Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They inevitably knock on the door on the one evening of the month when you 're dolled up in your glad rags to go out on the town . |
| 2 | As Glisseuse emerged from the Swale channel at the Queenborough end , she was picked up by Vigilant and followed to the upper reaches of the Medway while Venturous made all speed round the outside of Sheppey to catch up on the operation which was now well under control . |
| 3 | What must we do to get our supporters to turn out on the day ? |
| 4 | John Matthias brought the filly with a customary late surge to get up on the line to beat Zadracarta , the Canadian challenger , a head . |
| 5 | This permits the ring to move down on the line under greater tension , and up on the opposite side which would be on the outside of a turn . |
| 6 | High levels of mercury have been reported from Faroese for some years , and the Health Department there has advised islanders to cut down on the amount of whalemeat they eat . |
| 7 | Stella the personnel administrator will not simply push paper around in Personnel but will take action to cut down on the bureaucracy . |
| 8 | Tim Robbins , it was rumoured , might wish his American publicist to sit in on the conversation . |
| 9 | And the RUC is urging for public help to clamp down on the level of incidents throughout the province . |
| 10 | A FAST-TRACK law to clamp down on the carrying of knives in Scotland is to be backed by the Government . |
| 11 | It has been found that regular use of some 2 in 1 's can cause ingredients to build up on the hair shaft which may affect the results of a perm or colour . |
| 12 | A subsidised dog neutering scheme is being extended in South Tyneside to cut down on the number of stray dogs . |
| 13 | It 's all part of a plan to cut down on the quantity of rubbish being taken to already overflowing landfill sites . |
| 14 | The political consequences are first increasing loss of control and crumbling of the party apparatus , next the state 's need to fall back on the army and police to preserve its own existence , public order and , it claims , the chance of imposing painful economic reforms . |
| 15 | The market ; always a place to catch up on the gossip as well as buy groceries , is still there . |
| 16 | I asked one member of a church planting team to look back on the experience . |
| 17 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 18 | He felt something like battle-fatigue — a great desire to lie down on the ground with his hands over his ears and take no further part in the war . |
| 19 | It was my job to check up on the flock every morning and on Sundays Uncle Joe would come to the farm . |
| 20 | Lord Aldington , ex-chairman of Sun Alliance Insurance , has told the jury he is the victim of a campaign of harassment by Mr Watts who was annoyed by the company 's failure to pay out on the death of his brother-in-law . |
| 21 | Often , when I was cycling through the camp after coming off duty , I would spy Thursby in the distance beavering along , head down against the gale , full of eagerness to get back on the job and spot any mistakes we had made during his absence . |
| 22 | In fact erm there are now , you could say , too many teachers in the system overall , and that 's why there are new proposals erm both in the colleges and in the universities to cut back on the number of teachers that are being trained . |
| 23 | He led them to within thirty yards of the unsuspecting deer , then motioned for Joseph to sit down on the ground at the edge of the plain . |
| 24 | Police inquiry desks in Darlington will be staffed by civilians rather than policemen , leaving more officers to go out on the beat , if the Chief Constable of County Durham gets his way . |
| 25 | It was time for News on Sunday to set off on the trail of the people and organizations who had theorized about the prospects for a popular left-wing newspaper for so long . |
| 26 | In fact , Kitty was the only one of the three who had enough time off during the day to help out on the barrow , but as she never got up until the sun rose and slipped away long before it had set , she still was n't what Granpa would have called an asset . |
| 27 | Reading between the lines it becomes clear that it is the address which was recorded , in a studio re-creation to cash in on the President 's assassination . |
| 28 | It 's a rather special feeling to stretch out on the bank , with a cup of coffee warming chilled fingers , and to know six months of the season is before you . |
| 29 | Hammond Wilde had been adamant that if a tie for first place forced a ‘ sudden death ’ play-off he would not allow the leaders to disappear out on the course . |
| 30 | Responding to Labour criticism of the Government 's failure to implement a manifesto pledge on legislation to crack down on the sale and carrying of knives , Lord Fraser said ministers would like to act on this at an early opportunity . |