Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [v-ing] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another very common action is pushing down on the legs to propel the body upwards . |
| 2 | if the horse is travelling fast on the road he 's at the trot , I mean it is n't |
| 3 | Two have been built already , and work is continuing furiously on the third . |
| 4 | I 'm taking the Cortina , the clutch is playing up on the Renault . |
| 5 | In March time the new engine is coming out on the Escort . |
| 6 | The ageing NI team is looking back on the key events of the last decade of the millennium . |
| 7 | KINGFISHER , the retail giant which owns Woolworth , B & Q and Comet is expanding again on the high street . |
| 8 | The third one is the , this book is pushing down on the table and the table is pushing up on the book . |
| 9 | Winter barley is ripening rapidly on the heavy lands of North Humberside , and combines were expected to move from mid-week onwards , according to barometer farmer John Fenton , who manages Yokefleet Farms , Blacktoft . |
| 10 | She does have a train to catch — her taxi driver is waiting impatiently on the threshold … ’ |
| 11 | Charles 's earliest memory is playing quietly on the floor with a train set while his mother sat sobbing on the edge of the bed , his father smiling weakly at him in a forlorn attempt to reassure his son that everything was all right . |
| 12 | ‘ The feeling is that time is running out on the talks , ’ Mr Eckhard said . |
| 13 | But now new technology is moving in on the traditional auctions . |
| 14 | The third one is the , this book is pushing down on the table and the table is pushing up on the book . |
| 15 | A renowned rock guitarist is going back on the road with a new band , ten years after leaving the group that made him famous . |