Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adv] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scotland 's Olympic three-day event double silver medallist , Ian Stark , has not been nicknamed the ‘ Flying Scotsman ’ for hanging about on a cross-country course . |
| 2 | For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ The first thing I want is a bath , ’ said Kenichi Horie after coming ashore on the southern island of Okinawa . |
| 4 | AN RAF air-sea rescue helicopter today joined a massive search for three young men who disappeared in a small speedboat after setting out on a two-hour trip along the west Wales coast . |
| 5 | That 's the word from Crues chairman Jim Semple who is determined to help manager Roy Walker strengthen his team after missing out on the Irish League title on goal difference . |
| 6 | The start of a New Year is a time for looking back on the past 12 months and also a time when self-styled pundits such as myself are unwisely tempted to look into their crystal balls and come up with the predictions that by the end of the year they may well regret |
| 7 | I was all for passing by on the other side of the road , but Buffy would n't let it drop . |
| 8 | Despite drawing often on the New Testament , Ralph Waldo Trine says there is a ‘ golden thread ’ running through all the great religions . |
| 9 | The herring gull has only a small chance of grabbing a nestling in the face of such opposition , and no chance whatever of sneaking up on an unguarded chick unnoticed by adults . |
| 10 | Born Alfredo James Pacino he is still haunted by memories of growing up on the mean streets of New York 's South Bronx where his street gang pals called him The Actor . |
| 11 | ‘ When , one month after German monetary union , East Germany 's state run economy showed signs of breaking down on a massive scale , Chancellor Kohl … called in the top bankers of the land . |
| 12 | It is interesting to speculate on the likely effect of opting out on the present independent schools . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , there is no question of clamping down on the private shabashniki because they provide a valuable service , especially in the construction industry , which costs the state nothing . |
| 14 | Time now passed untrackably , for it was given over to struggle , with the bed like a trap or a pit , covered in nets , and the sense of starting out on a terrible journey , towards a terrible secret . |
| 15 | The 29-year-old Motherwell man , who has made an art form of fouling up on the big occasion , acknowledged that he too came close to calling it a day after the Olympics . |
| 16 | It may have been ignored since 1981 and left to make do with just two small engines ( and thus no way of cashing in on the ever-increasing popularity of the hot supermini in Britain ) but all that 's changed now . |
| 17 | Experiment with different hand and feet positions and try to get used to the idea of leaning back on a straight front arm . |
| 18 | He hates the thought of missing out on a big occasion . |
| 19 | Do n't make the mistake of concentrating just on the immediate problem . |
| 20 | LOOKING back on Northern Ireland as it was when the troubles started is uncannily like looking back on a silent movie . |
| 21 | Coming into it was like coming home on a bitter cold day to a bright , leaping fire . |
| 22 | But this , of course , does not mean that they are not enjoying your company , if you show that you are quite happy just to sit quietly with them , looking through a newspaper or reading a book ; for silence is for sharing too on the right occasions . |
| 23 | The man so often pilloried for fouling up on the big occasion was determined to make no mistake this time , racing to the front immediately to keep out of trouble and defying his opponents to get past . |
| 24 | The feet should be kept in the straps until sheeting in on the new tack , thereby keeping the board on its banked course throughout the crucial rig change . |
| 25 | In commenting critically on the proposed text of the Restatement , cited above , the Solicitor General stressed the strong policy of the United States procedural rules to secure efficient and effective discovery in all cases ; declared foreign reliance on judicial sovereignty to have an abstract quality , which did not elucidate substantive foreign interests , and which needed to be evaluated in the light of the established American principle that its courts could require foreign nationals to produce evidence located abroad ; and urged that objections based on a blocking statute should be greeted with caution and scepticism in any proper comity analysis . |
| 26 | Their acquiescence was to be encouraged by a campaign of information and by mobilising convinced peasants to persuade recalcitrant ones , but nothing could stop the tractors from moving in on the appointed day . |
| 27 | In sitting down on an antique bench in the locker-room , the Welsh teenager had been lanced by a wooden splinter . |
| 28 | The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile . |
| 29 | Before setting off on a coastal paddle it is important to check the charts for military ranges , amongst other dangers . |
| 30 | Normally , the visitors gather together to meet PLC directors briefly before setting off on a guided tour . |