Example sentences of "be [prep] [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our kits are marketed as much for leisurewear as they are for wearing on the terraces . |
| 2 | wo n't be worth going on the bus unless like I said you 've got a great load to carry but then that could be worked out on a Saturday morning , it would mean going down there , after Tesco 's that 's the only thing |
| 3 | So it is good to have these idiomatic recordings to remind us of just how good a pianist he was : in both the Concerto and the Rhapsody , rock-solid technique serves real musicality , and this CD would be worth acquiring on the strength of the Gershwin works alone . |
| 4 | ‘ Would that be from lying on the hall floor with yer nose under the door ? ’ |
| 5 | Thank God he does n't know where she lives here cos he 'll be round knocking on the door . |
| 6 | These advisers are more likely to be accountants , rather than lawyers whose principal role in this respect is likely to be in advising on the interpretation of the statutory provisions rather than on the financial state of the companies which the information reveals . |
| 7 | All shades of opinion are generally represented — some well beyond the pale , others so ‘ colourful ’ that they are beyond inflicting on the magazine 's readers . |
| 8 | Er , we have been in er organising these new seats , about the same time as the Labour government took in nineteen seventy eight , er I said that when I intervened upon him and I say it again it 's worth paying on the records , exactly the same pressures have been on us as were as on them . |
| 9 | ‘ Selling is about getting on the telephone , ’ Brown says , ‘ and using a variety of techniques involving charm , bullying and whatever else you can muster . |
| 10 | The connection between modern architecture and tyranny awaits its historian , but it is worth reflecting on the mentality of Le Corbusier and his acolytes before being too harsh on the servile Romanian architects who competed for Ceauşescu 's favour so that they could take charge of the vast projects he had in mind . |
| 11 | It is worth reflecting on the difference in approach on this question between Callenbach and FAST . |
| 12 | For the moment it is worth concentrating on the shared concern for speech which is typical of both the written arts and , increasingly , of sociology . |
| 13 | My first clear memory is of sitting on the front of his horse as he galloped down a ploughed field , of the earth skittering and turning , and being safe in his arms . |
| 14 | I imagine they walked in silence for some way after that ; putting a new idea into someone 's imagination , even if that imagination belongs to the cleverest young Fellow of the very grandest college , is like turning on the television — it takes a little time for the set to warm up . |
| 15 | Binding off is like backstitching on the machine . |
| 16 | She says it 's like standing on the edge of a crevasse . |
| 17 | Above : Clarissa 's ballgown is from Putting On The Glitz ; hire prices from £45-£95 . |
| 18 | His first known job was of advising on the course alterations at Pyecombe in Sussex in 1902 , but he is better known for designing from scratch some of the country 's most stunning courses — Carnoustie , Dalmahoy , Blairgowrie and Royal Blackheath , plus many , many more . |
| 19 | It was like living on the bottom of a pond . |
| 20 | Sometimes it was like living on the edge |
| 21 | It was like running on the spot . |
| 22 | It was like sitting on the edge of a smouldering volcano , waiting for it to erupt . |
| 23 | The volume , at HK$2.12 billion ( £160m ) , was marginally higher than it was in trading on the market on Tuesday , but it did not suggest a rush of sellers . |
| 24 | When I got home Mum and Dad were in their bedroom together and poor little Allie was outside banging on the door like a five-year-old . |