Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm if you have , if you envisage the sea this is the top , I 'm not a great artist as you can see but you , things er here 's my boat sailing on the top of the sea , well there 's laws related to that erm when does a boat , for example , enter territorial waters , come within your law . |
| 2 | With my cheek resting on the worn linoleum things came back into focus almost at once . |
| 3 | Yeah that 's my job living on the |
| 4 | And , miraculously , there was little resistance and I stared in disbelief as the great organ disappeared gloriously and wonderfully from sight I was right behind it with my arm , probing frantically away up to the shoulder as I rotated my wrist again and again till both uterine cornua were fully involuted Ben I was certain beyond doubt that everything was back in place I lay there for a few moments , my arm still deep inside the sow , my forehead resting on the floor . |
| 5 | Even my pencil scratching on the paper makes his teeth grate . |
| 6 | ‘ It was the most frustrating time of my life sitting on the bench and watching our hopes blow up in smoke . |
| 7 | I rose , got dressed and gazed at my luggage lying on the floor . |
| 8 | bluntly , its skin fraying on the sharp stones ; |
| 9 | We actually believe that the people of would prefer prefer their money spending on the environment and front end services . |
| 10 | We actually believe that the people of would prefer prefer their money spending on the environment and front end services . |
| 11 | Until , under the mirror , after many a circle and feint , after many a playful retreat and renewed approach , Ivan at last cornered her , and even before he opened his mouth she felt the smell of fear from herself : her pores broke open , she stood there panting slightly , her hair rising on the back of her neck in terror , her heated skin covered in icy sweat : ‘ And when , ’ asked Ivan pleasantly , ‘ are you two going to make the announcement ? |
| 12 | Flinging herself round and seeing at least three inches of her hair lying on the wooden floor , she yelled , ‘ How dare you ! |
| 13 | Her stick slithering on the flagstones , the old woman halted , swaying . |
| 14 | It was not difficult for Anne since she had been encouraged by her father to practise her clog dancing on the kitchen hearth . |
| 15 | She propped herself up on one elbow and looked down at his face in the starlight , her mind tangling on the mental arithmetic . |
| 16 | But she could n't ask , and she looked away from him , her glance falling on the flowers on the poet Mácha 's statue . |
| 17 | The CEGB did eventually carry out its test drilling on the farm at Luxulyan . |
| 18 | It turned from the storm and from those inside the office block ; its need focusing on the ruined corpse that lay on the pavement next to it . |
| 19 | He defines such sociological groupings as ‘ homogeneous units ’ , which he admits ‘ is an elastic concept , its meaning depending on the context in which it is used ’ ( McGavran 1970:86 ) . |
| 20 | She said school buses come into the village to pick up pupils after parents expressed fears for their safety waiting on the A67 . |
| 21 | Extended quotations from her article drawing on the work of Belotti , Berger , Kuhn , Ricks and Pyke and Levitan and Chanamine will : |
| 22 | She lay with her head resting on the inside of his thigh , and held his limp prick loosely between her tired lips . |
| 23 | Felicity was lying with her head resting on the back of her chair , gazing up at the ceiling , her long legs stretched across her desk . |
| 24 | After he 'd gone Sarella sat still for a few moments with her head resting on the chair-back . |
| 25 | When Fagin left her , Nancy was already back in a drunken sleep , her head lying on the table once more . |
| 26 | Their sweat pooling on the sheet . |
| 27 | They continued on along the line of booths , each with its owner sitting on the counter among his stained , dirty jars like some vast black spider , past the long , carpet-covered benches in front of them with the rows of men drinking coffee and smoking and talking , past the assorted smells of rose and jasmine , amber and banana , past the odd little restaurants with their grand brass jugs of hot water , their servants hurrying with coffee in glasses to some merchant about to strike a deal , past all this and then suddenly through the arch of the Bab es Zuweyla with its two soaring and fantastic minarets and out once more into the Tentmakers ' Bazaar with its donkey-saddles of red brocade and its camel-trappings adorned with cowries and little bits of looking-glass , its gaily-striped awnings and brilliant tent linings . |
| 28 | Consideration of the products is complicated by the fact that invariably they are mechanically dosed , their performance depending on the dosing apparatus as well as that of the machine used and its serviceability . |
| 29 | The historic city of Salzburg is another popular choice , as is the visit to Obergurgl , Austria 's highest parish , with its summer skiing on the eternal snows of the glacier . |
| 30 | She reached for her bag , her hand closing on the bunch of keys , as Jacques brought the car to a halt . |