Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He prides himself on delivering on the optimum date to balance the welfare of mother and baby , and his percentage of vaginal deliveries over Caesarean is amazingly high — which is great , these days . |
| 2 | The pope seems to have confined himself to insisting on the prohibition of lay investiture . |
| 3 | If size of following were proof of quality , then Glazunov would be a candidate for the title of greatest living artist : in Brezhnev 's time ( he was the premier 's favourite artist ) he ingratiated himself by playing on the sentimental Slavic strand in Soviet life with ‘ symphonic canvases [ which ] overflow with the dreams and feeling of the Russian people ’ . |
| 4 | The journey with him had been tense , the atmosphere between them like standing on the edge of a volcano , waiting to be flung into the fire when it exploded . |
| 5 | Thank you for coming on the show today , Mr Calder . ’ |
| 6 | In a move by the company , it says , to wean itself off relying on the IBM mainframe market , it also hopes to break into the VAX and Unix commercial market by opening up its CA-IDMS and CA-Datacom non-relational database packages . |
| 7 | The whole route was lined by men of the Cent-Gardes , whose immobility was such that according to one guest ‘ they might have been statues ’ , but she felt unable to study them in detail , so terrified was she of slipping on the highly polished parquet that her whole mind was fixed on arriving safely at the dining room . |
| 8 | So she advertised it at a knock-down price , and then invented a competitive bid to hurry you into signing on the dotted line . |
| 9 | You know , trying stop you from walking on the |
| 10 | The factors which would influence you in deciding on the form of business include : |
| 11 | The system funds itself by operating on the Royal Bank of Canada 's over-the-counter exchange rates which are not as fine as those obtained by the institution itself . |
| 12 | And in many ways I do n't think it 's important , and I , I think that in the majority of our children with those kinds of difficulties you find the two in association , and you ca n't work on one without working on the other . |
| 13 | A good way of starting to do this is to either join an already-existent writing class ( you can find one by looking on the noticeboard in your local library , telephoning the local Further , Adult or Higher Education Centre or contacting the nearest Workers ' Educational Association ) or , if there is n't one of these in your area , by forming your own writing group . |
| 14 | Check that the fascia boards are worth repairing : if they have started to rot , you will have to replace them before starting on the guttering . |
| 15 | Before the meeting , Mr Russell , one of the four executives , issued a writ against the other original shareholders , claiming an injunction to restrain them from voting on the resolution . |
| 16 | Two of them were wearing navy-blue men 's overcoats that must have been the crew 's , holding the ends carefully to save them from trailing on the stairs . |
| 17 | She did not blame herself for going on the cruise , although she sensed that Adam , always an opportunist , had taken advantage of her absence . |
| 18 | She satisfied herself by pausing on the way to the conference to score it out . |
| 19 | Clint defends herself by going on the attack . |
| 20 | The emphasis of the New Testament is that Christ resisted the temptations thrown at him and it was this that qualified him for dying on the cross . |
| 21 | Judy was at the reception desk and Fran smiled at her before tapping on the door and entering the boardroom . |
| 22 | To make the best use of the program it is necessary to understand what you wish to achieve , and how to achieve it before embarking on the coding . |
| 23 | I have therefore tried to discover some way in which this House can fulfil its duty to decide the case before it without trespassing on the sensibilities of the House of Commons . |
| 24 | Its intrepid pilot will control it by hauling on the suspension lines to angle the lift generated by the canopy . |
| 25 | But it was better not to anger it by sleeping on the bed . |
| 26 | Lunch was at midday as at Compiégne … and after dinner everyone went down to the garden , often entertaining themselves with boating on the lake , where all sorts of little craft , even a Venetian gondola with an authentic Venetian gondolier , was provided for the guests … |
| 27 | Clarissa chose hers from Putting On The Glitz . |
| 28 | Michael is a man who knows his own mind and I was relying on him for some controversial quotes , but he surprised me by agreeing on the whole with Mr Isherwood 's choices . |
| 29 | Every time you do that , humans rush into the streets and we get lots of shouting on the radio . ’ |
| 30 | The Government encourages exploitation of most of us by preying on the fears of the employed and the misery of the unemployed . |