Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] on [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not pile up plates or saucepans higgledy - piggledy on a high shelf , where they can so easily fall on top of you when you reach up for something . |
| 2 | Making war in the twelfth century was rather like going on strike in the twentieth : it was a method of exerting economic and financial pressure on your opponent — it was not intended that it should end in his death . |
| 3 | The other supposed leader , Laurent Fabius , first secretary of the Socialist Party , is also severely incapacitated on account of his involvement in a scandal concerning the treatment of haemophiliacs with AIDS-contaminated blood , for which he is facing a charge of manslaughter . |
| 4 | The other supposed leader , Laurent Fabius , first secretary of the Socialist Party , is also severely incapacitated on account of his involvement in a scandal concerning the treatment of haemophiliacs with HIV-contaminated blood , for which he is facing manslaughter . |
| 5 | The insecurity that the interviewer experiences may cause them to smile manically ; to talk too much , when he or she should be able to take responsibility for pauses ; to do a really hard sell on behalf of the company ; to over-react with approval to the interviewee , giving them , unfairly , the impression that they 've got the job . |
| 6 | Most frequently found on limestone in the wild , it is adaptable to most soils in the garden though it prefers rich and well-drained sites . |
| 7 | The rights and wrongs of the case are frequently effectively settled on motion for interim relief . |
| 8 | They returned with a huge roll of green baize which was then gently placed on top of the groaning air conditioner . |
| 9 | She is also rumoured to have turned her attention to acting , and is reportedly starring as Joan of Arc in a new film about the dangers involved when you get tied to a wooden stake with lots of sticks around it which is then deliberately set on fire by your political opponents . |
| 10 | It had been hand-delivered to Kensington Palace and then carefully placed on top of all Diana 's other mail . |