Example sentences of "[adv prt] on some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kenneth Clarke , the home secretary , agreed to back down on some of the ‘ absurd ’ aspects of the government 's criminal justice reforms . |
| 2 | They sat down on some chairs by the window , and looked out across the Rivoli Gardens . |
| 3 | But when I bent down on some pretext and could see into his face it seemed possible that he was laughing at himself as well as flustered . |
| 4 | We were living in a period of change and he wanted to avoid the danger of rejecting courses of action merely because they had been considered and turned down on some earlier occasion during his leadership . |
| 5 | Thing is I 've got to try by turning those volts down on some of them |
| 6 | It 's like the same issue we talked about the three year plan projects if necessary we 'll have to slow down on some of the projects , certainly to get through this budget year intact . |
| 7 | All that happens is that the animal waits until the treated garments are discarded and then homes in on some other , more suitable surface . |
| 8 | Not some dubious doctor ( all professions have their black sheep ! ) cashing in on some personal theory totally unsupported by scientific evidence . |
| 9 | When the Institute 's working party on openness reported to Council at the beginning of the year ( see ACCOUNTANCY , February , p 13 ) , it endorsed the idea of letting the sunshine in on some of the Institute 's important but less controversial public interest functions . |
| 10 | The Christian belief that a house of God should be open to everyone precludes the Church from cashing in on some of its most beautiful assets . |
| 11 | He recalls in On Some of the Mental Affections of Childhood and Youth ( 1887 ) that in early life he had seen that ‘ children who were afflicted by mental alienation or mental incapacity of any kind ’ were categorized as idiots and considered incapable of responding to help . |
| 12 | Lloyd Grossman shares the fun he 's had in making the series and lets us in on some behind-the-scenes secrets . |
| 13 | You see when Steve used to erm come down to Selby I mean there were , there were occasions when I used to go into the college with him and sit in on some of his interviews . |
| 14 | When Superintendent Pumfrey arrived , charging in like a drill sergeant-major bursting in on some particularly slack recruits , he found the local Cullbridge Police already well into the routine work , with the Crumwallises fussing around upstairs and downstairs , vocal but ineffectual . |
| 15 | And if you want to collect ready made salad type things from M&S I am sure you can eat in on some evenings by arrangement , depending on our social plans . |
| 16 | Next week he will allow his hounds to close in on some 13 leading politicians , including the prime minister , Mr Noboru Takeshita , and the former prime minister , Mr Yasuhiro Nakasone . |
| 17 | It seems that the listeners , both black and white , were able to home in on some as yet unidentified aspect of the phonology of these two adolescent boys which identified them as black . |
| 18 | I was talking to someone who knows a Leeds solicitor who is involved with the club and he was allegedly letting this colleague in on some inside info . |
| 19 | Possibly to try and get in on some long balls 1 on 1 with Koeman as Holland push forward late in the game . |
| 20 | To tell us about the the little problem we reported on , reported on something we want to look at , we can home in on some activity . |
| 21 | somebody , again like you say to er some of the students that say , can we come in on some of your interviews . |
| 22 | More than 80 children came along on some days , and many people said they hoped it would become an annual event , she said . |
| 23 | The handsome summer plumage of chocolate-brown head and neck may be coming through on some adults already , but birds which are not in good condition may not attain full breeding plumage until late spring — if at all . |
| 24 | He showed us his collection of guns , taking them down from their racks and handing them out to us as if we were about to set off on some dangerous mission . |
| 25 | ‘ Whoever woulda thought a lad could leave such a pretty little gal to go off on some faraway adventure , eh ? ’ |
| 26 | off on some solo . |
| 27 | Pity about Agnes Algar could have gone a long way in the Service but went charging off on some unauthorised stunt in America typically female in the end trying to save the career of some soldier who 'd got himself … |
| 28 | And once in a while Elvis did dash off on some divine business or other . |
| 29 | It was almost invariably the same : halfway through any case Morse would be off on some improbable and complicated line of thought which would be just as readily abandoned as soon as a few more facts emerged . |
| 30 | Her cheeks were pink with excitement , her eyes shiny and bright , as though she was getting ready to go off on some adventure . |