Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is now an extensive literature reporting on the various life-generating experiments , backed with much speculation and theory . |
| 2 | Only stare up at the gaping hole in his cage and feel the terror of the sky beyond and look at where the broken end of the great branch that had fallen spiked out into the wild sky above as if broken part lay about him , its smaller branches and torn bark fretting on the cold wind . |
| 3 | Tourist backpackers chattering in high tones ; theatre-/supper-goers gazing nervously at the cluster of dishevelled , ruby-faced lads who wave their cans and bawl out the rallying cry of ‘ 'Ere we go , ‘ ere we go ! ’ at alarming volume ; a comatose figure lying on the bucket seats and crying out an important but indecipherable message about some quite obvious connection betwixt Jesus and Aids ; in the corner a girl with dishevelled hair and a soiled James Dean T-shirt sprawled on the concrete and a man with bloodied chin mouthing profanities as he urinates against the wall . |
| 4 | To square this with interference phenomena it is necessary to suppose the existence of a strange force acting on the electron as it traverses , say , the top slit , whose nature depends on whether the bottom slit is at that instant open or shut . |
| 5 | For a while he seemed a shy figure hovering on the borders of a conversation , longing to take part in it , to belong . |
| 6 | In the breakfast room , wet ringletty hair dripping on the tablecloth , she read out headlines from the Galway papers that caught her fancy , and earned some dirty looks . |
| 7 | It transpired that during the war he had been a medical officer in the German Wehrmacht fighting on the Eastern Front . |
| 8 | Third , the state has its own historically developed ‘ interests ’ which it can express to a greater or lesser degree depending on the balance of external class forces and their forms of representation within the state . |
| 9 | Each word was accompanied by a clenched fist thumping on the chair arm . |
| 10 | Requiem for a monk , Trent thought as he watched the cocaine-addicted mestizo squatting on the cabin top . |
| 11 | She also added the crumbs of the toffee ; then rubbed her hands on a small damp towel lying on the table by the toffee trays . |
| 12 | Frankie scuttled away on all fours , his wet body skidding on the cold tiles and his breath coming in frightened little gasps . |
| 13 | concerts and things , but you can , you can tell , with just , just by listening that it 's not just any old body tinkling on the piano , it 's wonderful , it makes you sick . |
| 14 | However , each section of the work may assume greater or lesser importance depending on the work that the client may have already done ( for example , determination of investment criteria and identification of possible targets ) , always assuming that the client 's approach has been sound . |
| 15 | The father was giving evidence at a Perth High Court sitting on the third day of the trial of an Alloa man , David Hepburn , 29 , who is accused of carrying out three sex attacks in 12 hours . |
| 16 | And what are large quantities of Bulgarian jam , French and West German cheese and British chocolate doing on the supermarket shelves in Asia and Australasia ? |
| 17 | Unexploded bombs everywhere ; water for fire hoses almost non-existent ; the acrid air thick with smoke and tiny pieces of charred paper swirling on the breeze . |
| 18 | ‘ Even though we remain hopeful I 'd have to characterise yesterday as disappointing , ’ FBI agent Bob Ricks said at a daily news briefing on the 23rd day of the stand-off between cult members and federal authorities . |
| 19 | For a moment , the sinister thought occurred to me that there might be another more efficient British reporter lurking on the beach . |
| 20 | ‘ I think he 'd been fascinated by the wooden leg banging on the floor . |
| 21 | He pointed down to the messy heap lying on the rock in front of the speeder . |
| 22 | The thing that had once been Bissell laughed again , raw plaster splattering on the tiled floor . |
| 23 | Molland picked up the Daily Telegraph lying on the chair beside him and held it out . |
| 24 | Following another violent incident police were called to the White Hart pub , Boreham , where officers found a 20-year old man lying on the floor with a knife still embedded in his back . |
| 25 | I like that one that 's in Beeston of the old man sitting on the bench there . |
| 26 | The first man I met was an old fellow sitting on the church wall smoking a pipe . |
| 27 | By selecting different icons , the user can load panels of graphics from the disk , reduce or enlarge the graphics , use icons such as the " Black frame icon " which draws a box round the graphic to highlight it , and use a variety of " pens " for free hand drawing on the screen . |
| 28 | In his right hand he held the barrel of a Kalashnikov rifle , its wooden butt resting on the roadway . |
| 29 | This extremely ambitious programme , co-ordinated by the Institute of Education at Ahmadu Bello University and operating in six ( now ten ) of the northern states , sought to effect a complete change of approach in primary schools , through new courses in either Hausa or English medium depending on the policy in operation in the states . |
| 30 | The complementary experiment was carried out a decade ago in the laboratory of the influential German school working on the origin of life under Manfred Eigen . |