Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 2 | You 've got , again , a much more stable population , there are n't nearly so many teachers , young women teachers who leave the system to get married and then perhaps do n't go back at all , or only go back on a part-time basis . |
| 3 | Specimens were gently spread out on a flat surface , flooded with 2.5% glutaraldehyde buffered in 0.1 M sodium cacodylate solution , and fixed for four to six hours . |
| 4 | The rock is a unique form of conglomerate , so warming up on a few practice routes was needed to get a feel for it . |
| 5 | How could clothes not dry out on a warm sunny day ? |
| 6 | Similarly , interviews with pupils are included but were not carried out on a systematic basis and the results have not been correlated with pupils ' GT4 scores . |
| 7 | Not to marry , but just to meet up on a regular basis and do nice things together such as walks , long discussions about books and music , that sort of thing . |
| 8 | For the fox , use sand or a very light shade of tan ( not too dark or it will not show up on a dark background ) . |
| 9 | Remember that these are colour effects , and they will therefore not show up on a black and white viewfinder . |
| 10 | Harriet 's voice had grown bleaker as she spoke and finally broke off on a clipped note of finality . |
| 11 | I was now at a bit of a loss as to what to do next , so I wandered upstairs to the room that housed the books covering my subject , just to check up on a few things . |
| 12 | Its founders were clinging to the wreckage , not setting out on a brave new voyage . |
| 13 | Theresa are we not are we not missing out with this legislation are we not missing out on a little thing called compassion ? |
| 14 | I was enormously glad she had made that little speech for the mere sight of Erich — the knowledge that a man who worked as a painter in a Ford Taunus factory and was , in his own way , a type-specimen of Atlantic man , with no known connections with the new Ocean , had somehow fetched up on a remote Pacific island — was disturbing the entire thesis I wished to construct . |
| 15 | Stick making is still carried out on a limited scale , the Phoenix Stick Company at present occupying two floors of the main mill block . |
| 16 | Statement B seems to admit the greatest amount of contingency into the determination of outcomes , but nevertheless still falls back on a tendential law to explain how racism is reproduced . |
| 17 | It was like being adrift on a warm sea , floating on a slow , swelling tide that would eventually wash up on a sun-kissed beach in little breakers of sparkling foam . |
| 18 | And Clough has also cracked down on a similar plea from right back Brian Laws . |
| 19 | The auditorium was also lined up on a semi-circular plan ( 128 ) . |
| 20 | As the season draws to a thrilling climax , with Swansea and Llanelli both bearing down on a possible league and cup double , Pontypridd and Newport get their chance to throw a spanner in the works at the Bank Holiday back-to-back Schweppes Cup semi-finals at the Cardiff Arms Park . |
| 21 | Why , then , were only half-a-dozen of these new towns properly laid out on a predetermined plan , and the vast majority left to grow haphazard with narrow , irregular , winding streets , odd little lanes everywhere , and all the other attributes of the picturesque today ? |
| 22 | Pupils can often fall back on a circular argument such as : Why is the relationship linear ? |
| 23 | Such networks are inevitably built up on a regional basis because the finds are usually confined to a limited geographical region . |
| 24 | Collins should know — he can now look back on a managerial career which spanned Huddersfield , Hull City and Barnsley . |
| 25 | In practice , however , they often fall back on a similar analysis ( Sarup , 1986 , pp. 40 , 95–8 ) . |
| 26 | Her voice had risen and the child now sat down on a low chair and quickly took off her shoes , then pulled her grey stockings down over her knees before , standing up , she asked , ‘ Will you unhook me , please ? ’ |
| 27 | And the fact that quite a lot of people had n't turned up on a certain day or that sort of thing . |
| 28 | The crowds who gathered on Alexanderplatz and then moved off on a winding trail through East Berlin were in any case convinced he was their man . |
| 29 | Sal sent the sack up on a bight of slack , then came up on a tight rope and the sling . |
| 30 | At the agreed hour I reported to the Endoscopy Unit of the London Clinic , was shown into a small room , told to undress and put on a blue shift , then lie down on a mobile bed . |