Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] on [art] " 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 | I have just wiped out a whole line by carelessly resting my finger on a key , and earlier it kept telling me ‘ mistake ’ — not , of course , helpfully saying what the mistake was . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid of slipping in the dark and cracking my head on the edge of the bunker , ’ I had said . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | I HAVE A PHOBIA ABOUT BEING CAUGHT DRIVING MY CAR ON A PRIVATE road , although I have no idea where this unreasonable fear emanates from . |
| 8 | She pushed into the dust , banging her head on the wooden underside . |
| 9 | She jumps up , banging her head on the partition . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Unable to save herself , with a startled cry she pitched forward , tumbling down the remaining stairs and banging her head on the stone floor . |
| 12 | Marsh accepted his fate honourably , as everyone expected , and the Australians got on with the job of keeping their boot on the Indian throat . |
| 13 | Both the DoI and the 600 Group were keeping their information on the effects of robots on employment to themselves . |
| 14 | ‘ All right , dear ? ’ asked her mother , keeping her gaze on the television screen . |
| 15 | NAMIBIA 'S seven political parties in the Constituent Assembly surprised the country by announcing their agreement on a constitution with ‘ only technical and minor amendments ’ outstanding . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Costume Supervisor Daphne Dare designed their appearance , basing their shape on a standard skin-diver 's wet suit . |
| 20 | Pensioners ' leaders , however , demanded a minimum monthly pension of between US$250 and $300 , basing their case on the level of current wage settlements . |
| 21 | Her breath was laboured , the oxy-bottle moulded round her shoulder all but exhausted , but it was n't that that made her back-pedal , twisting her heel on a rock , smothering her shout of pain . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it 's fine , ’ Alina said , and Pete watched her for a moment longer , almost as if he was checking her score on a test . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ This is Julie , ’ Nigel announced , tossing her shawl on a chair . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He picked it up , banging his head on the bowl . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He was banging his head on the post and shouting . |