Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [conj] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This operation was tricky because there was the little matter of taking off my trousers and putting on my shorts . |
| 2 | Without meaning to , I found myself avoiding his eyes , slumping down in my chair and concentrating on the back of the one in front . |
| 3 | Even now I 'm struggling to stop myself going for a jaunt around the room though I know this will inevitably lead to me lying on my bed or sitting on the floor in a mesmerised , trancelike way and staring into nothingness as if stoned . |
| 4 | She 's gon na break my table and sitting on it . |
| 5 | The shower was wonderfully soothing and afterwards she spent a long time drying her hair and putting on her make-up . |
| 6 | More of the gradual deterioration of the relationship into nagging on her part and lying on his . |
| 7 | A YOUNG British woman has been savagely murdered by her lover while working on a kibbutz in Israel . |
| 8 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 9 | Although some could do this through using their savings or drawing on insurances , many could not , with women much less likely than men to be able to support themselves by these means ( Roebuck and Slaughter , 1979 ) . |
| 10 | When I look at these shabby partygoers waving their coffee-cups and leaning on metal-frame chairs , it 's like the plague has settled on them , and they 're twitching out the rest of their time . |
| 11 | They had a considerable army of former lawyers to call upon in parliament , and the comments of the former lord chancellor , Lord Hailsham , that the Government was ‘ thinking with its bottom and sitting on its head ’ caused a flurry or two . |
| 12 | The former Lord Chancellor , Lord Hailsham , was reported as saying that the Government was ‘ thinking with its bottom and sitting on its head ’ . |
| 13 | It fitted her badly , barely skimming her body and catching on her bony hips . |
| 14 | Sadly , the Warnock majority is confused as to its basic philosophical argument , condemning utilitarianism in its foreword but relying on it in justifying its crucial recommendation to allow experiments up to 14 days , only to reject it again in opposing the routine testing of drugs on human embryos at any stage from conception . |
| 15 | Before the war it was estimated that there were 100,000 monks in Burma , supposedly concentrating on religious duties and doing no menial work in their monasteries but relying on daily gifts of food from the faithful . |
| 16 | A beguiling vision of Roedean 's Amanda doing physical jerks in her underwear , touching her toes and running on the spot was interrupted by the telephone . |
| 17 | After washing their hands and putting on hospital gowns and caps , they were able to go in , and found Faye and Bill alone together in the dimly-lit room . |
| 18 | During the first few weeks , it 's important that you spend as much time as possible with a new resident , getting to know them and their family and working on their care plan . |
| 19 | On no account should the patient be allowed or encouraged to get himself around by dragging his foot and leaning on the furniture . |
| 20 | Gary stared at her for a moment , pins spewing from his mouth and catching on the front of his black jersey . |
| 21 | We see Absolon submit to nature once more , when despite his reported courtly wakefulness in his desire for Alison ( 3373 ) , he decides upon a couple of hours ' nap before his waking and playing on the fateful night ( 3685 – 6 ) . |
| 22 | He travelled as a seaman to Sydney where he won the Australian heavyweight title before transferring to San Francisco where he was persuaded by the Earl of Lonsdale to operate in England , a move which enhanced his status greatly , as a contemporary noted : ‘ I knew him in the days of his greatness when sitting on top of the pugilistic world , fêted and lionized , he might well have been excused some slight vanity ’ ( quoted by Henderson , 1949 , pp.20–1 ) . |
| 23 | Jock was on his feet and leaning on the parapet of the trench . |
| 24 | Sean , 32 , is pleased with the biggest break of his career and going on the road with one of his all-time favourite groups . |
| 25 | Similarly , he read pen in hand , constantly writing notes to his staff or commenting on other people 's notes . |
| 26 | Far from drawing in his horns and going on the defensive , he continued to seek out and exploit opportunities for further expansion . |
| 27 | It is evident that only 200 years ago the possibility of educating the deaf and dumb was still regarded by one of the most enlightened representatives of his age as bordering on the miraculous : |
| 28 | I danced rigidly with Giacomo , kicking his shins and treading on his toes . |
| 29 | He threw his energy into doing what he knew he did well — keeping the customer satisfied ( sabotage attempt number three ) rather than widening his market , putting up his prices and concentrating on how to make more money . |
| 30 | Either way , the meaty hunk of French boeuf , who we rate as the screen 's answer to Ian Botham , seems considerably ill at ease as a father trying to fend off the local romeos from his daughter while holidaying on the enchanted island . |