Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | However carefully you are prepared , buying a farm can be an exciting and hectic experience , and there is always the danger of making a subjective judgement or acting on impulse ; it is here that experienced friends are invaluable . |
| 2 | They showed little awareness of , or interest in , HMI surveys and official reports , let alone other published research and writing on primary education . |
| 3 | If you 'd a husband and bairns to occupy yourself with , there 'd be none of this drawing and tootling on flutes . |
| 4 | Meanwhile Stanley made short work of undoing the nuts , pulling off the old wheel and slipping on the new . |
| 5 | ‘ I say to any pensioner in this hall or watching on the television , you have personally been robbed of over £2,000 . |
| 6 | The traditional way involves a public offer for sale with a published prospectus and listing on the London Stock Exchange ; distribution tends to be mainly to investors resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 7 | When the officers were finally allowed to see Oliver , Dr Losberne said , ‘ This is a boy who was shot this morning while walking on a farmer 's property where he should n't have been . |
| 8 | Chodorow 's account implicitly sees social learning as acting on a common , biologically determined cognitive and emotional potential , through common mechanisms . |
| 9 | In contrast , if saving is seen as the outcome of lifetime utility maximization , with workers saving for old age and passing on no bequests , then the results may be quite different . |
| 10 | The Reverie of Poor Susan , cast in the form of a popular song and working on the association of ideas , is not a sentimental ballad but a study of the uprooted personality , forced to live in an unnatural environment . |
| 11 | Our friendly and knowledgeable sales staff will also be pleased to tell you about our many customer services that include free estimating and measuring on carpets , complimentary bedroom planning and design and up to £1000 instant credit . |
| 12 | The distal oral papillae are large scale-like with a pointed free end and arising on the adoral shield and oral plate . |
| 13 | Its as much a part of being a modern-day star as appearing on chat shows or signing autographs . |
| 14 | Do you have an enclosed unlit porch that would give a housebreaker some cover while working on the front door lock ? |
| 15 | The play reconstitutes Mary Frith as Moll Cutpurse , who in turn is used to reconstitute a social order while remaining on its margins — reformed and reforming but not finally incorporated ; hence Moll 's stern yet haunting parting injunction to the assembled ‘ gentlemen ’ of the final scene : ‘ I pursue no pity : /Follow the law ’ ( 252 — 3 ) . |
| 16 | He suggests breaking the school-higher education continuum in some parts of the systems and following the model of the German Fachochschulen and focusing on the nature of student learning and the conditions necessary for its achievement . |
| 17 | Presented below , for example , is a woman interviewed by the London Edinburgh Weekend Return Group , a group of authors working within this perspective and insisting on seeing the state as consumers and producers themselves see it . |
| 18 | Cranston roared ‘ There 's more to this house than sitting on your arse and stuffing your mouth with every bit of food you can lay your sticky little fingers on ! ’ |
| 19 | Sadly the Right has hijacked the moral high ground by diverting attention away from social justice and focusing on issues like homosexuality , abortion and promiscuity . |
| 20 | The difference that is becoming increasingly clear , said Mr Botham , is that farmers are taking a thoroughly professional attitude and concentrating on precise timing of every application . |
| 21 | Thanks to Sybille two local women were hired to do extra cooking and cleaning on these occasions , when it seemed the concept of the extended family had turned the Ashleys into hoteliers . |
| 22 | 8.3 To make payments following disclaimer If this Lease shall be disclaimed and for any reason the Landlord does not require the Guarantor to accept a new Lease of the Premises in accordance with clause 8.2 the Guarantor shall pay to the Landlord on demand an amount equal to [ the difference between any money received by the Landlord for the use or occupation of the Premises and ] the rents [ in both cases ] for the period commencing with the date of such Disclaimer and ending on whichever is the earlier of the following dates : |
| 23 | This act has as much relevance as trading on a dead beetle . ’ |
| 24 | Lying in second place and sitting on a possible £3,000 I decided that two practice sessions were needed and on the Tuesday , a week before the match , I had a day off work ( I left Dek in charge of the shop — yet again ) and headed 70 miles down the M.1. to the canal to try to sort it out . |
| 25 | Using the right sized appropriate screwdriver and WORKING ON ONE SIDE AT A TIME , remove the outside round brushes and plastic gears . |
| 26 | Radio Bangladesh quoted an official spokesman as saying on Aug. 10 that the independent Mecca-based Islamic body , Rabitah , had agreed to fund half the estimated US$50,000,000 cost of repatriation and rehousing , and Pakistan was to make up the rest . |
| 27 | TAKE a magnifying glass when going on walks , said Harold Wakeford , the welcome return guest of the Alresford and District Horticultural Society , at their April meeting in the John Pearson Hall . |
| 28 | However , to interpret play as merely a stage towards , for example , the more satisfactory situation of pure verbal expression while lying on a couch , would be unfortunate . |
| 29 | He spent part of 1842 travelling and sketching on the Continent with the architect Ewan Christian . |
| 30 | Marooned in that room or dawdling on the shore . |