Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] on the surface " in BNC.
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| 1 | In areas where there are vast scatters of finds lying on the surface , it is not practical to collect the finds , but instead the position of the finds are accurately plotted . |
| 2 | It is still outstanding and there are cables and wires lying on the surface making it both unsightly and possibly hazardous . |
| 3 | Ariel starts across the clearing ; the trees and undergrowth , the tangle of roots and flowers have been razed , she must trudge across open ground to reach the sea , which is her aim ; she will walk out on the west side of the settlement 's boundaries , where the stockade has not yet been driven into the beach , past the rinsing and brewing pools which have already come to look neglected , the waterline slimy with weed , the flies hatching on the surface . |
| 4 | The other end of the tank should have a clump of plants floating on the surface . |
| 5 | We passed giant slabs of ice which had buckled up into a cracked swelling over a rock and saw ice discs spinning on the surface of the water like root-less lily pads . |
| 6 | ‘ But imagine , if you are able , watching small creatures floating on the surface of a pond . |
| 7 | They wanted to hug , cuddle , kiss , make daisy chains and watch the ducklings running on the surface of the lake , but one was told to grow up and pay back the beastly Jews who were wicked people and had put daddy Schicklgruber out of work , another that anyone who did n't enjoy riding bare back across Asia splitting skulls was a sissy , the third that all Mensheviks carried a knife up their sleeve and needed purging . |