Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It happened so fast and so drastically that I nearly slid after him , managing only instinctively to pivot on one foot and throw myself headlong back onto the boards still remaining solid behind the hole . |
| 2 | It was far safer politically and economically to sit on the scientific fence . |
| 3 | He had been twice into Ruane 's office , and the first time the block had been polite , and the second time he had been told rather less politely to sit on his hands and wait , like everybody else had to . |
| 4 | He hoped eventually to concentrate on diseases of the mind so he was constantly analysing people 's actions . |
| 5 | May the author once again intrude upon whatever mood his narrative might have established long enough to report on current events ? ’ |
| 6 | The company 's poor performance has been brought about by adverse factors that have dogged Lowndes since it bought out Harris Queensway , which had grown fast in the early 1980s only to fall on more difficult times . |
| 7 | At six I was old enough to go on errands , at seven to go further to pay the rent and rates , make the long , dreary trip to the Cap for the divi . |
| 8 | It is hard enough to cope on invalidity benefits at the moment and any cuts or taxes will make life very difficult . |
| 9 | No well having said that , if you 're fool enough to sit on the side |
| 10 | They are reluctant to waste money on access when ramblers and landowners ca n't get one and sit down together to agree on what 's needed . |
| 11 | Readers might also be interested to hear that Stalin proposed signing a treaty with Morrissey when the time was right , only to renege on any agreement , later resulting in the bloody battle of Stalingrad and the division of The Smiths . |
| 12 | What was he if not the creature who circled that dark silhouette , sometimes letting a wing-tip brush the brickwork , sometimes soaring on an up-draught , better to look down , better to choose , better to fall on the prey ? |
| 13 | The sparkle of spray , the glassy mist hanging over the water were pretty enough to taste on the tongue . |
| 14 | You feel light enough to float on a cloud … |
| 15 | The Profitboss is lit enough to thrive on stress , to take the never-ending pressures , to work exceptionally long hours when necessary . |
| 16 | Other candidates presented themselves : Brassard must know Miller 's End and he might have come to hate being bullied by Newley ; Yorick blamed Newley for his own failings , and was hysterical enough to kill on impulse ; Henry , having predicted Newley 's death , had a vested interest in ensuring that the prediction was fulfilled ; Zaza might have been seduced by Newley and then spurned |
| 17 | But when Zanuck returned and found Preminger at his studio , he promptly fired him from directing Laura , allowing him only to remain on the film as its producer . |
| 18 | Today the Chippendales , put down their bibles long enough to pull on their bicycle shorts and reach for burn . |
| 19 | Miss Blagden duly took the wretched gun and it was she who was kind enough to write on delivering it : — I found your husband very well , Wilson , and as expected by you much agitated over the rumours that another concerted effort is to be made to free and unite his country which subject I may say engages the minds and hearts of his employers hardly less . |
| 20 | Normally , unless you have one of these keys , you would have to call the water company 's engineers if you wanted the mains turned off for any reason — perhaps to work on the mains stopcock inside the house . |
| 21 | One has only to stand on the bridge over the Trannon at Trefeglwys and look upstream to see the stable narrow river coursing elegantly between its magnificent borders of ash and sycamore , and compare this with the immediate downstream reach , which wanders amidst a waste of gravel . |
| 22 | It gives you the opportunity , not only to concentrate on legal work , but also to learn about management and the way institutions work . |
| 23 | ‘ In these circumstances it is not fair and reasonable for building societies and valuers to agree together to impose on purchasers the risk of loss arising as a result of incompetence or carelessness on the part of valuers ’ , he said . |
| 24 | In my view , an unsharp image in colour however beautiful will rarely be strong enough to stand on its own , whereas the same image in black & white can through the nature of the medium , become a tantalising and thought provoking subject . |
| 25 | Pausing only to pull on her boots and recover her other belongings from a shelf near the door , she cautiously slipped out of the room . |
| 26 | Pausing only to pull on the lightweight wrap that lay across the foot of the bunk , she grasped the torch more firmly and peered cautiously around the curtain . |
| 27 | Eventually , I was strong enough to concentrate on tearing the hare into pieces , impaling the joints on sticks , and thrusting them into the glowing heat of my fire . |
| 28 | I started to fix the tongue and groove boarding , and with a few boards in place , felt confident enough to work on the roof . |
| 29 | The division of labour is the division of expertise which depends on the shared assumption that almost all work needs special skills , that we do better to concentrate on our own skills , leaving others to their own , and that this arrangement is functional for the community . |
| 30 | The Faulks Committee would have done better to concentrate on methods for speeding up libel hearings . |