Example sentences of "on [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To see them within their realm , led me to understand why divers go on and on about fish and viz. And the viz was good . |
| 2 | He 's been rattling on about people bemoaning the passing of Trevino and Palmer , saying there are no characters left , merely machine-like robots who take five minutes to select a club , 10 minutes to line up a putt , and five-and-a-half hours to complete a round . |
| 3 | and er , we were like , we was on about , you know like we were talking about the education system and everything in English and you know I told you they were on about people changing at eleven and everyone else in the class wanted the thirteen system except me , it 's only cos what they 're used |
| 4 | Cos they 've been on about people |
| 5 | Thus , psychiatrists ( or consultants in mental handicap ) , clinical psychologists , occupational therapists , physiotherapists and speech therapists are represented on between 40% and 50 , of teams . |
| 6 | Previously , following changes made in 1985 , the rate was 5 per cent of all earnings for those on between £43 and £75 a week , 7 per cent for those earning from £75 to £115 a week , and 9 per cent for those earning over £115 . |
| 7 | Getting on for 50% of the money spent on advertising goes into television , and more like 70% in big agencies . |
| 8 | After the deluge , life goes on for trout |
| 9 | Disregarding this turn , the road for Altdorf continues straight on for 2km ( just over a mile ) . |
| 10 | I thought we were on for charades . |
| 11 | This improvement was substantial : from slightly worse than myopic on the first attempt , the average improved to getting on for 40% of the difference between the optimal and the myopic on the second . |
| 12 | Caterham , however , will try to sell it on for £17,500 . |
| 13 | The heat is on for £5.5m star |
| 14 | Some products are sold with a very strong emphasis on after sales service , warranties , guarantees , technical advice and similar benefits . |
| 15 | But they were not looking at one point , as the worshippers did at the Wimbledon Islamic Boys ' School ( Day Independent ) : they were moving up and down , backwards and forwards , bumping into each other and generally carrying on like people at Victoria Station during the rush hour . |
| 16 | Here they are — their words , their faces , but what , oh what , goes on behind people 's skulls ? |
| 17 | I was never any good at getting on with people . |
| 18 | It was a crash course in survival , and in learning how to get on with people ; but when he made friends there , he knew , probably for the first time in his life , that he was liked for who he was and not what he was . |
| 19 | ‘ She is — was — extremely competent , as well as very good at getting on with people , which is of course critical to jobs like that . |
| 20 | We try to get on with people , to be friendly with them and all we get is trouble . |
| 21 | If , as is so often said , one of the most important parts of life is getting on with people , our years at Nottingham University have certainly prepared us well ! |
| 22 | He would see loads of young people who are trying to learn how to make sense of life , trying to sort out what is right and what is wrong , trying to understand who they are and how to get on with people around them . |
| 23 | It 's also important that you get on with people , that they 're like-minded . |
| 24 | ‘ The key thing in any business we back is to get on with people and be able to judge people 's strengths and weaknesses , ’ says Michael Queen , who is a local director with 3i . |
| 25 | Of course we all like to get on with people at work , but our relationships are based on our skills , our expertise or our functional roles , not on friendship . |
| 26 | How well do you get on with people ? |
| 27 | ‘ I 've learnt to live with people , learnt to get on with people . |
| 28 | Good relationships and the ability to get on with people , including your own colleagues as well as your clients , are of great importance . |
| 29 | Again , tact and the ability to get on with people are vital at all stages , particularly if the client has its own research department as some of the very big companies do . |
| 30 | Once again that requirement to get on with people , clients , account executives and the creative teams is basic to your daily work . |