Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He raised his gaze to the middle distance and caught the red button eye of the dinosaur squatting on the check tablecloth beside the vase of dahlias . |
| 2 | Apart from the notion of transition outlined above , and unlike the Hallidayan approach , where the verb is generally considered part of the rheme , FSP theory assigns thematic or rhematic status to the verb depending on the context and the semantics of the verb itself . |
| 3 | The trial judge sensibly obtained the agreement of counsel for the defendants to the case proceeding on the basis of defined issues . |
| 4 | He was some three shots clear of the field standing on the 14th tee , but then lost this advantage after he recorded a double-bogey and two bogeys in the last six holes . |
| 5 | Another technique consisted of the salesman standing on the table as he called a client . |
| 6 | When Ross Lovegrove walked into the office of the Hermés design director he spotted a memo from the chairman lying on the desk . |
| 7 | There have been 47 cases of the cable chafing on the power steering pump pulley on the right-hand drive vehicles manufactured from May 1992 up to chassis number p818990 , but no reported accidents , the company said . |
| 8 | It was possible to spend all day wandering happily round and round the camp musing on the possibility of a hole cut in the wire here , a tunnel dug there , or an assault with scaling ladders somewhere else . |
| 9 | I lay very still , the hair rising on the back of my neck as something nudged me through the canvas . |
| 10 | Many of them had seen it at the synagogue meeting on the previous night , but now in the daylight they were able to examine it more closely and exclaim at its resplendence . |
| 11 | She dropped her eyes to the desk , staring unseeingly at the ledger lying on the polished wooden surface . |
| 12 | As part of the employee briefing on the move , the company arranged week-end coach trips to Bristol for employees and their families to view housing and facilities in the area . |
| 13 | Not just the skiing equipment but the sweater leaning on the anorak , the goggles leaning on the nose and the woolly hat leaning on your ears . |
| 14 | These carry information concerning the light falling on the various regions of the retina . |
| 15 | ‘ I ran into Phil 's house and saw the granddad lying on the floor with a hole in his leg . |
| 16 | In 1981 Reagan appeared regularly on television to advance the claims of his economic policy , and several of these were impressive performances with the president drawing on the skills acquired during many years in the business of communications . |
| 17 | The latter is the department bordering on the metropolitan area of San Salvador and the FMLN forces dominate an area of approximately 350 square km around the Guazapa Volcano , only some 30 km from the capital . |
| 18 | Since the lift generated depends on the ratio of two flow patterns ( created by the cylinder 's rotation and the wind acting on the cylinder ) a sudden increase in wind speed while the rotors turn at a constant speed reduces the lift in proportion . |
| 19 | The cameraman 's attention seems to wander at times , the water noise and sound of the wind blowing on the microphone could have been toned down before the commentary was added and the conversion to the PAL system has not enhanced the colour and focus . |
| 20 | It is conceded , however , that liability may follow some omissions , when there is a relationship between the victim and the defendant imposing on the defendant a duty to act . |
| 21 | The load forces were taken by the centre hole in the wheel resting on the flange on the end of the axle . |
| 22 | With the club teetering on the brink of another League title , Aberdeen threatening the impossible and the SFA snapping at his heels , Souness moved to Liverpool . |
| 23 | That the control of gene activity that characterizes a particular cell type is due to specific factors in the cell acting on the promoter , comes from experiments in which the promoter elements are switched around . |
| 24 | As he sipped his beer and sat with his back to the window brooding on the bare wall and the bedhead , he contemplated how far he had fallen and how quickly . |
| 25 | I thought you were gon na say you 've broke the engine mounting on the machine |
| 26 | The next stage is to persuade it to remain in position while you move away , with the leash lying on the ground . |
| 27 | His mind was as cold as the ice forming on the windscreen . |
| 28 | ‘ We were able to give the staff a fixed date well in advance of the work starting on the link , ’ says Dave Lomas . |
| 29 | ‘ I would be delighted to design the flowers for your wedding … | ’ The daydream was so engrossing that she almost did n't see the man and the girl struggling on the pavement opposite . |
| 30 | whether the girl standing on the opposite side of Highgate Hill ( or Highgate West Hill ) with the long dark hair blowing forwards over her shoulder will turn so that he can see her face ; and if so , whether the face will be the revelation that the long dark hair promises ; and what a face would have to be like to be the revelation that one always expects … |