Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | During a bright moon , headlights were kept off — otherwise they remained on only when driving on the road alone . |
| 2 | I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes . |
| 3 | A full house survey , where you brief your building surveyor individually rather than relying on the shorter though cheaper housebuyer 's report , can be an expensive matter . |
| 4 | ‘ Gods help us … what is it now ? ’ he muttered , getting up slowly and pulling on his gown . |
| 5 | De Tocqueville made a similar point even earlier when commenting on the individualizing consequences of American democracy : " Aristocracy had made a chain of all the members of the community , from the peasant to the king : democracy breaks that chain and severs every link of it . " |
| 6 | An Olympic movement looking ahead rather than reflecting on it 's noble past was how one I O C Committee member described Atlanta 's win over Athens , Bobby Charlton part of Manchester 's bid was n't so sure . |
| 7 | His urge to leap about and start to swing his weapon is difficult to suppress , but his fellows manage this by grabbing him very tightly and sitting on him if necessary . |