Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the pay of domestic servants varied widely depending on the status of the employer and the sex and duties of the employee . |
| 2 | One felt that the strain proved more inhibiting on the Right and McColl , could not resist the word ‘ gobbledygook ’ in speaking of a remark by Dr Forbes in the second programme about some patients getting better . |
| 3 | Whether they had much bearing on the ambition of Otto and his successors to be emperors may be doubted . |
| 4 | But then the argument would apply to other words in that context which had less bearing on the purpose in reading . |
| 5 | ‘ Benefit of doubt ’ : A man who denied illegally overtaking on the A66 trans-Pennine route was yesterday given the ‘ benefit of the doubt ’ by Barnard Castle magistrates and found not guilty of the charge . |
| 6 | A rock jutted out which others had grabbed as they swung down , but as I tried to do the same there was no edge below for my feet and I whimpered pathetically dangling on the end of the rope . |
| 7 | He stood there writing on the blackboard . |