Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] on [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why they should be so flinching on this score is beyond me , but let me assure Ed that I 'm note remotely intolerant of any of them , only surprised and amused that its mention should matter to them so much . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm just going on another job for a while but I 'll be back . |
| 3 | George did n't bother to explain the process by which he had deflected the first demand — that Maxim go round to Century House by himself — by a counter-offer of Number 10 ( ‘ As it 's a Saturday , we could use the Cabinet Room ; think how that would look in your memoirs ’ ) — or one of his clubs , naming the one that had been effectively the HQ of the Intelligence Service in the heady days of World War II , and finally agreeing on this no-man's-land . |
| 4 | After all , there is a vast difference between deliberately stamping on another person 's toes and accidentally tripping over their foot . |
| 5 | She was still pondering on this mystery when a low whistle came from the other side of the ditch . |
| 6 | A few plants are associated with historical lore such as the pink convolvulus or sea bindweed ( Calystegia soldanella ) , which is called ‘ the Prince 's flower ’ , because it was said to have been originally sown by Prince Charles in 1745 when he landed in Eriskay , and it is still growing on that island . |
| 7 | School , but he 's still going on this trip . |
| 8 | She opened her eyes , her tired mind gradually focusing on that name . |
| 9 | Can you remember what it was like managing on that amount of money ? |
| 10 | We are still negotiating on this wagon , which is currently being used for storage purposes at the former Eaton Station . |
| 11 | in case it has any bearing on any difficulty you might have in the future so he 's to go down |
| 12 | Crawford described How I Won the War as ‘ a brilliant movie ’ , but reviews were mixed , partly depending on each critic 's political opinions . |
| 13 | The 3rd Alton are currently also working on another appeal , born out of their strong links with scouts in St. Petersburg , Russia . |
| 14 | We know that Roz 's new book on ‘ tensions ’ , which you have all been waiting for , is about to be published and she is also working on another booklet of machine knitting trims . |
| 15 | This Memorandum of Understanding is not intended to be legally binding on any person except to the extent that paragraphs 4 , 5 and 6 oblige the Company and the Shareholders to pay certain costs . |
| 16 | Cornwall County Council is now acting on that recommendation , but there 's little sign of other counties following suit . |
| 17 | This tended to give a certain bias to the work likely to be found in schools , especially as the coterie of advisers who knew each other 's work well , often teaching on each other 's courses and jointly helping to tutor the national D.E.S . |
| 18 | He does n't really seem to be very careful about distinguishing intellect from the one and , and so forth , does n't really , he 's not , he 's not really focusing on that difference and so seems to let it lapse in a less than useful way . |
| 19 | Ever since Mr Gorbachev attended our G7 meeting last year and Mr Lamont went to inspect the Russian chaos , Britain has effectively adopted the Soviets and we will be pressing hardest to help — even George Bush is now jumping on this bandwagon . |
| 20 | In particular , can Poulantzas explain specific conjunctures and the shifting relations between classes without tacitly relying on some sort of volun-tarism ? |
| 21 | The same , he says , applies to Windows emulation , and there are at least four companies now working on that technology , including the Apple Mac-to-Unix house Quorum Software Systems Inc and Bristol Technology Inc in Ridgefield , Connecticut . |
| 22 | The mother who speaks with obvious dread about a forthcoming visit to the dentist may be responsible for unintentionally passing on that fear to her child . |
| 23 | It was n't even recording on that tape was on there , why ? |
| 24 | Following the trend to ensure compatibility of hardware and software developed on dissimilar systems , Sparc International is also reportedly working on another range of testing tools for the Sparc architecture . |
| 25 | ‘ It means asking the public what sort of service they want , then acting on that knowledge . ’ |
| 26 | If another 's reasoning is usually better than mine , then comparing on each occasion our two sets of arguments may help me detect my mistake and mend my reasoning . |
| 27 | In practice that means keeping an eye out for leadership qualities and sometimes selecting on that basis and , at the same time , encouraging the absorption of certain leadership precepts by those who do not seem to possess them in a natural way . |
| 28 | The difference between the two is that whereas a regulation is universally binding on all member states , a directive is specifically aimed at a named member state , informing it that something must be done , but leaving the way in which it is to be achieved to the discretion of the national government . |
| 29 | Our impression is that almost all contract computer staff are voluntarily working on this basis . |
| 30 | this is what actually using on this design ? |