Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At worst , one could fall back on the immediate family of brothers and cousins to protect the individual , if only by helping to pay up to meet the demands of the tax collector . |
| 2 | Once closed , the Home Office will fall back on the well-worn refrain that legislation is required to make a surprisingly large number of the proposals that are put forward , and that no Parliamentary time is available . |
| 3 | THEY , I predict , will fall back on the last line of defence . |
| 4 | It is for these reasons that Woolwich is not enabled or required to seek its remedy through the statutory framework , but must fall back on the common law . |
| 5 | I 'd ease up on the hard stuff if I were you . |
| 6 | This is a CMOS technology device and , to some extent , prone to damage from static electricity which can build up on the human body . |
| 7 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 8 | If the quality of bottom-up information was good , the algorithm could quickly home in on the correct sequence of words . |
| 9 | I shall home in on the social action programme and the declaration on racism and xenophobia , which was separate from the main treaty , but was signed at Maastricht . |
| 10 | However , you can still derive much benefit from self-massage with essential oils — though you will , of course , miss out on the deep relaxation engendered by receiving a good massage . |
| 11 | After all , I do n't see why Jennifer should miss out on the one thing she 's actually looking forward to just because of him . ’ |
| 12 | They let them slide around on the polished floor and listen to music on the ward radio . |
| 13 | Eva said , ‘ For Christ 's sake , ca n't you cut down on the bloody mysticism — we 're not in Beckenham now . |
| 14 | ‘ We did n't go in on the free travel promotion because many of the deals involved British Rail and we do n't have it here , ’ she said . |
| 15 | Two more previews to go , and then , at seven o'clock on the Thursday ( early so that the critics could get their copy in ) , the curtain would go up on the first night proper of The Hooded Owl . |
| 16 | Fearing that Greece and Turkey would end up on the other side of that iron curtain the American President Truman declared that their security was vital to the Western powers and began a substantial programme of aid . |
| 17 | The recent history of educational innovation , from Nuffield and mixed ability onwards , shows that unless change is generated and/or wholeheartedly appropriated by teachers it will end up on the mounting scrap-heap of ‘ good ideas that never quite took off ’ . |
| 18 | In response to this BFI Wastecare has produced a leaflet , Do n't end up on the wrong side of the law , which outlines what will be required of these companies under the new regulations . |
| 19 | Dan 's questions were annoying Kate and if he was n't careful he just might end up on the receiving end of her tongue . |
| 20 | Hank was so used to being deserted by his mother that he did not think it odd that she should go out on the first evening in ten weeks that his father had been able to spend at home . |
| 21 | In addition , the present range of Gaelic evening programmes will go out on the new frequency . |
| 22 | ‘ I believe we are at the stage now where the fears and uncertainty in the community are such that no one can any longer pass by on the other side , and there is something which everybody can do to alleviate the problem . ’ |
| 23 | Well yeah , I 've had a come for one day , pay for a day and hope I can sneak in on the two day . |
| 24 | I make no impression on it and all the time I am afraid that its flapping tail will come down on the taut line and snap it like a dry twig . |
| 25 | And would be seriously undermined by any proposed road that will come in on the western side . |
| 26 | Other potential candidates , who were remaining loyal to Ted but who it was known would come in on the second ballot if Ted were defeated , were quietly being accused of cowardice by the Neave camp . |
| 27 | We can get down on the high street any of these times and it drops us back up here . |
| 28 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
| 29 | We must get off on the right foot . ’ |
| 30 | Right , I 'll , what I 'll do I 'll try and pick up on the local electrician or something . |