Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm this one is slowly closing on that one , this one is catching up on this one at quite a rate of knots . |
| 2 | How the Queen is cracking down on young Royals |
| 3 | While pregnant Senada Causevic and her four children begin to recover from their months of hell , Bob is mugging up on Russian so he is better able to share the fears and hopes of his new friends . |
| 4 | The range of the job varies from agency to agency , but basically it involves : progress chasing , making sure that jobs are taken through their various stages on time ; production , making sure that jobs go to and from studios and publications in the appropriate form , and the appropriate sizes and shapes ; and record-keeping , ensuring that a record is kept of what is going on on each account and every job done for that account . |
| 5 | And if they say well , we want erm seventy five different locations served with crisps stands by ten o'clock tomorrow because our advert is going out on national T V tomorrow can we do it ? |
| 6 | Barred by law from taking an official Cabinet job , the next First Lady Hillary is sitting in on all the meetings of her husband 's transition team , helping to map out policy and pick his Cabinet . |
| 7 | It 's not just that your inability to go out is restricting your life ; as you say , your daughter is missing out on many of the events and activities that help a child 's emotional and social progress . |