Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walsh , chugging along on two cylinders for most of the match , suddenly sparked to life , making the ball cut both ways and always liable to produce one that scuttled through . |
| 2 | How the Queen is cracking down on young Royals |
| 3 | Yet it seems quite certain that our direct ancestors were walking around on two feet with an upright posture like our own at least four million years ago and no creature in the non-human line of descent seems ever to have done that . |
| 4 | They are tailing unmarked police cars to stake outs and listening in on secret frequencies . |
| 5 | Looking back on these campaigns at the end of her life , she defined the law as the chief agency for enacting God 's work and for abolishing the double-standard , which menaced the young and ultimately contributed to the disintegration of the state . |
| 6 | Looking back on these years , he remembered lying in the sun , his face covered with a straw hat : ‘ Other boys were always talking of when they would be men ; he did not want at all to be a man , or to possess things , but to remain as he was , in the same spot , and to know no more people than he already knew . ’ |
| 7 | Looking back on those years between the two wars , and knowing Sam as I did , I am convinced that , had my parents landed in America , as intended , then he would have been in the prohibition racket , without any doubts . |
| 8 | We might indulge in ‘ feeling guilty ’ about having a lazy Sunday in bed , splashing out on new clothes , making love , eating a large slice of chocolate gateau with lashings of cream , and other completely harmless and enjoyable experiences ! |
| 9 | Most shoppers were splashing out on practical items and steering clear of the luxury goods , he said . |
| 10 | Certainly there is Biblical precedent for splashing out on special occasions — Martha 's anointing of Jesus with the expensive ointment could easily be used as a justification for spraying around a little champagne to hansel a special occasion . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't want you bouncing about on those ruts . ’ |
| 12 | A single eruption may not only last for months , but it may also consist of a series of separate , different phases , and in many cases different things may be going on on different parts of the same volcano at the same time . |
| 13 | Life has to be going on on both sides of it , I told her . |
| 14 | Dragons can lie for dark centuries brooding over their treasures , bedding down on frozen flames that will never see the light of day . |
| 15 | He dealt with it either by going off on long trips or by challenging it and then an argument might erupt , ’ Jane explained . |
| 16 | A long corridor ran down the length of the building with doors leading off on both sides . |
| 17 | They kept peering about on all sides as though they knew that he was not far off but they seemed reluctant to leave the path . |
| 18 | ‘ She comes out in the boat with me when I 'm going round on other jobs . ’ |
| 19 | Anyway when I approach a thirty mile an hour bend I usually go round at sixty thus going round on two wheels — halving the wear on the tyres . |
| 20 | I think legislation is merely catching up on some policies . |
| 21 | The day flew by so quickly that I hardly noticed evening stealing in on crimson wings . |
| 22 | ‘ I presume I 'll be doubling up on both parts , ’ O'Hara said . |
| 23 | The advance party has now returned to base camp to spend a few days feeding up on military rations of sausage and beans and chocolate and pear ready for the final push . |
| 24 | The point of issue is that estuary and coastal zone management is a reality and what seems to be happening is all sorts of different plans are popping up on various estuaries and Geoff knows them well now because he 's been involved with the one on the Stour and Orwell and what is happening is that these are starting at local level so the first contact with sailors may be from a local authority or someone at local level . |
| 25 | The Empire is crumbling into civil war , Daemons are popping up on all sides , and who 's to say that the Great Enchanter does n't have a hand in it somewhere ? |
| 26 | A screen of black-clad riders was spreading out on both sides . |
| 27 | U2 in America on the Joshua Tree tour , performing in concert , speaking out on contemporary events , visiting Elvis ' grave in Memphis — and teaching B B King how to play one of their songs . |
| 28 | She enjoyed being out in the crisp fresh air , enjoyed every moment of stepping out on well-worn pathways with trees all around . |
| 29 | They have , they will be drawing back on most things . |
| 30 | Other members of the family may be able to share care by helping out on alternative days or weeks , or over a two day period once a month , so that you can attend a back to nursing course . |