Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] on [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing I expected was to be woken from unconsciousness by an air hostess with the face of an angel , gently patting on my shoulder and telling me that the plane had just landed in Miami . |
| 2 | The match was a hard-fought contest and after much cheating on their part , the prisoners ran out 3–0 victors with a doubtful hat-trick by Rudolph Hess . |
| 3 | She was awoken , what seemed only minutes later , by a heavy weight suddenly landing on her chest . |
| 4 | ‘ Forgive us , Mistress Tolonen , ’ one of them said , recognising her , ‘ but we are only acting on our master 's orders . ’ |
| 5 | Anyway , I 'm only passing on her message . |
| 6 | She 's gently pulling on my prick . |
| 7 | they were only going on their reputation |
| 8 | I woke at two o'clock lying on my kit and again at half-past three , doubled across the tent . |
| 9 | One consequence in industrial terms was the greater bargaining power of professional and white-collar groups , especially focusing on their trade unions as during the ‘ winter of discontent ’ , able to use their bargaining muscle to claim a growing share of the national income for themselves without much compensation in manufacturing or investment . |
| 10 | Ace found herself suddenly sitting on his lap . |
| 11 | Some gibbering old fool sitting all alone drooling on his shirt Some senile old fart playing in the dirt . |
| 12 | Endill and Mould spent most of their time together working on their plan . |
| 13 | There was one member whose sight was so bad that when she read she not only had to prop a second pair of spectacles on top of the pair already resting on her nose , but also had to stand under the standard lamp almost pressed against the light bulb . |
| 14 | For the cabinet as a whole , though , talking about the need to replace or reform the poll tax proved easier than finally deciding on its replacement . |
| 15 | Dealers can also provide a useful service in locating specific types of rug or generally buying on your behalf . |
| 16 | Instead of just relying on your union , . |
| 17 | It 's a great power to be very physical , to be able to storm through life with swaying shoulders , instead of creeping and just relying on your thesaurus . |
| 18 | One was already sitting on its nest , the white marks on the face and the white underbody visible as the bird crouched in the open on rabbit-nibbled grass . |
| 19 | When I first visited John Smiths in 1968 , the council was only just embarking on its policy of making Glasgow a city dedicated to the motorway . |
| 20 | One ex-sailor whom Minton met at the Mandrake was Joshua ( ‘ Mike ’ ) Avery , then just embarking on his discovery of Soho and sharing a room with Daniel Farson . |
| 21 | He spent seven years just sitting on his backside in the house . |
| 22 | He half expected ocean , the white towers of Moon Beach , but there was only land , land that looked infinite , land without end , and he stood still and stared , as if by staring he could make something happen , the first drop of rain already drying on his shoulder . |
| 23 | I was just thinking on my way into work ‘ who 'll get the England job now the Turnip has got ta go ( the onlt +ve point to last night ) ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I 'm always weeping on your shoulder . |
| 25 | There she had found her husband still snoring on her cot , and she had stretched out on his ; but sleep had n't come , and long before dawn she had decided she must leave the camp at once . |
| 26 | She had worked hard last week , but there seemed to her to be more work than ever landing on her desk this week . |
| 27 | Was Peterson of the piano factory still trading on his name , he wondered ? |
| 28 | He was still lying on her bed , his head propped up on one hand . |
| 29 | Still lying on your side with lower leg bent , gently swing the top leg forwards and backwards 10 times each way , without straining . |
| 30 | Still lying on your side , swing the top leg forwards and backwards 10 times each way . |