Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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1 | But there was no reason why she should not stretch out on the forward superstructure and get in a little sunbathing . |
2 | Perhaps this debate wo n't be as lively and er as controversial as the one that er we arranged to have on the question of insider dealing but it is an important matter because auditing as I said , is not just as assistance to companies but it is a reassurance to the general public and the public at the moment are in need of grave reassurance that the insur that the er the financial services industry as well as industry generally , is being properly looked after and for these reasons er although we support er the orders before er the house tonight , we have no hesitation at all in ensuring that they are debated properly than not something that should simply go through on the nod . |
3 | If you get your books right , it 'll all happen out on the shopfloor , all the manager has to do . |
4 | Rumour has it that ‘ Cope ’ , brilliant as it is , might not end up on the Aunts ' album , such is the ‘ glut ’ of material available . |
5 | I 'll never get up on the wagon . |
6 | He also says that Caesar started off in the lower classes and built himself up to where he stood and could only look down on the lower classes by turning his back on his friends and former colleagues . |
7 | If his education were below that of his audience he could not fall back on the validity of the Sacraments he administered for support . |
8 | Now I though he would have hysterics ; he could not get down on the ground quick enough to carry this action out . |
9 | If the quality of bottom-up information was good , the algorithm could quickly home in on the correct sequence of words . |
10 | If we ca n't see anything more unusual suppose we could always fall back on the bubble baths or the anyway I think that 's a bit more than but there you go . |
11 | George Bush could now cash in on the country 's post-war confidence by launching another war on the black home-front . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | He could n't go on the corkscrew he could n't go up on the ship he could n't go on anything . |
14 | They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground . |
15 | Realizing I could n't hang around on the dole forever waiting for the Tate Gallery to offer me an exhibition , and also that my boyfriend , also on the dole , was not likely to be able to support me , I decided to go for further training . |
16 | ‘ Screens were erected , so that although boys and girls could see each other , they could n't climb out on the same side . |
17 | And basically they managed to jump up on the bed unlike yesterday morning where pretended she could n't get up on the bed . |
18 | It was he who had to listen to how the clients could never get through on the telephone , how they were chased by debt collectors even when they had paid , how they could not find up to the minute share prices , etc . |
19 | To that individual 's horrified disbelief , the animal then proceeds to rub around his or her legs and may even jump up on the person 's lap . |
20 | Er well if it wa if it was it would be very convenient cos it would probably come out on the car park but er |
21 | ‘ There was I , feeling flattered at the attention you were paying me , when all the time you were just testing me out to see that I would n't dry up on the air ! |
22 | There 's some things you ca n't do out on the street . ’ |
23 | There 's a lot of frequencies you ca n't pick up on the record listening through small speakers . |
24 | ‘ Well , I ca n't turn up on the bus , can I ? ’ |
25 | Going in the opposite direction was a bomb sight which would ultimately end up on the Hampden cockpit project at East Kirkby . |
26 | Many members of the public can not afford to buy papers regularly and would therefore miss out on the invitation to take part in consultation exercises . |
27 | Er , in a number of ways I think everybody will agree that it 's been improved by er the er demolition of the terrace blocks , rather than refurbishment and the opportunity has been taken to create erm perhaps a a more comfortable relationship between bungalows that are about to be refurbished and the new houses , because the new houses are designed in such a way as to keep the scale down so whereas the terraced blocks were anything up to four storey , the new houses will only be two storey and in a number of cases they will they will be a relatively low two storey so that erm I will just point out on the front elevations that the roof comes down fairly low relative to the first floor windows so that it 's not too much above the , the roofs on the bungalows , we 're not talking about compromising people 's heads on the internal though ! |
28 | Oh , and by the by , I want you to promise me that you will not go out on the rampage with Rose again . ’ |
29 | As Mr Day points out : ‘ To the small and medium sized company , all accountants are very much the same and , with the increasing competition from certified and unqualified accountants , I do n't believe that at the lower end of the market chartered accountants will ever get back on the pedestal in the same way they used to be . |
30 | Although the lines are available for both voice and data traffic , if there is a particularly large amount of data traffic the system will automatically cut back on the number of phone calls allowed on the WAN . |