Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] on a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He adds sadly : ‘ It 's impossible for me to go on a quiet date as I get recognised everywhere and asked for autographs . ’ |
| 2 | After 16 minutes Graham Roberts was injured by a tackle for which Perry Groves was booked ( Steve Clarke took over as sweeper , and is likely to have several weeks in which to build on a promising display ) . |
| 3 | The act of producing the video helps to impart courage , self-confidence and a sense of interdependence to the group and encourage them to focus on a clear articulation of their situation . |
| 4 | I want you to concentrate on a specific area , so you want to retain control . |
| 5 | By the mid-1950s his growing reputation enabled him to concentrate on a literary career . |
| 6 | She set him to work on a further area of deep neglect . |
| 7 | Evangelical religion furnished Hopkins with a powerful rhetoric to arouse mass meetings and personally motivated her to embark on a public career exposing immorality . |
| 8 | This led to involvement in a wide range of speculative projects throughout Europe , North America , and the West Indies , and the huge resources at his disposal enabled him to embark on a vigorous attempt to secure control over the affairs of the East India Company . |
| 9 | The camera panned away from her to rest on a gleaming exercise bicycle . |
| 10 | Paul stared at the reeds in the narrow river ; the Clyde wound here like a country stream , and up the grass incline women hung out washing or spread it to dry on a fine day . |
| 11 | By the nature of his responsibilities and accountability to his superiors , the manager wishes it to operate on a minimum variety basis . |
| 12 | Barring a calamity erm they will retain their option with us to continue on a two year deal , erm they perhaps , and I have to erm be honest about this , I think they are probably in a marketing sense , the most aggressive erm marketing company that I 've ever witnessed in terms of the style , the panache , the charisma that they have from within . |