Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pers pn] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have I said something , then ? ’ he asked , taking off his cap and overcoat and hanging them on the door peg . |
| 2 | ‘ Like some coffee ? ’ said Wilcox , taking her coat and hanging it on the back of the door . |
| 3 | They 'd been designing tube amps for decades , and manufacturing them on site , whereas other companies were perhaps wanting to get into the tube amp market from scratch . |
| 4 | Then one morning I did not go early for my paper , and seeing it on the mat Cedric brought it to me . |
| 5 | In the Daily Graphic in 1925 Mr Overbeck claimed that ‘ since completing my apparatus and using it on myself , I have practically renewed my youth . |
| 6 | She was always cutting pictures out of magazines and sticking them on her wall . |
| 7 | Like tying a bottle on the door and sticking it on the window and knock the door and they had to come , crash the bottle would go . |
| 8 | Among the solutions proposed at the conference were increased emphasis on sustainable logging and the production of finished wood products , a halt to exports of raw logs , retraining loggers and employing them on repairing damaged forests and rivers . |
| 9 | By talking to him all night and keeping him on his feet , Luke had saved Spike 's life , only to have him try again successfully a week later when the story finally hit the press . |
| 10 | It will be helping with localisation and pushing it on Apple Computer Inc 's Power Book line . |
| 11 | Earlier , a former police consatble , Patrick Stennett , told of stopping Hagans and searching him on a footbridge between the council office and a staff car park , half an hour before Mrs McGurk died . |
| 12 | After a quick wash she dragged on an old pair of jeans and an equally ancient navy sweater before emptying the bucket and replacing it on the dresser . |
| 13 | Every month , Asmar 's secretary would take the Sunboat from Jounieh to Larnaca to collect the payroll from Coleman for distribution within the network , each cell member then signing his cheques and counter-signing them on presentation to a Lebanese bank for payment . |
| 14 | The Spirit who inspired their writing is perfectly well capable of taking some part of them and writing it on our hearts so that it becomes an inescapable pointer to a particular course of action . |
| 15 | Had the Presbytery been selecting candidates and foisting them on the DUP , Smyth 's view would be more plausible . |
| 16 | ‘ Very poor , ’ said the barman , taking my titfer and perching it on his head . |
| 17 | He picked up one of the ashtrays and sat down in an armchair , crossing his legs and balancing it on his knee . |
| 18 | ‘ We know that , Mr Vigo , ’ he said , wrenching his eyes away and fixing them on an eggshell thin service , made to contain jasmine tea . |
| 19 | I remember boiling the milk and pouring it on the tea leaves . |
| 20 | With shareware you have ample time to try before you buy , discovering all the programs abilities , and testing it on your own computer . |
| 21 | He could think of nothing but disguising himself and rushing her on a dark night . |
| 22 | On a personal level , Stevenson has an interest in buying National Hunt foals and yearlings and selling them on as three or four-year-olds ; some are kept for racing . |
| 23 | Walter made quite a business from stealing rationed food from the grocer he worked for and selling it on the black market , while Theo dealt mostly in men 's clothes which he shifted on to a second-hand dealer who paid ready cash . |
| 24 | This role will involve further service development of the factory deep cleaning service with the aim of promoting and selling it on a nationwide basis . |
| 25 | This process simply involves , for each student , assembling the details of hours , days and rooms for each assigned set for each module , and printing it on a grid on a timetable form . |
| 26 | Instead she lifted her hair with both hands , smoothing it up from the nape of her neck and piling it on top of her head in a soft copper mound . |
| 27 | Would you say that cutting meat and getting it on the shelf every day , takes your department forward ? |
| 28 | ‘ I am afraid that I can not venture an opinion as to the length of the weapon , until my examination , ’ he said , withdrawing the probe and wiping it on his apron . |
| 29 | Trrrrrrrrrrrrrfffaow ! ’ and kicking it on the run , blasting a dirty fountain of sand and jelly up and around mc . |
| 30 | It is truly a privilege to follow a maiden speech , and I am sure that I express the view of right hon. and hon. Members in all parts of the House in extending a warm welcome to the hon. Member for Hemsworth ( Mr. Enright ) and complimenting him on his words . |