Example sentences of "[pron] [det] [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 An impressive feature of the early post-war Palace sides was the triumvirate of Alderson in goal , Little and Ernie Rhodes at full-back , and those who watched them play for the Palace will tell you of an understanding between them that bordered on the uncanny .
2 Are you all working on the same one incidentally or have you got separate ones ?
3 We all agree on the cultural importance of Shakespeare , the Report asserts , and we probably all do .
4 They all focus on the social worker , and it is social workers who must understand that asking for an order usually means being granted one .
5 No clear distinction was made between the temporal and spiritual privileges of the Church ; they all stood on the same level , enforced by the same sanctions , guaranteed by the same authority , reflecting the same divine ordering of the world .
6 What was more , when we plotted , not strength but breaking strain , against thickness , we found that it did not matter what the whiskers were made of , for they all plotted on the same curve .
7 In 1770/71 Lagrange set about analysing the various methods then known for dealing with the general equations of degrees 2 , 3 , 4 and he found that they all depended on the same general principle ( see Section 5.2 ) .
8 The youngsters were so delighted when the final whistle went that they all jumped on the luckless coach , bruising his ribs so badly that he was ruled out of the next weekend 's third team fixture .
9 You 're wearing the summer shorty for greater freedom of movement for your arms and legs but Howard 's got the full suit , for more protection in colder weather but they both work on the same principle .
10 And it all sits on the fabled Chariot last .
11 It all goes on the same .
12 His heart hammered painfully , and he was so angry he could n't move , even when he heard the treasurer 's clerk returning , though he managed to close the book before eyes other than his own fell on the damning evidence of Sarah 's treachery .
13 She went bright red when she came out of her house and saw us all waiting on the other side of the road for her .
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