Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] on the " 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 | But once I have passed my test , I am not allowed out on the road without insurance . |
| 3 | I think I am just starting out on the steep , rocky — and lots of other corny metaphors — road to recovery . |
| 4 | Often ill-informed and repetitive , the debate has tended to ignore the interests of the client and has frequently been conducted by those whose minds are already made up on the issue . |
| 5 | But these larger firms are already cutting down on the size of their student intake and , if the trend continues , will end up — as Grant Thornton has already done — recruiting and training only staff who are expected to make a career with the firm after qualifying . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | The auctioneers Phillips have asked us to point out that they are not giving up on the continent , although they are reducing their representation there ( The Art Newspaper No. 21 October 1992 , p. 27 ) . |
| 8 | Choosing the right sparkling wine can be a bit of a minefield , especially if you 're not clued up on the different brands available . |
| 9 | Well you 're not going out on the razzle dazzle . |
| 10 | Get down you 're not allowed up on the cushions hairs . |
| 11 | I mean , Joan said well ma , you know make the numbers up , once you 're here come in on the second . |
| 12 | Th the remit though that , that we 're actually putting down on the appointment contract , is actually the result of the negotiations between the project coordinator and the client . |
| 13 | But after having been short headed by On The Other Hand in the Punchestown Festival Handicap in April of that year , The Committee developed a ‘ leg ’ after having been struck into . |
| 14 | The faded newspaper from the sky had been carefully spread out on the floor of one of the old sheds . |
| 15 | Monk seal bodies are periodically washed up on the Mediterranean cost and there are fears the virus will lead to their extinction . |
| 16 | Wales are now getting in on the act . |
| 17 | In 1916 remains of St Margaret 's earlier foundation were rediscovered under the nave , and the lines of its walls are now marked out on the floor . |
| 18 | Oh well I 'll keep the insurance company er I w er we will send them a little note in that case , saying look , you know , this is the case , it appears to be an innocent lesion she 's just been finely checked over on the eighth of October , do you feel you can now proceed ? |
| 19 | Other aircraft of note included : Mil Mi-6 , Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire , Tu-134 , Tu-154 and Ilyushin II-62 , all of which seemed to be just parked out on the airfield amongst the overgrown grass . |
| 20 | So I mean , er , I 'm I 'm really stumped down on the course , because erm , you know , all all my usual but jokes seem to be here , I mean |
| 21 | After a print run of , say 100 A4 sheets , the printed sheets are then turned over on the long axis , and the same print is made on the reverse . |
| 22 | The towns were generally laid out on the northern side of the tracks . |
| 23 | The consequence was that intransigent positions were soon staked out on the correct modes of biblical interpretation . |
| 24 | Emergency grain deliveries from Syria and the USA were reportedly held up on the Turkish border . |
| 25 | The cost that they were having to bear were greater than what they were actually getting back on the sale of this stuff . |
| 26 | Somehow , the aircraft had not been adequately lashed down on the low loader and as the lorry moved forward the Firefly rolled off its trestles on to the bed of the lorry damaging the undersides of the aircraft in the process , the aircraft was then reloaded and secured and thankfully the reset of the trip to Duxford was uneventful . |
| 27 | I mean , it 's only going up on the wall with those three others . |
| 28 | An opinion was expressed that such a purchaser under a suspensory condition ( that the money be only handed over on the certificate being got by the purchaser ) is not necessarily committing a violation of the Act , " assuming that he shows proper diligence in endeavouring to obtain the certificate , and is acting throughout in bona fide " : per Lord Trayner , ibid . |
| 29 | There is a restaurant for lunch and dinner , but breakfast is generally served out on the terrace overlooking the sea . |
| 30 | The answer is not to fall back on the offensive utilisation of a harmless birthday , but to write into constitutions strict regulations about terms of appointment . |