Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dual carriageway is just of the motorway and people are gearing up to go on the motorway . |
| 2 | Marketing dogma of old had it that car buyers do n't want to hear about car safety , preferring not to dwell on the possibility of being killed or injured on the road . |
| 3 | Pausing only to pull on the lightweight wrap that lay across the foot of the bunk , she grasped the torch more firmly and peered cautiously around the curtain . |
| 4 | Charlie 's going out to check on the territory and strike up a deal . |
| 5 | In trying to unbend curvy lines , there is another way of deciding how to proceed on the ladder of powers . |
| 6 | Sometimes , during the ritual prayer , now he had got over the early stages of wondering when to get on the floor , when to rise , and exactly how to get the fingers up to the earlobes , he found himself begging to be excused any significance in his actions . |
| 7 | They were now nearer to 550 miles from Malta than the 450 intended , and the Fulmar crew announced over the radio that they could not make it , breaking away to land on the carrier again . |
| 8 | High on Victoria Peak , it overlooked the city through a faint mist , the sun breaking through to gleam on the skyscrapers and the bay below . |
| 9 | Some of the passengers must have been up just after dawn to watch the huge liner ease its way gently alongside the dock , and those who were n't were beginning gradually to emerge on the upper decks , or to enjoy breakfast by one of the pools . |
| 10 | It was like coming in to land on the wrinkled hide of some sleeping behemoth . |
| 11 | It is to this existential challenge that the writers here discussed addressed themselves , all in their own ways meeting it by demonstrating how to go on the game of faith ! |
| 12 | for number of DSPs a single line of assembly code may contain four or more sub-instructions and learning how to capitalise on the architecture through efficient use of the instruction set does take time . |
| 13 | " Do n't be frightened , " he said , trying not to sound on the edge of panic himself . |
| 14 | She snaked her head forward and bit hard into his nose , biting down with all her strength , ignoring his shrieks of pain , trying not to gag on the blood that filled her mouth . |