Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marooned in that room or dawdling on the shore . |
| 2 | The term ‘ premises ’ as defined in Article 2(2) ‘ includes any place and , in particular , includes any vehicle , vessel , aircraft or hovercraft , any installation on land ( including the foreshore and other land intermittently covered by water ) , any offshore installation , and any other installation ( whether floating , or resting on the seabed or the subsoil thereof , or resting on other land covered with water or the subsoil thereof ) , and any tent or movable structure . ’ |
| 3 | It was an appointment , as William Adam pointed out , which ‘ often follows at a great distance of time after the application & entring on the list ’ . |
| 4 | Oddly for years , it remained permissible to use an iron or steel stemmer providing it was not upon the " … wadding or the first part of the tamping or stemming on the powder … |
| 5 | Each are accounted for in the same way : budgeted expenditure is compared with actual spending , budgeted income with actual income , and any net under- or over-spending on the vote as a whole is paid over to , or collected from , the Consolidated Fund . |
| 6 | Yolland thought that the only action needed was to cut down some of the trees in a young plantation in order to give people riding or driving on the turnpike a good view of an advancing train in the cutting . |
| 7 | Display panels at the stone-walled redoubt below Durlston Castle give drawings of the many seabirds likely to be seen wheeling or nesting on the cliff including kittiwakes , fulmars and guillemots . |
| 8 | Everything becomes so much easier and some people have an experience akin to walking on air or walking on the moon . |
| 9 | Kittiwakes and guillemots are the most numerous , nesting on precarious ledges , swirling in the air near the cliffs or swimming on the sea just offshore . |
| 10 | On the other hand , policymaking is relatively less complex at the local level , and in many authorities a committee chairman may have acquired considerable specialist knowledge by holding the chairmanship — or serving on the committee concerned-for many years . |
| 11 | The first concerns behaviours which are followed by the termination or cessation of unpleasant environmental events — for example , when shutting a window reduces the volume of traffic noise or turning on the heating reduces the discomfort from cold . |
| 12 | Physical power is absent from most organisations ( except the prison service and the armed forces ) , but it is often evident as an undercurrent in industrial relations ( eg violence on the picket line or bullying on the shop floor ) . |
| 13 | Given the option , would you prefer to spend 80 minutes hard labour twice a week at placed like Lancaster Park , Christchurch or lying on the beach at Famagusta ? |
| 14 | My White Fantail spends most of its time either floating at the surface , or lying on the bottom . |
| 15 | All down the corridor people were propping themselves up against the walls , or lying on the floor singly or in couples . |
| 16 | An advanced student should be agile enough to be able to manoeuvre himself into any position he deems necessary , whether standing or lying on the floor . |
| 17 | ‘ Or lying on the couch . ’ |
| 18 | Turning away to avoid eye contact , not talking or commenting on the behaviour , and not touching or allowing the child to climb on to their lap are essential characteristics . |
| 19 | I could tell what people were going to do or say — trivial things like lighting a cigarette or commenting on the rain , important things like committing murder or founding a dynasty — and it disturbed me . |
| 20 | He resented the automatic assumption that he would look after Elaine , even though he had to admit that he was so tired and amazed that even scribbling in a notebook or commenting on the decoration were beyond his capabilities . |
| 21 | ( 3 ) If the party tendering the document did what was reasonably sufficient to give the other party notice of the conditions , and if the other party knew that there was writing or printing on the document , but did not know that it contained conditions , then the conditions will become the terms of the contract between them . |
| 22 | They are men who rationally weigh up the advantage of conformity to criminal demands or staying on the path of righteousness ; for the most part they choose the former simply because it does not weigh on their conscience and because it seems more likely to secure economic and career advancement within the corporation . |
| 23 | ‘ That you ’ Means the person driving or riding on the motor bicycle , i.e. the identity . |
| 24 | What relatives should do about visiting or telephoning on the day of operation . |
| 25 | You can almost hear the excited children using the swing or running on the lawn , with parents sitting in the sun , looking on . |
| 26 | Of Belle Isle , or running on the Horn . |
| 27 | You can find hidden Greek tavernas where you explore the kitchens and choose your meal from what 's in the fridge or bubbling on the stove . |
| 28 | The completion of this form does not exempt the councillor from his duty to refrain from speaking or voting on the matter in which he has an interest . |
| 29 | No amount of attendance at classes or reading on the subject can substitute for the experience of making a verbal presentation as a manager in a situation where the outcome really matters . |
| 30 | Robin and Jenny were the ones who had adventures , fell walking or sailing on the lake , always coming home with hair-raising stories ; but nothing ever happened to Ruth . |