Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [pron] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | In Home Corner areas , replacing lids , using cups with saucers or hanging them on hooks provided . |
| 3 | Less practical is physical destruction like squashing or bashing them on the head . |
| 4 | While I ca n't condone this sort of cheating Mr Unce , I have found two very good methods are tucking them down your sock or writing them on your shirt cuff . |
| 5 | Then , unable to contain the drive and enthusiasm building up inside us , Enrique went alone , leaving me to dither between living the moment or trapping it on film . |
| 6 | The pervading atmosphere is one of the 1910s and 1920s , and the tone is set by the holiday houses hiding , like Undertown , among macracarpa trees , or braving it on the cliff with their faces looking to the Atlantic . |
| 7 | Please or thank you , or complimenting someone on their effort , does n't seem to come naturally to many managers or supervisors . |
| 8 | Please or thank you , or complimenting someone on their effort , does n't seem to come naturally to many managers or supervisors |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The activities include befriending the elderly or taking them on day trips , re-creating trails and footpaths in National parks , organizing and running barge holidays for mentally handicapped children , and ‘ greening ’ inner cities by developing disused allotments . |
| 11 | It had been so dry that two days under the warm sun had been enough without letting it stand in stooks or draping it on the hedges . |
| 12 | I notice that even when you are simply listening to music on tape or watching it on the TV monitor when you are editing you are still breathing with the music even though you are not conducting it . |
| 13 | or watching it on the radio or television . |
| 14 | It was obvious that hammering a Strat into the stage or setting it on fire meant nothing in financial terms to our heroes . |
| 15 | Decisions are usually reached by consensus , rather than by a senior manager taking a decision and selling it or imposing it on his subordinates . |
| 16 | Does he feel that he might try to persuade Mr. Collins at their next meeting to devote a little more time to the containment of that particular problem rather than wasting it on demands that a policeman accompany every Army patrol in Northern Ireland , presumably to ensure that the Special Air Services remember to say ’ please ’ and ’ thank you ’ to any civilian they may encounter ? |
| 17 | One trainee on a course for people looking for employment commented that seeing himself on video in a mock interview was an experience that changed his life . |
| 18 | ‘ We are glad the owner has handed over the pictures of his own free will rather than selling them on the Western art market . ’ |
| 19 | But for him to go self-employed will cost him more money than doing it on the bl black market . |
| 20 | In fact such behaviour constitutes an act of discrimination and it should be noted that discrimination on the grounds of nationality , for example giving a preference to British goods as opposed to French goods rather than treating them on their merits , is an offence under Article 7 of the Rome Treaty . |
| 21 | The demand for money refers to the desire to hold money : to keep your wealth in the form of money , rather than spending it on goods and services or saving it by purchasing financial assets such as bonds or shares . |
| 22 | Bowes Museum is an art museum not a theme park , exercising children 's eyes and minds — their curiosity , powers of observation and fledgling intelligence — rather than taking them on a rollercoaster ride . |
| 23 | She said that putting him on bute straight away would reduce the inflammation and alternate hot and cold compresses would also help . |
| 24 | There are not many harsher disappointments in county cricket than finding yourself on the outside looking in , as was the case with another Robinson — Phil — at the start of this season following his acrimonious departure from Yorkshire . |
| 25 | ‘ If you come across Amy , I think it would be best if you put her in touch with me rather than trying anything on your own . ’ |
| 26 | You 'd have thought that re-creating it on stage would have the same effect on a modern-day director . |
| 27 | But many hospitals have ‘ built-up ’ pockets of specialisms and she does not think that concentrating them on fewer sites would mean the loss of centres of excellence . |
| 28 | By now , having experienced the sensation of flying , he felt that his future was in flying the aircraft rather than servicing them on the ground ; in April 1934 he was finally accepted for pilot training . |
| 29 | It presented a far better opportunity for an unsolved murder than killing her on his own premises . |
| 30 | The thing is maybe they could keep their extraordinary lifestyle to themselves that way rather than imposing it on other people |