Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burdened by hindsight , by a chronic fear of becoming bloated and self-indulgent , this indie generation tries to freeze-flame development at the point just before ‘ it all went wrong ’ , and so turns its back on the few things that went right . |
| 2 | He always has his party on the last free night before production . ’ |
| 3 | He still defends their use on the grounds that ‘ For selfish reasons a prison administrator needs to know as much as he can about each prisoner , especially incoming prisoners . ’ |
| 4 | Find 's use with the infinitive thus further confirms our hypothesis on the meaning distinction between the two versions of the infinitive . |
| 5 | ( That 's where a real musher always rests his arm on the cab window-frame during traffic jams . ) |
| 6 | Mr Anthony Nelson ( Chichester ) , a former merchant banker , also ends his exile on the backbenches by becoming Economic Secretary at the Treasury . |
| 7 | I think it just erm also demonstrates our dependence on the bigger systems in that regard . |
| 8 | The logical conclusion of all this is that there can no longer be a justification for the massive nuclear arsenals held by both sides , that only the absolute minimum of nuclear defence is required and that , because President Yeltsin , too , now has his finger on the nuclear button , we should now be doing business with him on this issue as on so many others . |
| 9 | It often loses its grip on the ball of bedding along the way and has to regather the bundle . |
| 10 | Never has their attack on the Labour Party been so comprehensive . |