Example sentences of "[v-ing] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central News followed their activities over Christmas- our cameras and microphones eavesdropping on a party conversation . |
| 2 | Central News followed their activities over Christmas- our cameras and microphones eavesdropping on a party conversation . |
| 3 | ‘ Stella Maris , ’ he muttered against her hair , and jumped away like a fish leaping on a bank . |
| 4 | Barbara Coleman was in the lobby , banging on a door . |
| 5 | One is now face down in the corner , snoring on a pile of old cheese cloths . |
| 6 | Indeed , there were only nine men aged under 30 and these included a group of four aircraftsmen appearing on a court martial accused of assaulting some young cadets at a summer camp . |
| 7 | Previously restricted to the acid substrate of debarked pine twigs , this lichen is now appearing on a variety of surfaces . |
| 8 | And over the next six months you 'll see everything from computers to paint-by-number books appearing on a beauty counter near you . |
| 9 | That should stop Pat Eddery or Peter Scudamore suddenly appearing on a horse instead of an obscure rider . |
| 10 | Who these days got to adulthood without appearing on a file somewhere ? |
| 11 | While there seems to be no reason to doubt the account to this point in Molla Yegan 's career , a question is raised about Taskopruzade 's statement that he did not again hold office by a note of Molla Yegan 's ( the only example I have found of his signature ) appearing on a page of the dated 839/1435–6 , of Isa Bey , the son of Bayezid Pasa , containing the signatures of a number of notable scholars of the fifteenth century : the page , which has been reproduced in facsimile by Unver , seems indeed almost to have become an autograph book for leading scholars of the period . |
| 12 | After appearing on a television programme in Scotland , I was asked by an eminent Professor of Physiology to try to establish the long-term success of my Hip and Thigh Diet slimmers . |
| 13 | landing on a mattress of arms to be |
| 14 | North , back in the Marines , found himself landing on a beach ; there facing him , with a rifle , was Calero . |
| 15 | Well the answer is yes but of course landing and taking off on a road is one thing , being able to operate is another one because clearly one needs er fuel , weapons , ground crew and the like but landing on a road in itself is is not difficult . |
| 16 | Lizards and geckos are equipped with sharp claws and gripping toe pads to help them cling on after making a crash landing on a tree . |
| 17 | A player landing on a Point Of Order square must decide whether they want an Aye or No before picking a card and carrying out the instructions on the card ( for example — ‘ David Owen backs you , lose 50 votes ’ ) . |
| 18 | BALLOT BOX — A player landing on a Ballot Box must answer a question for either 25 seats ( quite difficult ) or 50 seats ( absolutely bloody impossible ) . |
| 19 | The other landings that night had varied success : two Germans killed south of Le Touquet ; a seaplane stalked in its anchorage near Boulogne , but it took off — no doubt unaware of the intruders — before they reached it ; and the other party saw nobody after landing on a waste of dunes . |
| 20 | The enormous bulk of the blue Rolls illuminated by his torch , then suddenly his feet going from under him , slipping in a pool of petrol , landing on a spanner and a piece of tubing . |
| 21 | Shimon Peres ' best chance of forming a government probably came and went when two members of an orthodox religious party caused an uproar in parliament while renegeing on a promise to join the Labour Party coalition . |
| 22 | When we were discovered by an irate householder , on our way home from school , knocking on a door and running away , or performing some other piece of naughtiness , if the injured party said , ‘ I shall tell your father of you , ’ we were alarmed . |
| 23 | Doogie 's idea of knocking on a door was to impersonate a heavy machine-gun and I 'd never heard him run out of ammunition . |
| 24 | I would have done two doors I think , someone knocking on a door and but I do n't think anyone would have got it . |
| 25 | I did not fancy approaching any of the holiday cruisers — a bit like knocking on a caravan door and asking for a bed . |
| 26 | He may be a grandfather who has survived heart surgery and likes nothing better than spending time with his family but , like a retired gunslinger who can only be pushed so far , he gives the impression of still being capable of strapping on a Colt 45 and facing up to a gaggle of tobacco-stained desperadoes . |
| 27 | Since the fable was written in 1965 , ending on a note of hope , the whole prodding apparatus has been formidably increased ; so too have the mounds of curricular sawdust . |
| 28 | It is demonstrable that a suitable number of people cooperating on a task will achieve a better result than one person doing the same task . |
| 29 | We can allow ourselves the luxury of such an extravagant theory , provided that the odds against this coincidence occurring on a planet do not exceed 100 billion billion to one . |
| 30 | A HIT-AND-RUN driver who knocked down a Gaelic footballer and left him dying on a border road has been jailed for six months . |