Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laura cried , struggling to sit up on the wide leather rear seat of the large car , where she had been so unceremoniously tossed only a moment before . |
| 2 | Insurance defence lawyers , however , tend to concentrate more on the legal process and procedure . |
| 3 | I will want to come back on the same point that 's just been made , but if before I get to that there are some other points that I think I should make in explanation of the lead we have given , if I may call it that , in putting forward the distribution of the Greater York total . |
| 4 | I should need to go in on the eleventh to clear up I expect . |
| 5 | WordPerfect has given up on the Wild West theme in favour of giving away peagreen baseball hats . |
| 6 | However , I want to concentrate here on the technical work that the Faculty does on behalf , not only of its members , but of the Institute membership as a whole . |
| 7 | From Wolhusen the circular itinerary now continues south on road 10 which has come in on the left ( ie east from Luzern . |
| 8 | But Romania 's official press has reported extensively on the ethnic unrest across the border , while , for example , failing to report on the radical reform and street demonstrations taking place in other Warsaw Pact countries . |
| 9 | JAMES FREEMAN , chairman of the Mid-Hants Railway plc , the company which runs the Watercress Line between Alresford and Alton , has reported favourably on the past six months trading in a briefing for shareholders and members , writes RICHARD BEAN . |
| 10 | THE Princess of Wales seriously considered walking out on the Royal Family , according to royal biographer Andrew Morton . |
| 11 | THE Princess of Wales seriously considered walking out on the Royal Family , according to controversial royal biographer Andrew Morton . |
| 12 | A federal judge is expected to rule soon on the constitutional issue at hand — whether a state-owned institution can bar half the state 's citizens from applying for admission because of their sex . |
| 13 | She tried lying down on the bare mattress , but the whole place felt cold and close . |
| 14 | Many women , through no fault of their own , appear to start off on the wrong foot . |
| 15 | As with most artists who have become mythical personalities in the popular imagination , such attention has focused primarily on the anecdotal and tragic details of Kahlo 's admittedly fascinating life . |
| 16 | Traditionally , language teaching has concentrated only on the three levels of the formal language system — pronunciation , grammar , and vocabulary — and the way in which they function within the sentence , on the assumption that other aspects of communication will follow fairly automatically . |
| 17 | I have only come across one women at the Humboldt University who has worked seriously on the Russian Avant-garde . |
| 18 | With everyone that counts stacking up on the same side , only an optimist would fight for honesty . |
| 19 | The group , with a total of 1,500 customers , has focussed primarily on the financial sector , where it generates 69.8% of turnover . |
| 20 | STUART RIPLEY could hardly wait to get back on the Ayresome Park pitch but , once there , was glad to get off again , writes David Alexander . |
| 21 | The debate concerning the factual consequences of insider dealing has centred mainly on the predictive power of economics . |
| 22 | The name of the game , ‘ Grandmother 's Footsteps ’ is already a hint : the young and fit creeping up on the old , the halt and the lame . |
| 23 | ‘ Terry and I tried to cut back on the silly stories by not doing anything at all , but then they attacked the fact that we were n't doing anything , ’ she said . |
| 24 | Weathering rates and the intensity of leaching depend critically on the total throughput of water and this is likely to be far higher on a steep , well-drained slope than in flat terrain with poor drainage . |
| 25 | Erm but I say there , there were a couple of erm objections that came up during the course of the conversation which really resulted because you , you 'd fallen down on the actual structure , but having said that then again there were two or three examples that you apacked and you got through very well and you , you recovered yourself well on that and , and I say really I think that 's er that 's covered most of the bits that , that I felt were , were there . |
| 26 | Van Gelder had n't made any mistakes about her , Talbot thought , except that he 'd missed out on the wide green eyes and a rather bewitching smile . |
| 27 | This Spotlight reports on a survey of 94 adults ( defined as people aged 20 or over ) who fell into this category and looks at what — if anything — providers might do to pick up on the original expression of interest . |
| 28 | San Jose , California-based Cypress Semiconductor Corp claims performance leadership in the Sparc world with its superscalar HyperSparc , but has been less than successful in gaining design wins against the Texas Instruments Inc SuperSparc — and Cypress has now decided to give up on the unequal struggle . |
| 29 | San Jose , California-based Cypress Semiconductor Corp claims performance leadership in the Sparc world with its superscalar HyperSparc , but has been less than successful in gaining design wins against the Texas Instruments Inc SuperSparc — and Cypress has now decided to give up on the unequal struggle . |
| 30 | Then the main wall of water struck the building , and the shutters burst inwards like reeds , and the salt water rushed white and green into the hall at Orphir , thrusting obstructions aside , while a slap of water , heavy as lead , fell on the thatch and through it , to pour foaming down on the deepening sea on the hall-floor . |