Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That has brought a great deal of success , because the French Government are now taking the tough measures that we have been pressing on them for 10 years . |
| 2 | Robyn turned the ignition over , realising he was gaining on her with remarkable speed , and the jeep roared into life . |
| 3 | George made a long thinking , grumbling noise , then said , mostly to himself : ‘ The paperwork must have been good … if they were living on it for eighteen months … they were n't escaped prisoners of war trying to reach Switzerland on a hand-copied Fremdenpass … |
| 4 | The launch pad might be in the way , pushing on us from that end to stop us doing the natural thing which is to fall vertically through to the centre of the Earth . |
| 5 | Deminex UK , which has secured another Liverpool Bay licence , has been exploring fields since 1972 and operating on them since 1977 . |
| 6 | But you should n't be waiting on me like this . ’ |
| 7 | Who could it be calling on him at this time of night ? |
| 8 | She 's only limping on it at certain times cos she came rushing into my bedroom last night and you were n't limping then ! |
| 9 | ‘ Gave us a start , I can tell ye , coming on 'er like that lurking in the shadows . |
| 10 | In the early days this was done by peasants ‘ waulking ’ the cloth , treading on it in shallow water : |
| 11 | Nobody but nobody commented on Maggie 's shapely form — not unless they wanted acid dripping on them from that sharp tongue . |
| 12 | The discovery of more stable chemicals ( Table 3 ) — the true residual insecticides — which were sprayed on to the walls and roofs of dwellings and left a deposit that was lethal to mosquitoes resting on it for many weeks and even months , produced the ideal control that did not demand an impossibly high efficiency . |
| 13 | His touch was feather-light , circling on her with gratifying recognition of needs she had n't known existed , coaxing in her sensations that were wild and intensely pleasurable . |
| 14 | hand me swinging on it for ten minutes |
| 15 | Seated where he is , Rhys Williams knows one false move could mean the might of God descending on him at any moment . |
| 16 | We are too impertinent with the past , counting on it in this way for a reliable frisson . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , too many students take what seems the easy way out , and try to remain tied to their tutor 's apron strings throughout the course , relying on him for detailed notes and guidance . |
| 18 | Michael is a man who knows his own mind and I was relying on him for some controversial quotes , but he surprised me by agreeing on the whole with Mr Isherwood 's choices . |
| 19 | Well , they 're certainly painted pink and say ‘ mountain' on them in attractive graphics . |
| 20 | We sat around chewing on it for another thirty minutes or so . |
| 21 | The keys of old harpsichords are indeed often seen to be hollowed ; however , what this suggests is not that Handel had been assiduously practising on it for many years , but rather that ( being at least loo years old when Hawkins saw it ) it had never had the keys replated. 19th-century scholars were intrigued by this tale , and more than a century after Handel 's death embarked on the quest to rediscover the instrument . |
| 22 | He made the mistake of turning round , stumbled and fell on one knee and then rose , sobbing in terror as he clawed his way to the main gate , hammering on it with all his might . |
| 23 | We ca n't keep imposing on him for that amount though really . |
| 24 | And they quote epistles of St. Paul so difficult that the theologians , who have been working on them for two thousand years , have not got to the bottom of them . |
| 25 | I 'd want to know how much the people who are working on it at all stages are paid , if they 're paid a living wage . |
| 26 | This bloke , you know , had been working on it for fifty years nonstop and |
| 27 | I 've got three people working on it right now and they 've been working on it for three years . |
| 28 | I 've been working on it for most of the week , so do n't make me mess it up . |
| 29 | Like the grave-diggers in Hamlet , they speculated on life : ‘ We 've been working on it for 25 years and we still have n't got round . |
| 30 | Er I I could n't tell you off the top of me head I because I was working on it till half past midnight . |