Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The element of playing to the gallery is conserved in the way they portray the fight as a piece of street theatre , with the adults cheering them on from the balconies , while the girls offer silent support , as the boys defend the honour of the white community against the ‘ black invasion ’ . |
| 2 | The big man has been in a clinic since breaking a leg against Crystal Palace last week and the only way he can join in the Reds rise is by cheering them on in front of his telly . |
| 3 | So their own minister held a service at the station , and the agent gave them a good dinner cheering them on in Gaelic , at which they wept , and they went on to settle at Moosomin , where they lived happily ever afterwards . |
| 4 | Once they had turned the Mount , with the full span of the ice shining before them , the two men gathered pace , at once in harmony and contention , drawing vigour from the presence of the young woman between them , who cried out , not in fear but encouraging them on to greater exertions . |
| 5 | They 'll be easing me on as the new presenter so as not to put too much pressure on me . |
| 6 | Almost imperceptibly the practice began of signing them on for voyages to Britain , Europe and North America so that the numbers of Chinamen and Lascars on ships based in these areas gradually increased and with it the Chinese , Indian and half-caste population of such ports as Cardiff and Liverpool . |
| 7 | Planting consists merely of tossing them on to the surface of the water . |
| 8 | He kept twisting himself on to the side of his affected lung , but did not wake when I altered his position . |
| 9 | Nothing could dent the self belief that was driving her on to new heights . |
| 10 | Her smile slowly broadened , then , without warning , she launched herself at him , knocking him on to his back , her kisses overwhelming him . |
| 11 | She could feel his light-weapon burning off her skin , charring her bones , slinging her on to some meat-heap to be reassembled from scrap . |
| 12 | He had then polished off Duncan 's leftovers before driving him on to the hotel . |
| 13 | Hazel and the others followed as best they could , with Pipkin limping and staggering behind , his fear driving him on in spite of the pain in his paw . |
| 14 | The former Spurs full-back , whose Wimbledon team were among the originators of the direct approach , complained : ‘ Leeds hoofed the ball about 50 times further than we ever did and relied on John Lukic knocking it on to Lee Chapman 's head for about 70 per cent of their attacks . ’ |
| 15 | She shivered suddenly , and her arm caught the folder of photographs , knocking it on to the floor . |
| 16 | We 're just a few miles away from the Meadowses ’ place , ’ he added , reaching forward to extract a map from the glove compartment , and tossing it on to her lap . |
| 17 | The moral panic crystallises widespread fears and anxieties , and often deals with them not by seeking the real causes of the problems and conditions which they demonstrate but by displacing them on to ‘ Folk Devils ’ in an identified social group ( often the ‘ immoral ’ or ‘ degenerate ’ ) . |
| 18 | They happen to do something where there is an enormous organization geared up to pushing them on to a pedestal . |
| 19 | Some more guests arrived and pushed by me , pushing me on to her . |
| 20 | She must be re-living her sad memories with such concentration that she was somehow passing them on to him . |
| 21 | The goods always cost more than the mere monetary price ; and it is the object of the system to externalise these costs , by passing them on to the poor or to the impaired resource-base of the earth , and by inviting even the rich to live in collusive dissociation from the costs they , too , must pay . |
| 22 | If these two signals differ significantly in level , you will need to balance them up at the mixer before passing them on to the camcorder . |
| 23 | The Institute is concerned , however , that the duty may lead to over-reporting by auditors or to unnecessary formality in preparation of reports , which could cause delay in passing them on to the Bank . |
| 24 | When they reach their destination , the driver stops the car beneath a rare working streetlamp and his passenger feels a tremor of recognition , but is reassured by Valentin that he has heard all the jokes before and he wo n't be passing them on to his mother . |
| 25 | The process of endorsing Notes and passing them on to pay for goods or services from business to business is still quite common . |
| 26 | As the dancers changed partners , set to each other , backed away , then set again and spun with crossed arms , Donald McCulloch became masterful , gripping the girls ' hands strongly , spinning so hard that the balls of their feet ached on the cobbles , and passing them on with an almost lordly flourish of his arm . |
| 27 | Oxford , at 34 , with coach Pat Sweeney urging them on from the Oxford launch , began to assert their full power off Duke 's Meadows , drawing ahead while Cambridge , at 35 , began to look vulnerable . |
| 28 | Mine varied from too large to too small but I was encouraged by the laughter of the women around me and their urging me on with ‘ good , good ’ or ‘ work , work ’ . |
| 29 | It is urging me on over the years bidding me neglect those that were without Cathenne , where as I set out to tell the story of my life , the dull with the bright , the gray with the green , all the Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays of it at least sufficiently to suggest them . |
| 30 | Tallis could not see clearly but he seemed to be pushing something on to the staff , working it round until , with a crack , it slid into position . |