Example sentences of "[v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already the Fists were disembarking on the double . |
| 2 | Until recently , only the dedicated enthusiasts would identify the components as a B.R. Standard Class 5MT , but since the completion of volunteer Dave Clark 's expert temporary lining and numbering on the exposed cab side , 73156 is now brought to the attention of all train-board visitors . |
| 3 | Both these titles were cover-names for the department responsible for eavesdropping on foreign embassies and trade missions in London . |
| 4 | A recent article in the New Statesman & Society listed some of the current operations at Menwith Hill , including those that involve eavesdropping on Russian and West European telephone calls . |
| 5 | For a start Claridges Hotel , in London 's Mayfair , where the Russians would be staying , was fully bugged by MI5 on a permanent basis ( because so many ‘ interesting ’ foreign guests stayed there ) and it was certainly not going to miss the opportunity of eavesdropping on the two leaders . |
| 6 | Detectives launched the massive operation after eavesdropping on the conversation between a mystery woman and the playboy yachtsman accused of murdering his parents . |
| 7 | SNOOP Cyril Reenan was branded a prying sneak yesterday for eavesdropping on the intimate phone conversation . |
| 8 | PLANS TO PREVENT EAVESDROPPING ON US GOVERNMENT |
| 9 | At times she could imagine she was in an adjoining room at Jackdaw Cottage , eavesdropping on what they said . |
| 10 | Over the next few days , Syrian George taped an assortment of Arab cab-drivers in Tel Aviv broadcasting on taxi frequencies with r bits and pieces of low-level intelligence picked up from observations while driving around town and from eavesdropping on their fares ' back-seat conversations . |
| 11 | ‘ Going round at dead of night , eavesdropping on people 's conversations . |
| 12 | Eavesdropping on process plant could alert engineers to developing problems in time to prevent a serious accident , according to the acoustic diagnostics team at AEA Technology . |
| 13 | ‘ I could n't help eavesdropping on your conversation . ’ |
| 14 | Central News followed their activities over Christmas- our cameras and microphones eavesdropping on a party conversation . |
| 15 | Central News followed their activities over Christmas- our cameras and microphones eavesdropping on a party conversation . |
| 16 | I passed to her the wisdom I picked up eavesdropping on our two eldest sisters , whose lives were then lived in romantic turmoil . |
| 17 | He was to regret this in the future , even to the extent of denying on occasion that he had ever become a naturalised American . |
| 18 | During your lifetime and throughout your body , cells are perishing on your behalf . |
| 19 | After nearly perishing on the moors , she is taken in and cared for by the Reverend St John Rivers and his sisters Mary and Diana . |
| 20 | The company began to talk of passing the winter in the south-west , of hiding the pageant in a barn somewhere and over-wintering on the money they had taken . |
| 21 | Preferring to carry only a light rifle , such as a .22 , and ammunition , but unburdened by other supplies , even water , they chase goats from about 7 am until noon , when they have to quit for the day Sometimes they will put down their guns and stalk a goat , leaping on it to deliver the final coup de grace with a knife . |
| 22 | ‘ Stella Maris , ’ he muttered against her hair , and jumped away like a fish leaping on a bank . |
| 23 | Is this another one leaping on the fashionable let's-destroy-the-party-from-within bandwagon ? ] that — for years — to assert these facts has been heresy . ’ |
| 24 | So when he turned to her casually in the car , and suggested that they call in at his house for some tea before they parted , Folly found herself leaping on the suggestion with almost indecent haste . |
| 25 | Gold lace trimming on the tricorn hat was the only relief . |
| 26 | Some of the more dress-conscious horsemen ordered a special kind of trimming on the leg — an inlet or gusset of black velvet , running from the bottom of the trousers , on the outside , and tapering to a point somewhere near the knee . |
| 27 | All she knew was the assault he was launching on her mouth , his lips commanding , his tongue playful yet deadly serious . |
| 28 | Pizarro had been instrumental in launching on April 2 a new alliance of 13 left-wing groups , Democratic Convergence ( Convergencia Democrática ) , whose leaders were now expected to support Navarro 's presidential campaign . |
| 29 | The meeting marked the 10th anniversary of the SADCC 's launching on April 1 , 1980 . |
| 30 | President Frederick Chiluba faced a growing crisis when two Cabinet ministers who had resigned earlier in the month took part in launching on July 25 of a new party , the Caucus for National Unity ( CNU ) . |