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As if she was on the point of death as some rumors have suggested, the guerillas might be less intransigent.

When it began to rain, he was on the point of leaving for the railway station.

On the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion.

While the procession passed, the child was uneasy, fluttering up and down, like a bird on the point of taking flight.

so that, by the time the captain's party was ready to sail, there were several other whaling vessels on the point of starting.

Two of her girls had been on the point of marriage, and after all there was nothing in it.

"See how near I may have been to another sort of life, " he wrote of himself at 20 when he had been on the point of auditioning as an actor.

But after pumping for one whole night, they were losing the battle against the rising water and were on the point of giving up.

He was on the point of giving up when his father told him that he could go there.

She was on the point of being guilty of a silly speech, so melted was she at heart.

This bubble is not on the point of collapse, but is likely to deflate as funds adjust to the lower returns that are likely going forward.

Throughout the novel, Dickens enlarges on this theme, describing slums so decrepit that whole rows of houses are on the point of ruin.

A century old, it squatted on the point of an old pike that had been bolted to the outer top of the Hold's wall.

The woman stared at him with the look that signifies: "Is the person who is addressing me on the point of going mad? "

He listened to her breathing: she still breathed, but with a respiration which seemed to him weak and on the point of extinction.

Dream, in the dry skies, the sky in just a few drops of rain, on the point of crimson Manshan opened.

You and I are on the point of quitting the theater of our exploits.

and Mrs. Norris thought it an excellent plan, and had it at her tongue's end, and was on the point of proposing it, when Mrs. Grant spoke.

I must let the first one get a good hold and hit him on the point of the nose or straight across the top of the head, he thought.

On the point of view, this paper is divided into two parts of the body and concluding remarks.

You would be surprised to hear how often I watched you, how often I was on the point of falling in with you.

Like a man on the point of dying, it takes unutterable delight in the enjoyment of its agony.

and that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of cutting one another's throats.

However, he could not start at once because he was on the point of flying to India where he would have no time to himself.

When ambulance staff arrived they saw the girl was on the point of giving birth and rushed her to a nearby building where she had her baby.

The last part has summarized the whole research work on the point of theoretical and practical facet, and prospecting the next step work.

In too many countries, the health systems to do that either do not exist or are on the point of collapse.

An ant went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning.

Given the growth of political Islam, and the fact that Mr Pollack deems many Arab countries to be on the point of revolution, perhaps not.

The poor girl did not answer my questions, frowned, and was on the point of tears.

I was about to call on you. I was just going to call on you. I was on the point of calling on you.

He had been on the point of kissing that too tempting mouth, but he checked himself, for tender conscience' sake.

We were on the point of setting when it began to rain.

Libya he insisted, had been on the point of developing its own nuclear weapon.

Perhaps a dozen times George Willard and the strange, shapeless man who lived at his father's hotel had been on the point of talking.

On the point of effective corrosion and reservoir protection, optimized the best using concentrations of different acid.

When I think of what I was on the point of doing, I consider that I am to be envied.

she was dark , small and fat , quite young , with black hair that seemed always on the point of coming down.

This enthusiastic impulse was on the point of becoming poignant for Jean Valjean. He gently removed Cosette's arms, and took his hat.

On the point of contradiction, both face it bravely and do not accused.

As soon as I finished my breakfast , I hastened to the station. But when I got there , the train was on the point of leaving .

On the point of my wanting to make war between the free and the slave States, there has been no issue between us.

On the point of conflict coordination, studies the non-consist scheduling resources among distributed and autonomous entities.

This paper discusses and analyzes the sales strategy of the enfant anti-security products in detail on the point of strategy view.

Jean Valjean was like a man on the point of fainting.

However, on the point of completing it, remember to drop a little bitter medicine into the honey.

The baby was on the point of crying when her mother finally came home.

She was just on the point of going out when the telephone rang.

I was on the point of leaving when it began to rain.

And she sank down as though on the point of death.

And, many researches were concentrated on the point of feature selection and classification algorithm.

hence a redoubled anxiety around that silence whence a catastrophe was on the point of emerging.

This study focuses on the point of view of agency costs to examine the interaction of accounting conservatism and managerial incentive.

On the point of retreading enterprises, the paper analysis the unit economic efficiency of automobile tires.

One can never be sure that it is not on the point of breaking out into action, only sure that it will do so sometime.

They were both on the point of being angry, when a joke made both of them laugh.

The whooping and the roaring renewed themselves, faces seemed on the point of disintegration, tears were streaming.

The thief was on the point of putting his hand into the lady's handbag when the bus suddenly stopped.

On the point of leaving, the door was open.

Based on the point of communication, this research considers portrait as a graphic sign transferring information.

I was just on the point of going when he came in.

On the point of your poor health , you'd better stay at home.

To this end, this paper doing the following research on the point of problems exists in the Bulk-cement Delivery Tank Truck.

ing the battle against the rising water and were on the point of giving up.

He was on the point of winning when he collapsed.

A talk on the point of combination between natural science and "science curriculum standards"

Logic suggests a lot of companies owned by private equity must be on the point of expiring under the weight of their debt.

In Wheat Field with a Reaper (1889), Van Gogh had pictured death "on the point of smiling" .

We were on the point of giving up when the the captain took charge and encouraged us to save the sinking ship.

The two countries were on the point of war due to the diplomatic disputes.

I was on the point of asking who he was, when he told me his name.

(of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse.

He had been on the point of feeling himself go each time.

He was on the point of kissing that tempting mouth, but stopped himself.

I was on the point of calling him when he came in.

I was on the point of leaving when Prudence said: 'Ah! there's the Duke just coming into Marguerite's box. '

We were on the point of telephoning you when your telegram arrived.

She was on the point of leaving when I arrived.

Climate change is teetering on the point of no return while our leaders bang the drum for more growth.

The police arrived on the point of the people sending convict to police station.

On being sent to hospital, he was on the point of breathing his last.

Unlike a brave man, a coward often imagines he is on the point of death when he is not.

After lunch, we crossed the street and on the point of parting, our tightly- crossed fingers pull us back.

She pricked herself on the point of a needle.

As they raced on, he was on the point of kissing her, when she suddenly moved aside, so that he almost fell off.

New equipment profit more than on the point of interest.

Three times during that day we were on the point of giving up.

Concentrate your narrative energy on the point of change.

The employee WAS on the point of quitting his job.

This paper is based on the point of view of our civil servants, their incentive focus on the issue.

Cathy seized precisely on the point of principle.

Perfection is achieved only on the point of collapse.

We were on the point of callin you when your telegram arrived.

be on the point of doing sth. ; have the intention of doing sth.

on the point of resignation; at the point of death.

He was on the point of leaving home when the bell rang.

I was just on the point of leaving when the telephone rang.

The coach is on the point of giving up the game because our team has been scored 7 points.

I'm glad you have come. I was on the point of calling you, but you've saved me the trouble now.

I pricked myself on the point of the needle.

Seedlings have grown too long, and not inserted on the point of death.

She found her uncle on the point of leaving the market.

She found her uncle on the point of leaving the museum.

Everything will be on the point of view of their parents.

He was on the point of leaving.

We were on the point of giving up.

The same influence of public opinion was decisive in the teachers' strike, which was on the point of being settled when I left Peking.

It started raining when I was on the point of leaving home.

I was just on the point of leaving when she came in .

We're on the point of leaving when you come in.

I was on the point of going when you came in.

He was actually on the point of tears.

They disappeared in 1998 on the point of being arrested.

Look! They're on the point of starting!

I am on the point of death. . . . . . Thus I must finish funeral song; I must not it uncompleted.

The phone rang on the point of I left home.

They are on the point of repairing the machine.

I was on the point of calling you, but youve saved me the trouble now.

Has too many people, to certain age on the point of view change, in order to have married marries.

China social work development is on the point of life and death choice.

(be)on the point of doing sth.

As we are on the point of ~ing some important business with them, we should like to know exactly about their credit standing.

I was on the point of telephoning you when you came back.

In Beijing on the road just to eat lunch on the point of departure to Sanyuanli, and Sanyuanli have a large supermarket called Lotus.

I am on the point of going out when it rains.

If the number keys on the use of sub-iron screws, but also on the point of pure oil to prevent rust.

She was on the point of continuing her walk, when she caught a glimpse of a gentleman within the sort of grove which edged the park;

You have done well to come and look at a man who is on the point of death.

Preliminary investigation on the point of the law adjustment of the police right

Research of Family Violence Issues in the Visual Angle of Harmonious Society -on the Point of the Ill-treatment Activity to Children

On the Point of Integration between Theoretical Knowledge and Practical Knowledge in Curriculum of Vocational Education

The electric-field characteristics on the point of a conical conductor

Expound the connection between "Simulacrum" and Postmodern on the point of view of Linguistics;

Discussion on the Selection of the Books Supplier on the Point of Books Bidding

On the Point of Ideological Work of College Students in Network Ages

On the point of view of the dialectical thinking in chemistry of Professor Lu

Viewing the Term Security of Interest Rates on the Point of Risk

The Crime Space of Young Countrymen Concerning the Leisure Time Problems - Based on the Point of Conflict of Culture

Study on the Point of Run-off and the Maximum Retention of Spray Liquid on Crop Leaves

On the Point of Intersection of Conic Section in Parameter Form

Stand on the point of intersection of history and reality

the grooves on the point of UN-normal, rounded redundant;

On the Point of Contact of Strenghthing Leading Cadres'Exercises in Party Spirit

As rumor that it's on the point of announcing

Comments on the system of higher vocational and technical education in China on the point of view of world comparison

He was on the point of telling me the secret when she came

On the point of resignation

The study on the point of city public security layout and plan goal

be on the point of doing

Point on the point of chanting, but also cut songs