Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv prt] on [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ One look from those eyes when someone had displeased him and we 'd all be walking around on eggshells .
2 I 'm not , you 're not , these days the Blessed Mother , she came back , she 'd be going down on guys right , left and centre .
3 I would n't mention this to your chums — boys can be so cruel — but I shall be coming down on Sports Day .
4 ‘ I always seem to be sitting around on verandas with you , Johnny .
5 The Turbo trains will be springing up on lines throughout the Chilterns and Oxfordshire , the next stop is Aylesbury , with passengers hoping they stay clean as a whistle and on time .
6 ‘ But do n't you feel you might be missing out on things ? ’
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