Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marvel at the homes of the wealthy and famous or choose to relax on a sandy beach in the Californian sun . |
| 2 | Even though the task — one that involved pedalling on a stationary bicycle — was equally demanding at all times , it was felt by the volunteers to be most difficult to achieve in the middle of the night . |
| 3 | So active is a job that gets done on a daily basis every day ? |
| 4 | A tall , prematurely white-haired man in a navy blue suit , with eyes that could focus on you as if you were a fly that had settled on a distant door-knob , he could dominate a large room while seated behind a desk at one end of it and without raising his voice above a conversational level . |
| 5 | The chairman of Wyre has his own boat and goes fishing on a regular basis . |
| 6 | It leaves less to the discretion of the court and has decided on a maximum sentence of just five years . |
| 7 | BDO Binder Hamlyn ( phone 071–489 9000 ) has recently expanded its investment management service and has embarked on a joint venture with Matheson Investment managers to give a broader base and access to greater research and expertise . |
| 8 | His eyes moved along the branch and came to rest on a brilliant blue bird sitting there . |
| 9 | Keep all your meetings and get togethers on a light note by banning anyone talking shop . |
| 10 | Swallow your principles and try to impress on a potential employer , especially if it is a small business , that you have arrangements for all eventualities , including if your child is sick . |
| 11 | It had obviously taken the wrong channel and become wedged on a rising shelf of rock strata which traversed the trough about fifty yards before it reached the lake surrounding the breakwater . |
| 12 | Balancing an existing roster is of primary importance to a major company , whereas some smaller independent companies can and do concentrate on a particular sound or style of music . |
| 13 | The President had seen the polls forecasting heavy defeat and had decided on a high-profile last-ditch effort to free the Iranian hostages . |
| 14 | The gasman had told us it would blow up and had stuck on a waning sign to remind us . |
| 15 | A communiqué issued after the meeting said that delegates had declared Iraq to be a " democratic federal country " , and had agreed on a federal structure based on wilayats or provinces , reportedly as a gesture to Islamic parties which had insisted on Arab-Islamic nomenclature . |
| 16 | He had been feeling a bit better for the last few days : He had repaired the fence between the Britches and Ron Paget 's yard , filled two black plastic sacks with rubbish and had embarked on a vigorous assault upon dead and decaying trees . |
| 17 | Perhaps Marcus had read her previous reticence to give herself completely to him as boredom with the scenario of casual individual relationships which were par for the course for their contemporaries , and had laid on a partner-swapping party to titillate her interest . |
| 18 | Like Eliot , Dawson emphasized the ‘ two Englands ’ created in the nineteenth century — ‘ the England of the fields and the England of the factories ’ — and wished to build on a common ‘ English tradition ’ which with some sort of religious sanction would take people Beyond Politics . |
| 19 | The French , as the previous section showed , have accepted this challenge and have embarked on a wide range of measures to offset the adverse effects of the Tunnel and capitalise on its potential . |
| 20 | They had wanted to begin with a bushplane tailor-made to the unique requirements of their own rugged country , but advised to start on a simpler trainer , their first design was the DHC–1 Chipmunk . |
| 21 | William , 10 , and eight-year-old Harry were given airline packs of colouring books and puzzles but chose to concentrate on a new computer game . |
| 22 | ‘ merely of an office managed by the undertaking 's own staff or by a person who is independent but authorised to act on a permanent basis for the undertaking , as would be the case with an agency . |
| 23 | He was appointed in 1946 and officially retired in 1979 , but continued to teach on a part-time voluntary basis right up until his death on 8 October 1991 . |
| 24 | If you really know what you 're doing on each and every single note in your lead then you 're controlling your solo , as opposed to merely playing a bunch of licks and exercises while trying to land on a cool note here and there . |
| 25 | When attempting to land on a small spot , you may indeed find it easier to start your autorotation with the model heading away from you in a downwind direction and perform a 180° turn during the descent . |