Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv prt] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that 's the been the problem issue we 've been struggling through on that basis |
| 2 | I would like to announce that from now certain major sponsorship opportunities are opening up on this page . |
| 3 | The main disadvantage of this arrangement is that the cameras are looking down on those speaking from the front-benches , and , unless they take care to keep their heads up , the tops of their heads rather than their faces are exposed on the screen . |
| 4 | one is that i it may be that the old moral economy worked because the peasants recognized that , in a sense , that was the way they w well they , they could not stand up and criticize the landlord th the , the most they could do was to try and get the landlord to behave in a reasonable way , and that within that there would then be the sub-culture , the counter-culture of , of beginnings of mutual aid and what is happening in is in part that the communists are making them think the old moral economy work , but in part they are picking up on those sub- culture bits because the , the , the whole of mutual aid idea is , is coming from existing peasant cooperations . |
| 5 | And we went up there , oh dear , driving up there you 're going up on this little tiny when you 've got a big car . |
| 6 | Now , of course , we got problems now where they 've all been abolished and is virtually on a voluntary basis , and I say , it 'll be rather interesting to see whether Lamont actually is going to release some more money , cos you probably realise at the moment they 're cutting back on that particular budget . |
| 7 | They 're cutting back on those , apparently . ’ |
| 8 | When you go and buy your ticket and you 're setting off on that day |
| 9 | I could not have cared if he had been lying out on those wild moors bleeding to death . |
| 10 | So they came back but of course , if it 's jus if it 's been pouring in on that bathroom ceiling again it 's , it , when I took , when Elsie called up to me , come and look at this , the bathroom ceiling was black mould ! |
| 11 | ‘ It depends what kind of scenarios are going on on each floor and in each room of the tower block , ’ ponders The One Who Does n't Object To Wearing ( Hopefully Fake ) Fur Coats . |
| 12 | In fact , women have been speaking out on this issue for some time — among them Sue Cavanagh , co-author of a report on women 's loos published by the Women 's Design Service . |
| 13 | ‘ I guess I 've been getting back on that horse ever since . ’ |
| 14 | Erm , we are getting through on that , are you going to suggest on it ? |
| 15 | The Empire is crumbling into civil war , Daemons are popping up on all sides , and who 's to say that the Great Enchanter does n't have a hand in it somewhere ? |
| 16 | Thank you all for coming , I know that it 's , it just shows how interested some of us are that you are coming in on such a nice day as this to hear Doreen Griffiths ’ The Cinderella Army ’ or the Land Army , and I must say just reading these bits up here now , I 've got lots of questions I want to ask her when she 's finished , so we 'll let her tell |
| 17 | They have , they will be drawing back on most things . |
| 18 | We tried to keep the scaffolders er occupied , doing their scaffolding bit accurate but safe everybody 's gon na be climbing down on that . |
| 19 | Now Gloucester rugby fans wo n't be looking back on this season for any misty eyed memories … |
| 20 | Life has to be going on on both sides of it , I told her . |
| 21 | ‘ I presume I 'll be doubling up on both parts , ’ O'Hara said . |
| 22 | The handsome summer plumage of chocolate-brown head and neck may be coming through on some adults already , but birds which are not in good condition may not attain full breeding plumage until late spring — if at all . |
| 23 | I live in hope that the Institute will be clamping down on such practices , although I fear that this will increase the cost of an audit for the smaller business . |
| 24 | Hunters are cashing in on this shortage and expense of whale meat , and are providing the Japanese market with a more affordable substitute of dolphin flesh . |
| 25 | We told him that you had been out all night and that you were catching up on some sleep . |
| 26 | Troops were marching through on either side of the road . |
| 27 | And erm this one is slowly closing on that one , this one is catching up on this one at quite a rate of knots . |
| 28 | Might as well because this is a good time while he 's rushing around on that . |
| 29 | The range of the job varies from agency to agency , but basically it involves : progress chasing , making sure that jobs are taken through their various stages on time ; production , making sure that jobs go to and from studios and publications in the appropriate form , and the appropriate sizes and shapes ; and record-keeping , ensuring that a record is kept of what is going on on each account and every job done for that account . |
| 30 | He 's coming up on this . |