Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was alright at Euston Station on the way up because we had plenty of time for loading — but — on the return journey we could see the train approaching while still careering through the country lanes on our coach . |
| 2 | They were able to make out the locomotive 's smoke-box and cab , and the glare of the fire reflecting through the spectacle plate on the cab front . |
| 3 | This time last year , End 's Atomic Dustbin were opening for The Wonder Stuff on their extensive ‘ Hup ’ tour . |
| 4 | This time last year , End 's Atomic Dustbin were opening for The Wonder Stuff on their extensive ‘ Hup ’ tour . |
| 5 | Although the City Council paid the bill for dry cleaning he never forgot the smell or the indignity of walking through the City streets on a summer evening drenched in manure . |
| 6 | The procedure continues for weeks with the man unable to tell the girl that he still buys the ticket even though he no longer has a car , and the girl not wanting to hurt his feelings by revealing that she is just taking a short cut , walking through the car park on her way to W. H. Smith . |
| 7 | I remember walking through the bus station on my way home . |
| 8 | The Hurricane lost it and flew round for five minutes , going down to 400 feet above the water to avoid appearing on the radar screens on nearby Italian-occupied islands . |
| 9 | For much of its route this circular walk uses the spectacular Pembrokeshire Coast Path with wonderful views of the cliffs , returning to the start point on country paths and minor roads . |
| 10 | They have a marvellous time , but the best thing of all is totally unexpected — a family of sparrows nesting on the zoo gates on the way out . |
| 11 | Doctor Rossitter came and dressed Susan 's arm , which he said was much better ; and in the afternoon Breeze left her sister safely tucked up and she was knocking at the Vicarage door on the stroke of three . |
| 12 | what 's what 's happening at the nursing home on Christmas Day , do you know yet ? |
| 13 | British customers have got used to looking for the date stamp on goods so that they can identify the ‘ life ’ of a product . |
| 14 | Robert Paine , writing in the Pelican volume on Japan , had an answer : |
| 15 | For a while we sat listening to the rain drumming on the roof . |
| 16 | George Underwood : ‘ It was all instigated by David really , because he had been listening to the World Service on the radio and suddenly got the bug to get involved in American Football , and he wrote to the American Embassy asking for more information . |
| 17 | According to the acquisition criteria on our database these could be of interest to you . |
| 18 | According to the hospital bulletin on the Monday afternoon , the condition of Lucy Downes was now officially listed as ‘ comfortable ’ , one notch above the ‘ satisfactory ’ of the Sunday , and two above the earlier ‘ stable ’ . |
| 19 | According to the Senate commission on violence and pacification , Sendero Luminoso was responsible for killing 147 members of civil defence groups in the first 10 months of 1991 . |
| 20 | ‘ Nipples do n't twinkle — you must have fallen asleep looking at the fairy lights on the Christmas tree , ’ she scoffed . |
| 21 | For a moment they were both looking at the gold band on Emilia 's wedding-finger . |
| 22 | They are lying in the marsh grass on the edge of Lonesome Snapper Pond . |
| 23 | It has been called down south for duty owing to the weight restrictions on the Henley branch . |
| 24 | How about us going to the study group on Marx and the Hegelian Fallacy next month in Blackpool ? |
| 25 | You did say was I going to the Swimming Gala on Monday and if I wanted to go along with them to go round before , at least the granny said to go round , but I said I was n't sure what I was doing . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a small diversion , ’ said Rokovssky , peering at the dancing lights on the moving surface of the dark Thames . |
| 27 | Armies of monkeys marching through the jungle roof on swinging arms took fright , too , when they saw the little file of humans and they fled chattering through the upper branches almost as speedily as the birds . |
| 28 | Beneath the embossed title ‘ Scotland ’ , an unfortunate eagle flew ‘ by wire ’ above a painted heathery hill , swooping over the cloth glen on some startled creatures clustered on the plaster earth . |
| 29 | Games of 10 minutes each way will be played between 10am-noon and 1.30pm-3.30pm each day with the competitions , which are sponsored by Puma , switching to the back field on Sunday . |
| 30 | The traffic along Western Avenue had been quiet , and it was only an hour and a quarter after leaving Oxford that Lewis was speaking to the Night Sister on the third floor of the hospital , a neat , competent-looking brunette who appeared rather more concerned about the unprecedented police interest in matters than in the medical condition of her most recent road-casualty , now lying behind a curtained bed in Harley Ward . |