Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tool called a shack-fork — a fork with curved tines and an iron bow at the shoulder was used to gather the swathes of barley into gavels ready for pitching on to the wagons . |
| 2 | Goin' on about the seats all the time she was . |
| 3 | ‘ Cept there 's more goin' on in the evenin 's with First Aid and the like . ’ |
| 4 | He successfully reformed the service on the Continent , setting up fixed and regular posts for the speeding on of the portmantle or packet , in place of the irregular messengers and carriers who had travelled the whole distance . |
| 5 | Geologists are notorious for latching on to the name of a particular life-form present in rock formations when thinking up names and equally notorious for changing their minds and the rock 's name afterwards , hence Belemnita quadrata no longer exists because they have renamed it Gonio teuthis quadrata . |
| 6 | It drowned the roar of the waves which she knew would be crashing on to the beach in impotent and seemingly endless fury . |
| 7 | making a brief but dazzling comeback before crashing on to the spikes of despair once more when John fell to his death from a lofty scaffold , and history repeated itself |
| 8 | The sea crashing on to the rocks by the Giant 's Causeway is the only similarity for Steve Parcell with his last parish , Bournemouth . |
| 9 | Left : In the kitchen , Philip painted an impression of sunlight filtering on to the wall in a style reminiscent of a Hitchcock film |
| 10 | She soon discovered that by stepping on to the glove she had the food literally at her feet . |
| 11 | A way of starting in shallow water that involves stepping on to the board with the rig already in the sailing position . |
| 12 | She alighted after him , and she crossed the footbridge too , but delayed stepping on to the platform until the train for Waterloo came in . |
| 13 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green . |
| 14 | ‘ Harlots , ’ replied Ellen repressively , waiting until the wagon was some distance ahead before stepping on to the bridge . |
| 15 | Casual work is growing most rapidly in the service and retail sectors but even traditional manufacturing companies are catching on to the trend . |
| 16 | Catching on to the coat tails of the downsizing rush just in time , CA said that it was surprised by the demands from its users for it to develop migratory and Unix-based applications — a far cry it admits from its traditional stronghold in the mainframe market . |
| 17 | Idea now catching on at the double |
| 18 | Somehow I ca n't see it catching on in the way Play-Doh did . |
| 19 | ‘ Also I ca n't see cafes catching on in the North , we have n't got the weather to sit outside . ’ |
| 20 | Yamaha staff will be making a return visit to the region to discover how the Japanese style of music teaching is catching on in the North-East . |
| 21 | I remember how her dress lit the stairwell , reflecting on to the wall the sunbeams that fell on it as she descended . |
| 22 | The policeman was hanging on to the door and obviously enjoying the ride . |
| 23 | Berger pulled himself up , hanging on to the marble top and the gypsies started to laugh . |
| 24 | They got down awkwardly , hanging on to the edge of the sill and dropping on to the road . |
| 25 | In the opening sequence he is seen hanging on to the top of a jeep as it careers down the rock of Gibraltar . |
| 26 | Laboriously carved out of rock and earth , their buildings are built in incredible terraces , one above the other , hanging on to the cliffs or nestled below them . |
| 27 | I was hanging on to the ledge at the deep end , arms out in the crucifix position when I saw her come out of the ladies ’ changing rooms wearing a yellow and white striped one-piece . |
| 28 | The researcher stopped hanging on to the doorframe and stepped into the room . |
| 29 | Victoria was standing at the top of the stairs hanging on to the banister . |
| 30 | Pippin , our four-year-old daughter , and Paul , two-and-a-half , were becoming a little cranky and tired of hanging on to the cockpit coamings . |