Example sentences of "[v-ing] on as [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I confess I can not really see worm watching catching on as a mass pursuit with worm watcher clubs and organised field visits , but I did hear of an infants ' school where the worm has joined the tadpole as a creature for study . |
| 2 | But failure to appreciate the force of this distinction can also shipwreck attempts by observers to understand religion — to read correctly what is going on as a person performs a religious ritual or speaks religious words ( see Chapter 10 where an assessment task on this is suggested ) . |
| 3 | Negotiations over the final contract were still going on as the first DinDisc releases appeared . |
| 4 | Labour was moving on as a renewed party — ‘ a party that cares as much about consumers as it cares about producers ; a party that wants to make the economy work as much as it wants to change the economy ; a party that embraces as much of the green as it does of the red ’ . |
| 5 | John Stork — when in his mid-30s — became aware of headhunting when he found himself on the receiving end of a headhunter 's call for the first time ; in due course he became the successful candidate , but did not take the job , staying on as a member of the international Board of Masius Wynne-Williams advertising agency , where he had earlier been head of research . |
| 6 | Coming on as a second-half substitute after two years out with an elbow injury , Montana led the San Francisco 49ers to three scores in the fourth quarter to clinch a 24-6 victory over the Detroit Lions . |
| 7 | And manager Joe Kinnear last night reported that John Fashanu was in agony after pulling his hamstring again after coming on as a substitute even though he was ‘ only about 10 per cent fit . ’ |
| 8 | Right at the end Inst coach Denis Guiler , forced into coming on as a 50th minute substitute so depleted were his side 's ranks , almost stole the headlines with the winner , but his effort was brilliantly saved by goalkeeper Raymond Geddis . |
| 9 | ( Q : which England player once scored a hat trick for Marske United after coming on as a substitute ? |
| 10 | As the search for a suitable guitarist proved fruitless , it appeared that The Smiths would not be carrying on as a unit . |
| 11 | Sensationally , The Smiths would not be carrying on as a band at all . |
| 12 | Well , a bit I intend carrying on as the parliamentary candidate and somebody had obviously asked Dave why it is something has nothing whatsoever to do with the constituency . |
| 13 | It is to that ‘ twilight zone ’ that we should direct our attentions , waiting and watching on as the edges waiver , become indistinct , and blend . |
| 14 | Now we 'll see what the government does in response to er all their friends who are going bankrupt in the Lloyds er cos er that , in that scandal , on the one hand you 've got the government trying to save its neck with its forty four MPs who 've had their , had their hand in the till at the same that they 're doing that , they wo n't actually meet the just demands of people who 've worked all their lives to actually have some sort of security in the future , and that 's the ol er sort of double standards they 're gon na try and er and use to get off the hook on that one because they owe people in this country a decent , we should have the right to a decent pension and security , employment and er with this , this campaign , we should be , we should be concentrating on as a major issue for this union in the forthcoming year . |