Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv prt] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , where negotiation fails , the parties must fall back on the law , and their rights and liabilities will then be governed by the terms of their contract . |
| 2 | Following the inquiry 's recommendations , in February 1989 , the Secretary of State issued a Circular on the discharge of patients from hospital ( HC(89)5 ) , and in September 1990 followed this with the Circular on the care programme approach , stating that from April 1991 all patients leaving hospital should be the subjects of care programmes , and that in September 1991 regions should report back on the implementation of this policy . |
| 3 | If this is what we hear inside with the canopies sealed , God knows how it must sound out on the tarmac ! |
| 4 | So that when the British Medical Association decided in the late 1950s to inaugurate a programme of discussions among its membership on an appointed ‘ Subject of the Year ’ , it was entirely fitting that for its first discussion-point it should home in on The Adolescent : |
| 5 | The new regulatory body for the direct sales channel should cut down on the risks involved in buying a computer direct |
| 6 | This must go up on the wall ! ’ and stick his latest painting up with Sellotape alongside the daubs by the mentally handicapped group she had played for at Christmas , and the postcards from her friends all over the world . |
| 7 | Nothing would do but we must go out on the river . |
| 8 | Antonio 's mother said : ‘ They shouted that everyone should lie down on the floor , that anyone who looked around would be killed … they tied up Antonio and grabbed my youngest son ( 16 year old Jose Custodio ) . |
| 9 | For now you must lie down on the bed and go to sleep . ’ |
| 10 | We would say to workers that if there has been penetration or an exchange of bodily fluids , then the subject may crop up on the agenda . ’ |
| 11 | No , you might puke up on the way |
| 12 | It 's J 's birthday on April 2nd & they are having a party ( at last ! ) so I 'll catch up on the news then — they are v. seldom at Gayfield St these days , so I never see them . |
| 13 | We 'll tie up on the island and stretch our legs a bit . |
| 14 | This made it all the harder for the mother to treat the ailing youngster and she might give up on the treatment for this reason . |
| 15 | And we 'll drop in on the way home to watch a few election results or do you think if I start having a party tomorrow night it 's gon na get out of hand ? |
| 16 | I 'll drop in on the Colonel , and tell him his pretty young secretary is just dying to be bummed ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps they 'll call in on the way home , ’ she said wistfully . |
| 18 | The maternal words ‘ If you do n't study hard , you 'll end up on the check-out counter at Tesco 's ’ had had , if not the intended effect , the result of causing Camille and her friends to look down on shop assistants , bank clerks and bus drivers : for more recondite reasons of their own they also held in contempt estate and travel agents and people who worked in advertising . |
| 19 | I know what we 'll do ; I 'll go up on the dunes and you hit the bell with your bit of wood and we 'll see if I can hear it . |
| 20 | ‘ We 'll go up on the roof , ’ John said . |
| 21 | We 've been thrilled with this work experience cos was Dave originally had these five days off taping and he said no , he said , you know you 're so tired , have a little rest we 'll go up I 'll go up on the train only to get to the Selhurst Park he 's got four or five train journeys |
| 22 | Then we 'll go out on the road . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll go out on the square and into the city 's ear . |
| 24 | Give me a moment or two to change my clothes and leave a note for Jules , then we 'll go out on the town . ’ |
| 25 | And they 'll go back on the road before that happens . |
| 26 | If there 's insufficient space for the army of fans , many of them might end up on the beaches , which the Italian police have expressly forbidden . |
| 27 | Our songs , superficially , you might get off on the hook , but you can go further into the lyric . ’ |
| 28 | So I said to the organist , whose name was Bobby Page , ‘ I 'll come up on the organ . ’ |
| 29 | Erm so it 's worth doing that we I , cos I was gon na go I was gon na go Thursday and just come back on the Monday but as it is now we 'll go Wednesday and have Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , Saturday , Sunday night , so we 'll come back on the Monday . |
| 30 | Mum that 'll come out on the tape ! |