Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [v-ing] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I changed buses there was just time to get the sweets and bananas — the bananas were very good today ; and on the other bus there was a nice driver who said that if I sat near the front he would let me off at the crossing if he was held up in the traffic , instead of my going on to the bus stop and having to walk back ; because of the rain . ’ |
| 2 | There was a lorr of it going on at the time , y'know . |
| 3 | Going to the committee meetings once a month and then keeping the new mums informed of anything going on within the Central Branch . |
| 4 | Going to the committee meetings once a month and then keeping the groups informed of anything going on within the Central Branch . |
| 5 | Dentdale is superb walking country : the high ridge walks along Rise Hill and Barbon Fell are amongst the best in the Dales , while lower down , the Dales Way long-distance path follows the river for much of its length into Sedbergh , and some of the wooded gills like Flinter Gill , which arc a typical feature of Dentdale , have footpaths along them leading on to the fells or on to the old packhorse routes . |
| 6 | With everything going on about the Poll tax , it 's extremely easy for us to understand how they felt . |
| 7 | No point in me hanging on to the stuff , cos the baby 's grown out of it , that 's it , is n't it ? |
| 8 | In his professed concern for Banquo 's welfare ( III.i.11–38 ) , as in his urging on of the murderers ( III.i.73–139 ) , Macbeth displayed some of his earlier resource in hypocrisy , although the scene with the murderers is laboured , I believe deliberately , to show how energy and invention are gradually deserting him . |
| 9 | We need something dramatic to focus it , either to introduce something which will create a potential for change in this situation ( which will potentially destabilise the situation ) or pick up on something going on in the groups which will have the same effect ; we need to focus on an issue . |