Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Less practical is physical destruction like squashing or bashing them on the head . |
| 2 | This role will involve further service development of the factory deep cleaning service with the aim of promoting and selling it on a nationwide basis . |
| 3 | Once , when we were going up one of the main avenues in the city a lump of thawing snow fell from a tree under which we were passing and hit me on the face . |
| 4 | The sergeant followed him in and found him smoking and put him on a discipline charge — idling his time . |
| 5 | Pulling a little face , she carefully folded the tea-towel she 'd been using and laid it on the work surface . |
| 6 | Your third option is to make up what you want by adding small decorative mouldings to plain stock , gluing and pinning them on as appropriate to create the cross-section you want . |
| 7 | The importance of locational specifications in general can be gauged from the fact that there seem to be two basic ways of referring to objects — by describing or naming them on the one hand , and by locating them on the other ( Lyons , 1977a : 648 ) . |
| 8 | Ford is testing a sophisticated electronic security system on cars used by its own executives before deciding whether to standardise it on all high performance models . |
| 9 | The sergeant came in beaming and congratulated me on doing a fine job . |
| 10 | We have grown accustomed in political life to arguing about social and political institutions in a certain way : by attacking or defending them on grounds of justice or fairness . |