Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children thoroughly enjoyed the panto which also starred the ; who are currently appearing on Children 's BBC in Chucklevision . |
| 2 | What is more , in this day and age it is madness to allow children to roam around after dark knocking on strangers ' doors . |
| 3 | Do n't , I mean it 's silly knocking on strangers ' doors , it really is ridiculous knocking on strangers ' doors . |
| 4 | Do n't , I mean it 's silly knocking on strangers ' doors , it really is ridiculous knocking on strangers ' doors . |
| 5 | Other methods of evaluation could include interviewing a sample of consumers in the target market ( eg to check if they had seen the promotion , changed their buying habits etc ) , and checking on dealers ' stock-levels , shelf-space etc . |
| 6 | I think we 're actually getting in each other 's way for the right reasons rather than the wrong reasons , like just said and it 's not a question of somebody else trampling on others er cos I 've heard this sporadically for some time . |
| 7 | In the area I live , off Lodge Lane , they are even growing on peoples ' doorsteps . |
| 8 | Both women stressed the idea of service , which Butler saw as an outgrowth of women 's role in the home , while neither envisaged impinging on men 's work . |
| 9 | It argued — again on evidence from the United States as well as from the British experience — that focusing on offenders ' family histories and relationships led to excessive measures , which widened the ‘ net ’ of care and ( ultimately ) punishment , and hurried minor delinquents ‘ up the tariff ’ . |
| 10 | This chapter , therefore , examines some of the ways in which I conducted this work by focusing on teachers ' appointments and teachers ' work in Bishop McGregor School . |
| 11 | Sweden goes furthest , with legislation focusing on informers ' rather than journalists ' rights , and imposing an obligation on those working in the media to protect sources of confidential information . |
| 12 | It is true to say there is n't the same direct relation between child numbers and spending on children 's services that you get in education . |
| 13 | Of course , there may be co-ordination and team planning , but the conventions of academic autonomy , privacy and not treading on others ' specialisms are strong . |
| 14 | The ‘ Child 's Companion ’ of 1829 , a well-illustrated little volume of stories and poems , contains no fewer than thirteen improving deathbed scenes , together with one discourse on death and two poems inspired by gazing on children 's graves . |
| 15 | Men tend to spend more time analysing their own thoughts and motives , and reflecting on others ' behaviour . |
| 16 | He is even daring enough to suggest that there could well be a mainframe revival in the next 18 months — depending on vendors ' willingness to slash prices and beef up the competition within the market . |
| 17 | This preoccupation with assessment was regarded both as demoralizing and excessively demanding on teachers ' time in 1989 , 1990 and 1991 . |
| 18 | After several more sessions out in the country , Hoomey got the hand of it , and learned that , even if he could n't stop , he could steer , and that sitting on Bones 's enormous flights through the atmosphere was comparatively easy once you got used to it , far easier than poor Jazz 's problem of trying to stay aboard when Spot , cantering quite easily towards the jump , put his anchors out at the last minute and stopped dead . |
| 19 | It invades privacy , with investigators spying on claimants ' homes and questioning their children ( Lister , 1973 ) . |
| 20 | Relying on banks ' prudent ratios , however , which can vary considerably , makes precise control of the money supply very difficult indeed . |
| 21 | A look of bewilderment comes over the faces of visitors who can not comprehend why some supporters will not go to watch the national side simply because they are playing on Rangers ' ground . |
| 22 | Overall , thinking on children 's needs , despite its commendable focus on specific categories , was incomplete . |
| 23 | In the Commons ' debate on the Contagious Diseases Acts Repeal Bill , 1873 , Henry Fowler , the proposer , prefaced his speech with the usual apology for intruding on members ' time with so disgusting a subject . |
| 24 | The philosophy underpinning such schemes is simplistic and patronising , concentrating on women 's deficiencies rather than their strengths , their inadequacies rather than their capacities , their limitations rather than their possibilities . |
| 25 | Mm , we did have to , oddly enough there was always a tradition when I started er of working on Tuesdays erm an extra quarter of an hour because that was Committee Day |
| 26 | They do not need advice on how to gain similar wealth abroad , or to be told that the prospect of working on charities ' accounts for lower fees is not so abhorrent . |