Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For non-phobic clients , homework tasks might include being more assertive in a specific situation at work , involvement in a relaxing leisure activity , or cutting down on prescribed tranquillizers . |
| 2 | Three months later she joined C&R on a full-time basis , although throughout her maternity leave she had been attending meetings and helping out on special project work . |
| 3 | Of those that did turn up at their parish churches , a good number behaved in a manner that was anything but reverential : talking , joking , spitting , arguing , and catching up on lost sleep . |
| 4 | Am I right in saying Women 's Institute , do n't they go round and checking up on sorry erm footpaths ? |
| 5 | By keeping double taxation to a minimum and cracking down on phoney transfer pricing , these international arrangements have helped boost the efficient allocation of capital worldwide . |
| 6 | They are tailing unmarked police cars to stake outs and listening in on secret frequencies . |
| 7 | On the product front — and picking up on some of the work it did for ACE — the company says an Intel Corp P5-specific SCO Unix kernel is a possibility . |
| 8 | They played gallantly , leading right up to the final game , and going down on 836 . |
| 9 | And hurrying along on this account that we have here , Ruth , the next morning , she 's given a gift by Boaz a a a , a gift of er , to seal what has been said . |
| 10 | At the same time the government is rushing ahead with non-economic reforms which it knows will be popular , such as tightening up the conditions for acquiring French citizenship and clamping down on illegal immigration . |
| 11 | we 're going on the Friday morning and coming back on this |
| 12 | In addition carers often reported further expenditure related to disability and caring which had resulted in using savings and cutting down on normal expenditure . |
| 13 | This means concentrating on fish , poultry and vegetarian dishes and cutting down on red meat ; avoiding creamy , cheesy or buttery sauces and fried foods ; and eliminating salads with fattening ingredients such as bacon , nuts , cheese and egg . |
| 14 | Additional proposals include setting up an emergency fund to save buildings or sites for the nation and another for historic gardens ( two proposals which have met with approval ) , and cutting back on conservation grants , principally repair grants made to local authorities , amounting to £9.5 million annually , half of which has been on a pound-for-pound basis . |
| 15 | If the variometer is fluctuating and reading up on one side of the circle and down a little on the other , the probability is that the glider is not climbing at all but is just drifting further down wind . |
| 16 | It 's the thin covering of snow over sheet ice that 's the real killer , and slithering about on that without crampons is like driving at 100 mph on the wrong side of the M8 with your eyes closed . |
| 17 | It is not the looming tyranny of prefab structures , square and scowling down on treeless roads of cracked cement , strangled shrubberies and dull-hued minis all in a row . |
| 18 | Those too young for sailing still enjoy pottering around the beach and paddling around on old windsurfers , though a parent should stay to look after them and keep them from the nearby road . |
| 19 | While the preparatory drafts , drawn up in Rome before the Council opened and very largely rejected by the fathers , had made heavy use of scholastic terminology and not much of Scripture — as was generally characteristic of pre-conciliar theology — the Council almost systematically reversed this , eliminating scholastic terms again and again and falling back on biblical ones . |
| 20 | The deal structuring stage should draw together all the information now available about the target ( including the results of the key features review and the purchaser 's assessment of possible synergies and cost savings ) with a view to establishing the most efficient structure for the proposed transaction and firming up on any price expectations already communicated to the vendors . |
| 21 | Erm but picking up on that erm for instance I mean er first first impressions are the most important . |