Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of choice for the majority is the absence of choice for the minority who will never afford to buy , … ‘ the Right to Buy ’ and growth of owner-occupation are effectively carried out on the backs of poor people . |
| 2 | Bite Three : ‘ A Prime Minister and a Cabinet so busy trying to recreate the present in the image of the past that they have entirely missed out on the opportunities for the future . ’ |
| 3 | We gazed enraptured at the city of Bath from the train as it drew in to the station — it was all laid out on the slopes of Lansdown like an aerial map of a moon landscape . |
| 4 | To actually just sit back on the hands , as the government are doing , is not a policy , it 's an abdication of responsibility . |
| 5 | Chile is Britain 's oldest ally in the Southern Hemisphere … and the Falcons were determined not to miss out on the celebrations to mark the 75th birthday of the Royal Air Force . |
| 6 | Jochen and Elke warn Fabian not to go out on the streets on 7 October for the 40th anniversary of the formation of East Germany , and for God 's sake not to demonstrate . |
| 7 | By whatever means possible , will the right hon. Gentleman get in touch with Ministers to ensure that , if it is right for the Government to gain publicity over Christmas for looking after a few hundred homeless , it should be right to do something about them now so that they are not turned out on the streets ? |
| 8 | Some of those problems had already shown up on the print-outs , let alone from the drivers . |
| 9 | This is best laid out on the plates whilst the brains are being simmered . |
| 10 | It certainly is n't simply a case of just reading up on the reviews , playing around with a couple of the likely programs and then buying a system or two and expecting peace , harmony and perfect publications to be the end result ! |
| 11 | Do not go out on the streets , he begged his compatriots — instead , put a lighted candle in the window for reform . |
| 12 | Rumour has it that ‘ Cope ’ , brilliant as it is , might not end up on the Aunts ' album , such is the ‘ glut ’ of material available . |
| 13 | Sometimes you have wisdom teeth that have hung on in there for so long they wo n't come out and just lounge about on the X-rays , flicking V-signs . |
| 14 | Get down you 're not allowed up on the cushions hairs . |
| 15 | Just shoved up on the shelves with no order or reason . |
| 16 | It was a lot of work for one man , he told me , which is why the name Hugh Cruttwell always turns up on the credits of his movies . |
| 17 | He had never made any bones about it , and , to be honest , he was much more use out on the slopes , chatting people up , showing off the exclusive styles they sold and being a general advertisement for the place . |
| 18 | Those that meet with approval are then usually tried out on the terraces , and if found to have some power , make their way into the repertoire . |
| 19 | In this , the third issue of Update devoted to general SVQs , we also report back on the seminars held recently for external verifiers and for centre co-ordinators from new piloting centres . |
| 20 | Redshank and ringed plovers also feed out on the flats . |
| 21 | Isabel was so stunned that she nearly fell back on the pillows . |
| 22 | And the more valuable the book the greater the ultimate scandal , for it will probably end up on the shelves of libraries in other parts of the world where the literary culture of England is still prized . |
| 23 | Thomas could now look back on the papers he had begun , or completed and sold in his first two terms , as ‘ vain stuff ’ but he continued to write verses , which were sent to Harry and Helen . |
| 24 | The crowd really get off on the Kitchens ' distinctly '80s sound , whooping like only Americans can , and calling out for all the correct songs — and then it dawns on you . |
| 25 | And Lucy Lane : ‘ I wonder he did n't cash in on the journals . ’ |
| 26 | But do n't hang up on the shares because I reckon they could hit Pounds 4 by Christmas . |
| 27 | As the rugby people say , do n't hang about on the side-lines , stay in touch . |
| 28 | They even turned up on the catwalks of Milan . ’ |
| 29 | We 'll be open late , so do n't miss out on the savings . |
| 30 | Do n't lean back on the chairs . |