Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Everyone is happy to jump-to and work hard on a new factory opening or a big product launch , but they are not so eager to rush off and fulfil the everyday requests which come in from the media . |
2 | They failed to invest and invest efficiently on a large enough scale ; they failed to develop sufficient numbers of new products and they failed to raise productivity rapidly enough . |
3 | Recently , it is said that the pair enjoyed ‘ an evening walk by the river ’ in the course of which ‘ they wandered deep in conversation , pausing only to kiss and cuddle tenderly on the deserted towpath . ’ |
4 | In 1980 it showed the greatest tendency to revitalise and performed averagely on a decline in deprivation index . |
5 | The very young inmates at Bohorok had to be taught a surprising number of basic skills , such as how to climb and walk upright on a branch , things they would normally have learned from their mothers . |
6 | She is able to eat and drink normally on the day she is admitted but on the following day is allowed nothing at all by mouth for 4 hours prior to surgery . |
7 | This claim is difficult to prove and depends primarily on the point of view of the observer : for some , Lord Rees-Mogg , a former editor of the Times , was just a mouthpiece of the government , while Lord Palumbo is very independent ; others argue the reverse . |