Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There must have been , for the time being at least , compelling reasons for embarking on the Foxton development . |
| 2 | Another patient developed loose teeth after going on the pill . |
| 3 | After the election , despite some doubts about relying on the FDP , Brandt quickly moved to establish an SPD-FDP coalition . |
| 4 | I heard him talking on the radio , in which he said he 'd tried several methods of winning on the football pools and in the end decided that the easiest thing to do was to put in the same numbers each week and so he was not exercising any skill in deciding whether one pair of teams were likely to enter into a score draw than another pair , but he just trusted that , say , number thirty seven would turn up as a score draw this week . |
| 5 | This fact I had ample opportunities of verifying on the islands of Bass 's Straits , where I had scarcely stepped from the boat before every creature was made acquainted with my presence — no small annoyance to me , whose object was to secure the wary cereopsis and eagle , which with thousands of petrels and many other kinds of water-birds tenant these dreary islands . ’ |
| 6 | From unique boutiques in Byward Market , Ottawa , to countless acres of shopping on the Eaton Centre 's four floors . |
| 7 | Not all farm workers have been affected equally by the new technology and certain aspects of working on the land have remained almost untouched by it . |
| 8 | It is maddening , since so often you can see traces of underdrawing on the painting 's surface just with the naked eye ! ’ |
| 9 | Then five months of sailing on the flood . |
| 10 | After months of teetering on the brink , David Reed has filed for protection from his creditors . |
| 11 | The Darlington Patient 's Charter promises to treat all patients within 18 months of going on the list . |
| 12 | The validity of these take up assumptions is obviously affected by the passage of time from late August to late September and the firmness of the UF figures is known from experience to vary widely between fields ; the estimated enrolment figures are therefore used only as an approximate guide to the Co-ordinator and senior tutors in deciding on the numbers of late offers to be made at special weekly meetings of the MAC in September . |
| 13 | It has declined to lift restrictions that would prevent the beneficiaries from voting on the proposals , which are supported in respect of 79 p.c. of the ordinary shares and 92 p.c. of the convertibles . |
| 14 | She believes that it prevented many Labour supporters from registering on the electoral roll ( in the hope of avoiding payment ) , thus depriving Mr Kinnock of a large number of votes . |
| 15 | I 'd found the candle-making kit in the cupboard under the stairs five or six years ago , and experimented with the colours and consistencies for months before hitting on the idea of using the wax as a wasp-prison . |
| 16 | The fact is that the Company accumulated profits in reserves before embarking on the building of Churston maintenance shed of which the article makes mention . |
| 17 | Breathing easier , she took the weight off her trembling legs by sitting on the end of the bed . |
| 18 | The probable sequence of events in erecting such a structure would begin with the excavation of the flat-bottomed wall-trenches dug into the chalk which , judging from the evidence of signs of pecking on the trench sides , were made with a pointed tool . |
| 19 | However , at a recent service I found signs of burning on the spark plugs and I have reverted to leaded . |
| 20 | No doubt his motives for going on the pilgrimage were varied . |
| 21 | The carcinogenic effects of smoking on the respiratory tract are well known , but the effect of smoking on the stomach is less well known , although there is much circumstantial evidence that smokers are at a higher risk of developing gastric carcinoma . |
| 22 | There I was , talking to people asleep this morning and I woke to the dulcet tones of talking on the radio . |
| 23 | In three rounds of voting on the first day of the two-day congress held in Gdansk , Krzaklewski emerged as winner from a field of seven candidates . |
| 24 | And so , despite the undeniably galling aspect of being asked to rejoice in so meagre a victory after decades of hammering on the hallowed portals of power , I believe it would be foolish to look this particular gift-horse in the mouth . |
| 25 | In his address Bishop Mullins , emphasised the prime role of parents in passing on the faith to their children . |
| 26 | Now , when you 're putting on the presents there are little , there are other areas within putting on the presents that you can possibly include like a present 's going on the tree , you happen to see your name in it on the tag , right ? |
| 27 | In this case the tendency to hit multiple keys by typing on the cracks also causes problems . |
| 28 | Her hair was in a simple pony-tail , and she pulled out a cotton peaked cap in the team colours for wearing on the track . |
| 29 | Two days of haggling on the price followed , with the seller reluctantly dropping to £3500 . |
| 30 | I 'd fetch her home , clean her up , straighten her out and take care of her for as long as she 'd let me , but the call of the wild was strong and after a few days of sleeping on the couch , she 'd vanish again . |