Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] on their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Women builders can work from our workshops and take on private commissions , if they want to set up on their own , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Jardine and Johnstone guessed that they had decided to strike out on their own now , no doubt reluctant to have to share any of their gleanings with others . |
| 3 | They had been briefed to report in on their mobile telephone at certain checkpoints en route , and to inform the Ops Room of any suspicious incidents , but their main task was to stop and talk to locals , in order to make their presence known in as friendly a way as possible . |
| 4 | He added : ‘ Players are not just training at club sessions , they continue to build up on their own . |
| 5 | The disabled who choose to strike out on their own can , of course , turn to their local social services department for help and advice . |
| 6 | I said for heaven sake girls , not only trying to cut down on the expensive just because obviously trying to start up on their own . |
| 7 | Thus , for example , it was excusable for a pretty young girl to avoid wearing a seat-belt because she had been topping up her tan on the sun bed and got burnt , for two middle-class school children to ride their bikes without lights late at night because they were trying to stay up on their last might of the summer holidays , and for lads to urinate in the street because they had three miles to walk home . |
| 8 | THE new Low Fat Cheesecakes from McVities ( pictured right ) are a long-awaited treat for all those trying to cut down on their fat intake and on their calories . |
| 9 | This process occurs as a result of five stages , sometimes known as the ABCDE approach , which is illustrated with an example of a man whose girlfriend fails to turn up on their first date . |