Example sentences of "[vb -s] on [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think I 'll have to do some rewrites on my part . |
| 2 | Burns units are weird places because all the staff are in masks and visitors have to wear hats and covers on their shoes . |
| 3 | Relatives who are carers may also find that the requirement for professional support to be given locally infringes on their own rights to privacy . |
| 4 | The internal management rule does not assist a third party which has dealt in good faith with an organisation which then defaults on its debts . |
| 5 | Deacon 's work clearly stands on its own . |
| 6 | Then , when it is ridden in the show ring , or it sees something possibly threatening , its anxiety peaks — it promptly stands on its hind legs or pulls its tongue back over the bit . |
| 7 | Leaving the castle behind you , turn left down the hill and look out once more over Prague , over the Malá Strana or Lesser Town founded in 1257 ( see p. 68 ) and up to the right where the great Monastery of Strahov ( see p. 64 ) stands on its own . |
| 8 | This katydid ( opposite ) , a kind of grasshopper , stands on its head to display its own version of a warning display . |
| 9 | The use of different flowers for each picture means that each design stands on its own but when the pictures are placed together it is obvious that they form a pair . |
| 10 | As soon as it stands on its own it ceases to be a clause and becomes a simple sentence . |
| 11 | who is never led but stands on his own ground , |
| 12 | you know he 's short and ugly an and the other lady says to her but er you should see how tall he is when he stands on his wallet . |
| 13 | Bassist Jennifer — 12 hours ' sleep in three days , we reckon — adding : ‘ I 'm having a really bad night tonight and I do n't know what it is , but the next person who smacks the mic or stands on our gear … |
| 14 | the world stands on our table : |
| 15 | When I lock along my collection of phrenology books , including titles such as The Brain and How to Read It , and run my fingers with affection over the porcelain phrenological head that stands on my filing cabinet , I often wonder what future generations will make of today 's psychologists . |
| 16 | ‘ Would you tell me not to touch the little Degas horse that stands on my desk ? ’ |
| 17 | She said , opening her eyes , Rings on her fingers , bells on her toes … ’ ' |
| 18 | Back in Maya flat , in the red-brick downtown studio complex , a young local kid rings on his Ansaphone begging May to listen to his music . |
| 19 | Even though the purchase order accepts on its face all of the terms of the seller 's quotation , and even if the quotation had the status of an offer , the purchase order will not qualify as an acceptance . |
| 20 | They swapped all the babies round and removed the name bands on their wrists . |
| 21 | Seasun Tentrek has dropped under-occupancy surcharges on its apartments and tents for any holidays taken after August 21 , which can make a considerable saving . |
| 22 | Michael looks on his new play as a celebration . |
| 23 | In 1856 he exhibits on his lawn a stuffed crocodile he has brought back from the East : enabling it to bask in the sun again for the first time in 3,000 years . |
| 24 | The Apostate almost chokes on her own laughter . |
| 25 | Though he lives on its doorstep , so to speak , Vic has never been inside the place . |
| 26 | If she lives on her own and poor health has robbed her of a normal social life , it is to be expected that her loneliness may have created such a build-up of unexpressed thoughts , feelings and opinions that she may need to talk herself to a standstill before she is ready to converse with you , and interest herself in anything you have to say . |
| 27 | Will the Prime Minister tell the House where my constituent Joanne , who is on a vocational course , receives £35 a week , lives on her own through no choice of her own , occasionally goes without food and sits in the dark because she has no coins for the meter , fits into his citizens charter and the classless society ? |
| 28 | She lives on her own . ’ |
| 29 | Neither are victims of racial harassment always poor women : Ms Z is divorced , lives on her own , and was fortunate enough to secure her home as part of the divorce settlement . |
| 30 | My sister , who is 80 , lives on her own and takes no tablets . |