Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when the public started seeing my name on the back of these albums , the subsequent demand was staggering ! |
| 2 | ‘ But it 's not decent to go to war over something like this , ’ I screamed , thumping my fist on the table so that the cups on the dresser rattled . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm afraid of slipping in the dark and cracking my head on the edge of the bunker , ’ I had said . |
| 4 | I gave a short address with one foot on each side of the peace-line [ a sleeping policeman — concrete ] basing my theme on the marvellous passage in the second chapter of the Gospel according to St. Luke — the song of the angels , seen and heard by the shepherds , ‘ Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace and goodwill to all people ’ . |
| 5 | She pushed into the dust , banging her head on the wooden underside . |
| 6 | She jumps up , banging her head on the partition . |
| 7 | Carol was bounced backwards into her seat and then sideways on the floor of the van , banging her head on the side in the process . |
| 8 | Unable to save herself , with a startled cry she pitched forward , tumbling down the remaining stairs and banging her head on the stone floor . |
| 9 | Marsh accepted his fate honourably , as everyone expected , and the Australians got on with the job of keeping their boot on the Indian throat . |
| 10 | Both the DoI and the 600 Group were keeping their information on the effects of robots on employment to themselves . |
| 11 | ‘ All right , dear ? ’ asked her mother , keeping her gaze on the television screen . |
| 12 | BR used press campaigns in the early 1980s to put the arguments for higher state support , basing its case on the higher subsidies of other European railways as a percentage of GNP . |
| 13 | Delrina is basing its pitch on the expected low cost of these modems relative to the cost of buying separate facsimile and answering machines , and the large installed base of Windows users with a single phone line who keep finding themselves talking to modems . |
| 14 | The state of Wisconsin is basing its appeal on the fact that intent and emotion — passion , envy , fear — are often weighed in the balance in sentencing already . |
| 15 | Pensioners ' leaders , however , demanded a minimum monthly pension of between US$250 and $300 , basing their case on the level of current wage settlements . |
| 16 | In the parallel line of the submissive , a pretty , dark girl of about twenty was emptying her handbag on the instructions of a uniformed harridan . |
| 17 | She had switched the apartment air-conditioning off , distrusting its effect on the health , and for a while she tried to convince herself that it was the unaccustomed humidity that made her so restless , but she did n't really believe it , and the eyes that looked back at her from her bathroom mirror in the morning were shadowy , and hunted . |
| 18 | Suragai and Kadan were walking their st'lyan on the grass where the stream curved away out of sight , each of them with one of the twins in the saddle . |
| 19 | Harry shouted , banging his fist on the arm of the settee — and the wager provoked such interest among her customers that Mother Russell ( who was grizzle-haired and rather mournful ) began taking side bets , with the odds against Harry . |
| 20 | He picked it up , banging his head on the bowl . |
| 21 | The hand grabbed Arthur 's shirt front and tie in a vice like grip , and yanked him forward almost banging his head on the glass . |
| 22 | He was banging his head on the post and shouting . |
| 23 | And he kept banging his head on the ceiling ! |
| 24 | either that or banging his head on the wall ! |
| 25 | The assistant began banging his calculator on the ground and holding it up to his ear |
| 26 | ‘ It 's basically a simple matter , ’ he said , banging his hand on the file of testimony he had produced for inspection . |
| 27 | ‘ He was a scholar , ’ Brenner said , banging his hand on the stick again . |
| 28 | In what appeared to be a concerted campaign by the criminal justice authorities to prevent a fourth acquittal , Gotti 's previously successful defence lawyer was prohibited from representing his client on the grounds that he was peripherally involved in some of the evidence to be presented by the prosecution . |
| 29 | To get out of bed , the patient first lies on his back , clasps his hands together , keeping his elbows straight , and bends his unaffected knee , keeping his foot on the bed . |
| 30 | Keeping his gaze on the thread of light seeping out from the Bogeyman 's room , he inched his way along the threadbare strip of carpet . |