Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had another l pipe , piece of water pipe , which I used as a balancing device , but I found , with the watering pipe you are so stable you feel it 's a shame to be seen holding on . |
| 2 | Clients who rang in during telephone bingo would be kept hanging on indefinitely . |
| 3 | So this was done , and on the very next day fine grapes were found hanging on the youngest brother 's vine . |
| 4 | I saw him when we got picked up off the I mean it was half a lifeboat we were left sitting on . |
| 5 | ‘ Being left hanging on without explanation of what 's happening ’ , that 's your frustration . |
| 6 | Mainz Cathedral is immense and was altered in later periods when the crossing towers were rebuilt in different styles and houses were constructed abutting on to and becoming part of the cathedral flanks . |
| 7 | In the opening sequence he is seen hanging on to the top of a jeep as it careers down the rock of Gibraltar . |