Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [v-ing] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Evening Landlord , Master Gates , ’ he spoke in a loud voice and exercised his usual habit of momentarily standing on tip toes as he addressed them . |
| 2 | Always assuming the unlikelihood of ever getting on disc a pluperfect realisation of Bartók 's Second Violin Concerto , this new release from the prodigiously-gifted Anne-Sophie Mutter will come close enough for most people . |
| 3 | But the days of aimlessly wandering on enemy beaches were over and specific targets could be raided despite their defences : targets the scientists and planners calculated as most likely to influence the war . |
| 4 | A particular problem which frequently arises is a claim by an employee that even if he must have realised , in accordance with the principle laid down in the Printers and Finishers case , that he was under a duty to maintain a confidence , such duty was in fact overridden by the way in which his employer acted towards the information ie that the employer is estopped from now relying on confidence . |
| 5 | Mucking out and feeding the beasts , although a chore , was nothing compared to actually getting on top of them , entrusting one 's breakable frame to such unreliable support . |
| 6 | Nobody ever got rich by just going on talk shows — well , not on mine , anyway — and when you 're talking about actors who are paid millions of pounds for one film , then I suspect their accountants advise them against it . |