Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In both instances a worker , acting in his own self-interest , may choose to retain his benefits ( by refusing extra pay or a job ) , thereby perpetuating his dependency on the Welfare State . |
| 2 | Shares in the manufacturer of bridal wear and nursery products , which only made its debut on the Third Market a year ago via a placing at 100p , stand at 136p . |
| 3 | Would it perhaps affect our outlook on the mother-child relationship if we had to take this responsibility on ourselves ? |
| 4 | The round-headed boy who had been polishing the Daimler 's windows ambled up and competently placed his hands on the rein either side of the black mare 's mouth . |
| 5 | No — each lady had personally placed her cake on the long table — without assistance . |
| 6 | Burdened by hindsight , by a chronic fear of becoming bloated and self-indulgent , this indie generation tries to freeze-flame development at the point just before ‘ it all went wrong ’ , and so turns its back on the few things that went right . |
| 7 | Then you search to establish that the borrower is not bankrupt , so make your search on the special form limited to bankruptcy ; thereby you will help the Registry and speed the reply . |
| 8 | And that is excellent news for Reds manager Frankie Parks who is increasingly worried he wo n't have men fit enough to write their names on the team sheet . |
| 9 | Even the Nato arms controllers meeting in Vienna , whose job it is to negotiate East-West reductions in conventional armed forces , can only pursue their objectives on the basis of confrontation between their alliance and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 10 | So put your cursor on the I . |
| 11 | When Kirk Douglas became a target for a drunkard in a bar who 'd seen Douglas as the boxer in Champion , Kirk merely slammed his hand on the bar and shouted , ‘ Anyone in this bar can lick me in a fight , ’ and the drunkard backed off . |
| 12 | I mean York City Council will obviously er Mr Curtis will obviously give his views on the situation , erm the particular issue that seems to have changed the mind of York City Council is the reference in P P G thirteen , transport to sizes of new settlement not being erm er desirable in in in transport terms , small scale resettlements . |
| 13 | It takes time and effort for her to do this : constantly tapping her nose on the typewriter is exhausting , but then so is making her noises understood . |
| 14 | perhaps erm perhaps they 're only parking their caravan on the . |
| 15 | He seemed , indeed , to have become much more decisive altogether , for at exactly the same time as he signed the rescript , he created a new governmental body under his own chairmanship , the Council of Ministers , whose purpose was apparently to strengthen his grip on the central administration . |
| 16 | Though I had the distinct impression that Edward would have preferred me to leave too , he said nothing , merely drummed his fingers on the desk top , then snapped , ‘ Well ? ’ into the receiver . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I urge all those who are in a position to do so to use their influence on the men of violence from both sides of the community to end their murderous activities , and to create the only basis on which an enduring peace can be established . ’ |
| 18 | I 'd never known him believe in anything before , so it was an amazing novelty to find him literally staking his life on the principle of absolute patriarchal authority . |
| 19 | The drawback is that if your debt is under £3000 you can only recover your costs on the County Court scale and the difference in scale can make it an expensive exercise . |
| 20 | I would therefore much appreciate your comments on the paper , including suggestions for aspects to be added , or deleted from the list . |
| 21 | Lothar remained in central Francia , perhaps tightening his grip on the region east of the Charbonnière . |
| 22 | You 'll probably need to wash your hands , so start your survey on the upper floor , in the bathroom ; as you wash , check the water pressure in the taps , examine the fittings , lift the carpet in the corners and check the floorboards for damp and woodworm — and inspect the plumbing and heating as far as you are able ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 23 | Right , but the way you 're describing the process it seems I get an image of someone gently putting his hand on the collar |
| 24 | As the moving convection cell carries basaltic crust away from the ridge , slowly but continuously , the magnetic reversals taking place every few hundred thousand years or so leave their imprints on the newly-formed rocks emerging from the ridge ; as every reversal occurs , so it is recorded in the formation of reversely-magnetized strips on each side of the ridge . |
| 25 | The year she died Sir Walter Raleigh was in South America , on his last ill-fated search for Eldorado : he had , like many of his contemporaries , quite literally put his life on the line to find this worldly paradise . |
| 26 | As Japan 's strength grew , so did her ambitions on the Asian mainland and her ability to advance them . |
| 27 | ‘ But you better get your arse on the deck . |
| 28 | Stork until recently has personally maintained his hold on the majority of the equity in order , he says , to help set the direction of the firm . |
| 29 | After lunch there was always an interval during which the men remained seated , perhaps leaning their heads on the table for a pisolino , a nap — exhausted after all the eating , drinking and argument . |
| 30 | When committing himself enthusiastically to an undeniably outrageous tactic , this brave and noble warrior not only left his mark on the opposition but touched significantly upon a dilemma that threatens to develop into an insurmountable and perhaps crucifying problem for Bobby Robson , the temporarily reprieved England manager . |