Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , there are hand knitters who would have us believe that we are cheating merely by producing knitting on a machine . |
| 2 | i A coach tour operator has been fined £800 for allowing smoking on a coach tour which had been advertised as a smoke-free holiday . |
| 3 | Kevin , from Lymington , also beached flounder to 1 lb 12 oz using ragworm on a size 2 hook to 15 lb line . |
| 4 | It 's possible the doctor will opt for a Caesarian section , ’ the nurse explained briefly , checking notes on a clipboard . |
| 5 | The mere act of assembling data on a range of interventions gives greater prominence to the cost effectiveness data than does the reporting of the studies individually . |
| 6 | Apart from an admission , the prosecution have to rely on catching the offender redhanded by keeping observations on a suspect or by British Telecom tracing a persistent caller when he is actually making a call etc . |
| 7 | They side-stepped to avoid a horse-drawn karozzin , bearing a couple of laughing holidaymakers on a tour of the city . |
| 8 | The action occurred after Palestinians had attempted to prevent the soldiers arresting three men who had been painting slogans on a wall . |
| 9 | FIVE policemen were arrested and face possible criminal charges in San Salvador for opening fire on a protest march by disabled war veterans , President Alfredo Cristiani said last night . |
| 10 | Conducted by Justice Richard Goldstone , the inquiry found that the force used by policemen was " quite immoderate and disproportionate to any lawful object sought to be obtained " , that the police had killed at least 11 people by opening fire on a protest march , and that they had shot at least 127 people who were trying to run away . |
| 11 | The lawyer said that the reason for this was to provide justification for opening fire on a car which was not endangering anyone 's life . |
| 12 | He might have pressed on but the sight of a group of hassling crows on a chalk slope below attracted him . |
| 13 | There were muslin curtains and brocade curtains , gilt cages with parroquets and love-birds , two squealing cockatoos , each out-squealing and out-chattering the other ; a clock singing tunes on a console-table , and another booming the hours like Great Tom , on the mantelpiece . |
| 14 | That way they 're saving money on a night out , they 're gon na save on er actual depot hours , where it 's like taking us sort of like ten and eleven hours , it 's only gon na take them eight , nine to do that cos they 're there , they 're on top of the job . |
| 15 | I mind writing housewife on a form . |
| 16 | The image of the housewife as a cabbage makes a number of appearances in answers to the question about writing housewife on a form ( it is mentioned by twelve of the forty women ) . |
| 17 | Recalling Tory election campaign claims that the Opposition would raise taxes while they would not , he said : ‘ The Conservatives have debased politics by seeking election on a platform of low taxes while pursuing a policy of high taxes . ’ |
| 18 | A woman came out wheeling a big tartan case and behind her was Adam , pushing cases on a trolley , Anne beside him looking brown and tired , pushing the empty pushchair , with Abigail asleep on her shoulder . |
| 19 | ‘ There are no allegations that any of these were selling information or that there was any fraud involved but they were causing chaos on a scale that could n't be imagined , ’ Mr Richardson said earlier . |
| 20 | For many years , courts in the United States failed to understand the Latin American approach ; the failure was so fundamental that a plaintiff in a Latin American republic had no means of serving process on a defendant in the United States . |
| 21 | The preceding paragraph relates exclusively to applicants who are both liable to pay overseas fees and who are seeking places on a degree course . |
| 22 | Beyond that , you can usually buy extensions covering accidental damage to the buildings , eg ; by putting your foot through the bedroom ceiling , or to the contents , eg , by spilling paint on a carpet . |
| 23 | What I am discussing here is the kind of recall which is part of studying , linking names to faces , remembering items on a shopping list or where you put your spectacles . |
| 24 | ODDBALL mum Doreen Reilly and her son Michael were robbed of a £29,000 nest-egg stashed in their CAR — after saving 40p on a parking fee . |
| 25 | She says she enjoyed imagining being on an island . |
| 26 | Some took the arduous climb , a square-by-square approach , passing the hurdles of Sergeant 's and Inspector 's examinations , serving time on a variety of specialist duties , and beat supervision . |
| 27 | COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN is a method of drawing ideas on a monitor screen and recording them . |
| 28 | Yet more featured an emaciated man , clad only in underpants , lying face-down on a bed , his ribs and backbone pushing against his skin . |
| 29 | Growth in laser printers is somewhat slower , and the company sees that market growing 9% on a dollar basis , and 17% on a unit basis . |
| 30 | Giving evidence the three defendants admitted spraying paint on a bomber . |