Example sentences of "be [v-ing] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't need a pee because I 'd been pissing on the Poles during the day , infecting them with my scent and power . |
| 2 | This device depends on the existence of institutions which can actually adjudicate on and , one hopes , resolve disputes in a relatively impartial way on the basis of impartial rules whose decisions are binding on the parties in question . |
| 3 | Mr Fraser had been walking on the moors with his wife and daughter when he was taken ill at about 5.30pm on Sunday . |
| 4 | At this Maria Candida , who had been listening on the stairs , let out a wail of joy at the thought that she would be seeing Portugal again ; Leonora went to embrace her daughter and whisper her blessings , while Gerald , who knew when he was beaten and was never any good in emotional situations , announced that he had important business in the castle yard , and would return as soon as he had attended to it . |
| 5 | ‘ If someone has been living on the streets for a number of years he ca n't switch over to an organized life in a couple of days … it is too sudden . |
| 6 | For its part Thames Water welcomed the report , but spokesman Tom Curtin says the company 's been acting on the sorts of things it 's recommended for some time . |
| 7 | The Conservatives are acting on the issues that affect your local area — in the coming year we will … |
| 8 | ‘ We thought it would make a nice Christmas present and show our borrowers that we are passing on the benefits of the recent rate reductions as soon as possible , ’ says Stratton . |
| 9 | Five minutes by bus and you 're sunbathing on the banks of the Schwarzsee . |
| 10 | We 're checking on the movements of people in this area last night , Mrs … ? ’ |
| 11 | Part of the reason that they 're living on the streets is because of the financing of a foreign debt . |
| 12 | The first one coming up in a moment is the London to Sydney car marathon , we 're going on the roads of India and Australia . |
| 13 | And we take a long range view if you 're heading on the motorways this afternoon . |
| 14 | Having the savories , we 're starting on the savories remember . |
| 15 | One of the things we are doing during International Women 's Celebrations is we 're putting on a jobs and training opportunities fair , in Templar Square in the middle of Cowley Centre erm on the fifteenth of March between ten and four , so any women who want to know how they can get back to work , or what training opportunities there are available , are welcome to come . |
| 16 | Now , when you 're putting on the presents there are little , there are other areas within putting on the presents that you can possibly include like a present 's going on the tree , you happen to see your name in it on the tag , right ? |
| 17 | Today , we 're concentrating on the videos you might have bought in the last 12 months . |
| 18 | This assumes that there is a tension between the causing of serious harm ( death ) and the relatively low fault ( ‘ recklessness ’ , as here defined ) , and that this tension should be resolved in favour of the fault element when we are deciding on the labels of offences , thereby making no reference to the result , but should be resolved in favour of the serious harm when sentencing , increasing the sentence according to the gravity of the resulting harm . |
| 19 | Essentially those who felt themselves to be excluded from power decided to support a perfectly plausible claimant to the throne who had been waiting on the sidelines for such a following to materialize . |
| 20 | Jack and Dieter had stated quite clearly that Alain Gebrec had been lying on the rocks below the belvedere . |
| 21 | It had been a slow job , but as all this had been going on the elvers had been flooding into the basin . |
| 22 | But we are dwelling on the splendours of Augusta , not the frailties of Westminster or Capitol Hill . |
| 23 | … a small wingy , leggy item runs across the screen of the VDU , interrupting my thoughts , which are dwelling on the possibilities of a 1,000-word essay on a woodlice-breeding camp . |
| 24 | And there are also 20 huge panels that are going on the sides of the buses , that kids have also painted . |
| 25 | But , he added ‘ While these people have a right to live as they want , they are infringing on the rights of other people . |
| 26 | The princess has been calling on the skills of an astrologer in the region for the past three and a half years . |
| 27 | Jim Cotterill and Lorrie Austin , who is obliged to play in a police match , are also out , but Andrew Kennedy , the Grammar schoolboy who has been piling on the runs , is available . |
| 28 | Jim Cotterill and Lorrie Austin , who is obliged to play in a police match , are also out , but Andrew Kennedy , the Grammar schoolboy who has been piling on the runs , is available . |
| 29 | I am 23 and for the past three years I have been piling on the pounds without realising it until I finally took a good look at myself weighing in at 12st 3lbs ( 77.5kg ) at 5ft 4ins ( 1.6m ) . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ The poll results are very encouraging and in line with the response we have been getting on the doorsteps of Darlington . |