in the fourth . |
| 8 | While working on the two biker films and his one sentence in The St Valentine 's Day Massacre , undemanding as they were , Nicholson was also writing another film script for Corman who was once again ahead of the field in latching on to the latest craze sweeping through the world : the children of the post-war baby boom were coming out to play and nothing could stop them now . |
| 9 | But this has not stopped some librarians latching on to the high cost of conservation as a reason for dispersing valuable books . |
| 10 | Geologists are notorious for latching on to the name of a particular life-form present in rock formations when thinking up names and equally notorious for changing their minds and the rock 's name afterwards , hence Belemnita quadrata no longer exists because they have renamed it Gonio teuthis quadrata . |
| 11 | making a brief but dazzling comeback before crashing on to the spikes of despair once more when John fell to his death from a lofty scaffold , and history repeated itself |
| 12 | It drowned the roar of the waves which she knew would be crashing on to the beach in impotent and seemingly endless fury . |
| 13 | The decapitated head spun like a ball in the air , lips still moving ; his trunk stood for a few seconds in its own fountain of hot red gore before crashing on to the blood-stained ice . |
| 14 | The sea crashing on to the rocks by the Giant 's Causeway is the only similarity for Steve Parcell with his last parish , Bournemouth . |
| 15 | Left : In the kitchen , Philip painted an impression of sunlight filtering on to the wall in a style reminiscent of a Hitchcock film |
| 16 | But while County are tipped to go up this time , Francis could be stepping on to a bigger stage before next spring . |
| 17 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green . |
| 18 | A way of starting in shallow water that involves stepping on to the board with the rig already in the sailing position . |
| 19 | She soon discovered that by stepping on to the glove she had the food literally at her feet . |
| 20 | She alighted after him , and she crossed the footbridge too , but delayed stepping on to the platform until the train for Waterloo came in . |
| 21 | As we were stepping on to the adjoining barge , the man on the bench called out to us . |
| 22 | She paced up and down ; she went backwards and forwards to the windows , stepping on to the little balcony where they sat together in the afternoon sun , peering down the street . |
| 23 | ‘ Harlots , ’ replied Ellen repressively , waiting until the wagon was some distance ahead before stepping on to the bridge . |
| 24 | Catching on to the coat tails of the downsizing rush just in time , CA said that it was surprised by the demands from its users for it to develop migratory and Unix-based applications — a far cry it admits from its traditional stronghold in the mainframe market . |
| 25 | Casual work is growing most rapidly in the service and retail sectors but even traditional manufacturing companies are catching on to the trend . |
| 26 | I remember how her dress lit the stairwell , reflecting on to the wall the sunbeams that fell on it as she descended . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , ’ Delaney finally said , hanging on to a handle to steady himself , ‘ only what were they working on ? |
| 28 | The revenue obtained a huge sum of money which they had no right to demand and they are now hanging on to a very large amount of interest which they have no moral right to retain . |
| 29 | It was like hanging on to a wriggly eel . |
| 30 | As a result , you find yourself hanging on to every word and gesture . |