Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] they [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned our closed circuit cameras onto the flag-wavers and they appeared on the huge screens above the stage . |
| 2 | And the things is , they always laugh , they 're always laughing when they get on the train |
| 3 | The Easoe scientists said that the ozone loss was more serious than they had expected when they embarked on the £14 million experiment in late 1991 . |
| 4 | The corporation was sustaining appalling production losses and Finniston wrote to each of the trade unions suggesting that they meet on the neutral territory of a Heathrow hotel . |
| 5 | The two men picked their way along the line with the aid of a torch , but before they reached the bridge the Sergeant switched it off suggesting that they tread on the wooden sleepers and as softly as possible . |
| 6 | She says that they banged on the doors , and got them out . |
| 7 | But more than 2000 were made and they appear on the second hand market from time to time . |
| 8 | The Nones were so named because they occurred on the ‘ ninth ’ day before the Ides . |
| 9 | Owners are allowed to discriminate when they live on the premises and share facilities such as the kitchen and bathroom with the tenants . |
| 10 | At the end of our period John of Salisbury wrote his Historia pontificalis , with its centre in Rome and the curia — a chronicle of events seen as they impinged on the eternal city ; and he talks much less of pilgrims , much more of diplomatic visits and of litigants . |
| 11 | This they had done when they descended on the genteel town of Winchelsea . |
| 12 | It was raining and they travelled on the bus in silence . |
| 13 | They do not have the wherewithal to carry out the administration and paperwork or to watch over them and ensure that they learn on the job and produce an effective piece of craftsmanship . |
| 14 | Now we 're on the road , er , let's see what other goodies we 've got over here going on , oh , yes , we 're checking out how well people are being briefed before they came on the course . |
| 15 | The Pentland Hills are viewed increasingly as an area with high recreational potential , lying as they do on the very doorstep of Edinburgh . |
| 16 | Sorry , the only one I eh , I eh got this idea was when I first took this up I went into the hut in the town , and I picked up the booklets , you know that they have on the counter , and in one of these booklets it had that the vet 's were now I do n't know what I 'm , I 'm very lost for everything like this , but they 've kept and therefore if your animal needed , your pet needed treatment it would be done by the private vet 's and eh , mon the money would be re would be reclaimed by the vet from the R S P C A , and I think that gave to erm . |
| 17 | The train joggled and they fell on the seat , clasped together . |
| 18 | May I thank the Prime Minister for allowing his Ministers to vote as they wish on the Wild Mammals ( Protection ) Bill on Friday 14 February , St. Valentine 's day ? |
| 19 | Yields on investment projects are notoriously difficult to estimate since they depend on the future demand for the firm 's products . |
| 20 | Managers in the companies we studied recognize that they depend on the inputs of those who know . |
| 21 | When they consume mushrooms Night Goblin shamans deduct -1 from their dice score when they roll on the ‘ Eadbangerz Chart . |
| 22 | English people , relying as they do on the creation of an invisible but supposedly recognizable barrier of reserve to ensure personal privacy in public places , have always been particularly appreciative of this form of tact . |
| 23 | What is less clear is the extent to which a demonstrable need must be proven before they insist on the adoption of otherwise practicable control measures . |
| 24 | Mungo accepted and they sat on the bed . |
| 25 | And this is a Sotino which is a quality brand in those days , I , I , do n't know if it still is , I assume it is , erm , which was not advertised at all , and although the Rolex 's and so on in this world have been heavily advertised as they came on the market , Sotino 's never really was , so my father had a struggle I suspect selling . |
| 26 | Animate or inanimate , indifferent or not , there was something luminous and terrible about these clouds , raining as they did on the just and the unjust alike . |
| 27 | Dividend payments are not fixed , and they are much more difficult to estimate as they depend on the overall performance of the firm . |
| 28 | Ursula Block reports that they melted on the way . |
| 29 | If we find that industries are now disappearing fairly rapidly , it is also worth realizing that they arrived on the landscape quite suddenly . |
| 30 | Almost all attempts to improve the lot of the serfs in the previous two or three generations had failed because they depended on the gentry 's goodwill . |