Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [v-ing] [adj] on " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 In the remainder of this paper , therefore , I shall review some of the evidence that is becoming available on adults ' styles of interaction in the settings of home and school , and on the influences that these styles have on children 's learning .
2 After all , he could have been thrown from his horse and been lying injured on the moors in the middle of a fierce storm .
3 Psychic healing , once written off by the medical establishment as bunkum and jiggery- pokery , is now recommended by some GPs and is becoming available on the NHS .
4 For a second or two she felt the protection of a man 's arms holding her securely and then she had crashed on top of him and was lying spread-eagled on a rock-hard body , deceptively concealed beneath soft fabric .
5 When I arrived in Cranham the church was not packed but was getting full on Sunday mornings .
  Next page