Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chancellor and the Prime Minister are patting themselves on the back for the fact that they have managed to reduce British inflation rates to something like the German levels , but there is a difference between the two . |
| 2 | and of course and we would have been patting ourselves on the back saying we could go in under |
| 3 | Just by opting for a more left field occupation you 're putting yourself on the edge a bit It really does take a bit of bottle to do that and find your own way through the maze rather than just go with the flow . |
| 4 | The reason that his brush has stroked not a lot on these pristine pages of late is twofold : firstly , he 's been very busy providing illustrations for the soon-to-be-seen N-Force magazine ( which Europress are launching for Nintendo fans = both of them ! ) , and he 's been sunning himself on the golden shores of beautiful Bali for the past three weeks ! |
| 5 | I know you did n't want to marry me , but ‘ t is not as though I 'm forcing myself on you ! ’ |
| 6 | At this point the student should be supporting himself on his hands and the ball of his left foot . |
| 7 | A good dancing tune now , or else you might be dancing yourself on the end of a rope . ’ |
| 8 | Just because we appear to be gorging ourselves on war coverage does n't mean to say that we swallow it whole . |
| 9 | Hooto ( TM ) may , even now , be congratulating himself on the risks he 's taken , the frontiers he 's conquered . |
| 10 | SHAREHOLDERS in Pacific Horizon Investment must be congratulating themselves on their decision last August to switch the trust 's investment management from Jupiter Tyndall to Edinburgh 's Baillie Gifford , after news yesterday of a 38.8 per cent leap in net asset value per share at halfway , writes George Duthie . |
| 11 | PEOPLE from a housing estate have been putting themselves on the map — and others have the unnerving prospect of coming face to face with themselves . |
| 12 | Even well-established commercial farmers are finding themselves on a cruel treadmill of soaring capital investment , the financing of which can only be serviced by increasing mortgages based on the rising cost of land . |
| 13 | Given time , Boulestin could perhaps with his book of menus have opened the door to organized cooking for thousands of young women who in the thirties were finding themselves on their own in flats and bed-sitting rooms knowing nothing more about how to make a meal than that it ought to taste nice and should not be a bore . |
| 14 | You were congratulating yourselves on the fact earlier , I know . ’ |
| 15 | Somehow , somewhere , she got the impression that they were congratulating themselves on Martin and Rachel 's failure ; on their very irresponsible approach to Phoebe 's education . |
| 16 | They 've shown opposition to the introduction of L M S right from the start and put every obstacle possible in the way of its success , and its implementation , and yet there they were congratulating themselves on how well it was working . |
| 17 | While you were congratulating yourself on dodging Louie , Ambrose had you in view all the time . ’ |
| 18 | On the day arrangements went smoothly and we were settling ourselves on the 1220 ex Llangollen when Colin appeared in person , having done his work in the small hours and put our visit ahead of his sleep ! |
| 19 | He felt the moistness , felt the narrow aperture , then slowly , her eyes never leaving his , she lowered herself down as if she were impaling herself on his flesh . |
| 20 | ‘ Muslims are organising themselves on a nationwide scale , ’ Dr Mohammed Ghayas , editor of Muslimedia , a news service of the Islamic movement , said . |
| 21 | YOUNGSTERS are gorging themselves on junk food — eating up to EIGHT snacks a day . |
| 22 | ‘ So you are bestirring yourself on this case ! |
| 23 | Because shareholders can not tell how hard managers are exerting themselves on their behalf , managers have an incentive to shirk . |
| 24 | All she wanted to do now was get out of here because it was pretty obvious that this woman had known Felipe when he was enjoying himself on the coast and there was definitely something between them . |
| 25 | Burton was hurling himself on the course most likely to tempt and test him to the limit . |
| 26 | Bigwig had raised his head and was supporting himself on his fore-paws alone . |
| 27 | So in the end it would be Maxim 's name on the pieces of paper , not whatever Sims was calling himself on this trip . |
| 28 | While householders fumed in queues to find out how they should pay , he was sunning himself on an Indian Ocean holiday . |
| 29 | The first creature we had seen , a small turtle , was sunning itself on a rock as we climbed into a canoe and paddled and drifted round the green-speared edge of the lake . |
| 30 | It was sunning itself on the path . |