Example sentences of "[vb base] on [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sleep on my own in a big double bed in a big room with a view of the sea . ’ |
| 2 | He was in a filthy mood , first because I 'd suggested he sleep on my floor instead of at Sorrel 's so we could get an early start , then because I 'd made him wear a suit and tie to go with our Yuppie cover ( and because I 'd insisted on the shirt as well ) . |
| 3 | We also generalize about the taste of the discriminating and set up standards , useful as guides as long as one does not credit them with greater authority than a considered choice which violates them , but not without the suspect motives and tyrannical pretensions of standards in morals ; if you show signs of food-and-wine snobbery , I had better when listening to your recommendations take care to distinguish what I sense on my tongue from an affected taste . |
| 4 | The Bill sets that process on its way , and I congratulate the Government on introducing it . |
| 5 | Léonie did not want to watch Thérèse clamber on his knee , twist her blonde curls with one finger , ogle him . |
| 6 | ‘ Now , if you 'll hop out of bed and slip on your dressing gown , we 'll start . ’ |
| 7 | They appear on her single , ‘ House Of The Ju Ju Queen ’ . |
| 8 | Dreadco is appealing for middle-aged identical twins , one to live in the low-pressure laboratory and one outside , while microscopic examination compares the rate at which grey hairs appear on their scalps . |
| 9 | Introduce Suitable Opportunities to clients and contacts whose acquisition requirements are known to us and appear on our database ( BUYERS ) . |
| 10 | Almost unbelievable stories of courage in the face of danger regularly appear on our cinema and television screens , featuring men and women whom an ungrateful country has been only too happy to forget . |
| 11 | Almost unbelievable stories of courage in the face of danger regularly appear on our cinema and television screens , featuring men and women whom an ungrateful country has been only too happy to forget . |
| 12 | Forenames should be printed in full exactly as they appear on your birth certificate and/or passport ; |
| 13 | The similarities that appear on your lists may be an indication that you are well equipped as a couple for a particular occupation or ministry . |
| 14 | Basically when you see ‘ Capcom ’ appear on your screen at the start , press Down , R , Up , L , Y , B and after a few seconds you 'll both be able to choose the same character . |
| 15 | The information is all contained in the columns of figures , but the knitting instructions appear on your console , or Form Computer display , rather than having to be written out in the printed pattern . |
| 16 | He would have smiled and said those are the foibles of innovators , they must be excused , and you are not after all obliged to mop up all those pools of beurre blanc which appear on your plate in such quantity . |
| 17 | The data has been collated from past What Personal Computer reviews and each entry in the data file includes details from the actual review and a reference so you can read all about the ones that appear on your shortlist . |
| 18 | IMPORTANT : Before sealing , copy out — on the outside back of the envelope — the eight key letters in exactly the same order as they appear on your entry coupon . |
| 19 | Therefore , we 're not , other than the specific items that appear on your additions list , we 're not looking for any growth in the base budget at this stage , over and above that that 's already built into your budget base . |
| 20 | I have a few which appear on my living room carpet whenever I watch certain TV programmes . |
| 21 | It 's my intention that they appear on my gravestone . |
| 22 | Most of these names appear on his subscribers ' lists to his series of prints . |
| 23 | He segregates figures from their background normally , even when they appear on his left ( our first study ) , and even when their segregation depends on vertical symmetry ( our second study ) which requires that both the right and left sides of these figures are represented . |
| 24 | This is harassment , plain and simple , ’ she charged him grittily , only to see that insolent grin appear on his face . |
| 25 | Baldwin , following the conclusion of certain pacts with Philip Augustus , sought to extricate himself from the possible threat of excommunication and interdict on his lands which he had accepted at the time of the agreement if certain conditions were not fulfilled . |
| 26 | And on P22 , they report on their flight to the plant in the company 's top-range business single , the Trinidad TB20 . |
| 27 | I report on its progress ( or lack of it ) , that is all . |
| 28 | Those who report on our deliberations in this place have predicted that our exchanges over the next few months will be blighted by charge and counter-charge , by accusation and counter-accusation , and by statistics from both sides crossing each other in the night . |
| 29 | A few go to a kind of " halfway house " , of which there should be many more , which usually consists of four or five small flatlets which girls either share or occupy on their own . |
| 30 | Make up your ferri. solution fairly dilute and test on your test strip before applying to your finished image . |