Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
| 2 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green . |
| 3 | Catching on to the coat tails of the downsizing rush just in time , CA said that it was surprised by the demands from its users for it to develop migratory and Unix-based applications — a far cry it admits from its traditional stronghold in the mainframe market . |
| 4 | Somehow I ca n't see it catching on in the way Play-Doh did . |
| 5 | He looked across the table at Meryl , who was giving a good impression of hanging on to every word Lee said . |
| 6 | Berger pulled himself up , hanging on to the marble top and the gypsies started to laugh . |
| 7 | Pippin , our four-year-old daughter , and Paul , two-and-a-half , were becoming a little cranky and tired of hanging on to the cockpit coamings . |
| 8 | Hanging on to the cliff face by his nails , gaining small purchase on it . |
| 9 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 10 | She pulled herself up to the level of the bonnet by hanging on to the wing mirror then snatched at a scrap of folded paper . |
| 11 | My eyes shut , I could see that napkin fluttering down through the mushroom cloud . |
| 12 | He was leaning against the parapet rail , gazing down at the brick terrace several floors below . |
| 13 | Tucking in at the Cork District Social function held in Clancy 's Bar on Wednesday , 7th April 1993 . |
| 14 | They were extremely grateful to the Government for stepping in with a £140 rebate because they saw their aunts , uncles , friends , cousins and others elsewhere in the country paying a great deal less . |
| 15 | And Jackson , who caused upset when he held his nose after touching down in the Ivory Coast , plans to perform extra dates in Africa . |
| 16 | And the singer , who caused upset when he held his nose after touching down in the Ivory Coast , plans to perform extra dates in Africa ‘ to make amends ’ . |
| 17 | Scott brought his hand crashing down on the desk top , his face pale with rage , the vein at his temple throbbing . |
| 18 | He said that his men were held back by the heat of the fire , which stripped plaster from the walls , burnt floorboards and brought ceilings crashing down onto the ground floor of the semidetached house . |
| 19 | Scraps of paper , issuing from the city , came twirling in through the cab window . |
| 20 | From this angle , stepping down with the altar candles behind him , his high shoulder and the bulge behind it scarcely broke the symmetry of a body beautifully compact and admirably handled . |
| 21 | These people are afghans … a few of the one million who fled the rockets raining down on the capital city , Kabul . |
| 22 | There were people everywhere , rushing to the bars , crowding on to the dance floor , filling all the chairs and tables . |
| 23 | If you have time , it is worth climbing on to the observation terrace on the site of the tiny Chapel of Holy Mary of Einsiedel which was part of the Theatine Monastery below . |
| 24 | Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs . |
| 25 | Signing on to the DSD scheme , for instance , puts one more barrier in the way of a foreign firm wanting to sell in Germany . |
| 26 | So far , that legal impasse has kept the proposed sites in Japan and France from officially signing on to the exhibition tour . |
| 27 | They were the sorts of contacts that you have when you 're signing on at the Employment Benefits Office , when you 're going to a job interview erm and often these are very negative because the experience of signing on is n't a very pleasant experience at all ; most job interviews , unfortunately , end with a rejection erm so a lot of these non-routine contacts were quite negatives ones for people . |
| 28 | She 'd got the job after being made redundant and signing on at the job centre . |
| 29 | Leaping on to the cabin top , he dropped the sails . |
| 30 | Tell you what , Jacqui and I were thinking of tootling on to the midnight matinee at the Parthenon after this lot . |