Example sentences of "[v-ing] on a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because they 're opening on a Sunday and hoping that you 'll go in |
| 2 | The enormous bulk of the blue Rolls illuminated by his torch , then suddenly his feet going from under him , slipping in a pool of petrol , landing on a spanner and a piece of tubing . |
| 3 | When we were discovered by an irate householder , on our way home from school , knocking on a door and running away , or performing some other piece of naughtiness , if the injured party said , ‘ I shall tell your father of you , ’ we were alarmed . |
| 4 | I would have done two doors I think , someone knocking on a door and but I do n't think anyone would have got it . |
| 5 | However , the second element must always be present : typically there are at least short-run gains from reneging on an agreement and so tacit collusion requires the perception that to do so would in the end turn out to be unprofitable because of punitive reactions by the other firms . |
| 6 | Mansell admitted drink-driving , two charges of driving with defective tyres and driving on a motorway while a provisional licence holder . |
| 7 | There is no point in a defendant blaming his defective brakes if he was going so fast that nothing could have stopped him , or in blaming a puncture if he was driving on a tyre that was worn down to the canvas . |
| 8 | He laughed , tossing on a log that made the sparks fly . |
| 9 | And I mean , they 're actually living on a pittance as it is ! |
| 10 | I had caught an eider duck that had been sheltering on a lochan and was flying back with it against the wind when I grew tired . |
| 11 | Tightening the cord of my pyjamas , blinkered by my loosened hair , I listened outside the door of North One , where the sound had led me , a musical instrument playing a familiar tune , I could n't recall the name ; playing it so far , stumbling on a phrase and returning to the beginning . |
| 12 | Whereas the discussion of strain and its measures involves kinematics only and may be conducted with no mention whatever of the forces that cause the deformation we must when considering stress involve ourselves in mechanics , that is , the nature of the forces operating on a system and the application of Newton 's laws ( we exclude in this discussion any relativistic effects ) . |
| 13 | He does a wonderful Alex Higgins impression , mincing around the table , puffing on a fag and slamming shots at the pockets . |
| 14 | Maybe give you a wee lesson so it 'll save me going on a course so you could bring in all could n't you ? |
| 15 | Oddly enough , this must have sickened him because he banned anyone going on a course whilst he was AOC Pathfinder Force . |
| 16 | I 'm going on a sun and sand holiday in Greece for a week . |
| 17 | And we 're going on a coach so you do n't you |
| 18 | it 's not just like going going on a bus and but erm my daughter 's very generous and seeing that we we get to her and we spend about three months with her . |
| 19 | Anyone who has tried to alter their own habits , like going on a diet or giving up smoking , will realise the degree of ill-ease and anxiety it causes . |
| 20 | Perhaps you are going on an outing or meeting a friend . |
| 21 | Building a home is a more demanding business altogether since it necessarily involves assembling the right materials , deciding on a layout and somehow fastening things together . |
| 22 | AS THE bright , white , Scottish baronial of John o' Groats shone at the end of the road , Alan Holly ( Joss Ackland ) said , choking on a laugh or a sob or a pun , ‘ There it is , the Holy City ’ . |
| 23 | Carrington 's flight was put off three times , and when he did go it was in the belly of a Mosquito , lying on a blanket and wrapped in a heavy coat . |
| 24 | Sheet music and mirror tiles are cut in the same way as sheet glass — that is , on a large , flat surface , with the mirror lying on a blanket or newspaper . |
| 25 | You will either be lying on a couch or sitting in a comfortable chair with a back high enough to support your head . |
| 26 | The landing place is for a meadow lying on a shelf or terrace beneath the cliffs : the Rutli meadow where representatives of the three founding cantons met in 1307 to take a solemn oath confirming their Everlasting League to defend the liberties their valleys had inherited against tyrants . |
| 27 | Pulling on a sweater and wrapping my long kilt around me , I made my way towards Sheikha Grandmother 's house . |
| 28 | ‘ Each of the Oaks is pulling on an arm or a leg and pulling outwards . |
| 29 | He poured it from a Victorian coffee pot waiting on a hotplate and launched into a description of a case he 'd just won punctuated by blasts of laughter and big gestures . |
| 30 | Panel ( D ) : copy numbers are determined by scanning on a PhosphorImager as described in Material and Methods . |