Example sentences of "[v-ing] high on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They travel the world like itinerant brushsellers , filling loan quotas , peddling financial wares , and living high on the hog . |
| 2 | While downhill skiing demands regular and sustained snow to cover the pistes and while Nordic ski racing relies on frequent low lying snow in sufficient quantity to cut tracks , Nordic ski touring can be enjoyed on a surprisingly large number of days , simply by going high on the mountain . |
| 3 | I imagined his grandmother riding high on the camel 's hump , her veils creating her own tent . |
| 4 | If the fashion pundits are to be believed , this Wild West look will be riding high on the beach next summer . |
| 5 | Watch the birds as they fly above your heads and , who knows , you might well spy a tiny creature riding high on the back of a swallow or a raven . |
| 6 | By 5 pm the drink was consumed and the body of the kirk was getting high on the spirits ! |
| 7 | Thus , starting high on the nave wall , between the clerestory windows , the buttresses progress downwards in arches and pinnacles , conducting the thrust , in stages , from the upper wall to the ground . |
| 8 | Midland Bank parent HSBC put on 5p to 610p after the record closing high on the Hong Kong stock market . |
| 9 | Time 's footfall can be so stealthy , even in front of one 's nose : a tree , already sprawled at an angle on the cliff face , dropping a couple of feet ; a tail of scree starting higher on the hill . |
| 10 | ‘ We had a nest of white sticks in a tree and I can remember others of our kind soaring high on the wind and then stooping from out of that same hot sky , down towards the surface of the lake , their stoop so fast that you could hear the winds riffling and racing in their outstretched wings . |
| 11 | When approached by a client , the bureau would , with client , allocate priorities to each of the debts , putting fuel and housing high on the list and unsecured credit lower down . |
| 12 | Standing high on the spur of Mount Subasio , it seems to provoke a feeling of peace , admiration and sheer joy . |