Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's true that the show has to go on but if such behaviour caught on I 'd be bound to go on and say , ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , so-and-so is n't coming ’ because they not only want to appear on the show , they want to produce it as well ! ’ |
| 2 | But look at it this way ; if we give them the exclusive we only have to go on the merry-go-round once . |
| 3 | Er then to er put er against the background as the District Council last last week were being told our budget will cost us er to er accidents and of course what this exercise would cost us , three hundred and fifty thousand is the amount very close that some of you just want to spend on the doing traffic calming over the next year year . |
| 4 | When I was working at British Airways we used to do a lot of technical training and erm it was sort of on er airline regulation , stuff like that and you could always tell the activists cos they did n't really want to all they wanted to do was to get on the computers and actually trying out things out themselves , they piece of furniture the activists do n't want to read the instructions , they want to start putting it together and then they 'd learn from actually putting it together rather than them reading the instructions and regulation training you could always tell the activist cos they sort of always like chopping every bit , they just want to they just want to get on the computers and start inputting numbers and they 'll actually learn , they , they prefer to do that and then somebody can come round and help them out when they get into trouble rather than some of the other which perhaps like to more up front and that 's the activist . |
| 5 | If you just want to work on the length of pipe between the cistern and the taps , shut the gatevalve first ( if there is one ) opening the taps will drain the pipe . |
| 6 | ‘ Just try to stay on the ball in future , ’ I told him . |
| 7 | Then he said , ‘ Just try to concentrate on the patients . |
| 8 | An hour in ‘ Birdland provides conclusive proof that this lot 's link with the thigh-slapping world of rhinestones , rodeos and people who say things like ‘ yee-haw ’ is immaterial — the best label to stick on The Rockingbirds reader ‘ very good band who 'll be around for ages ’ . |
| 9 | Most comfort eaters enjoy it while they 're eating , but the downside is they soon start to pile on the pounds . |
| 10 | At least financial agencies have some pressure to provide funds at competitive rates , and builders to guard against pricing themselves out of the market , but landowners just have to sit on the land until they get the price they demand . |
| 11 | A £350 Rottweiler pup sold to a family who already have to rely on the People 's Dispensary for Sick Animals for treatment on the Great Dane some other twit sold them , because they ca n't afford the vet 's fees ? |
| 12 | Commentators still tend to remark on the informality of industrial tribunal procedure ( Farmer , 1974 ; Walker , 1985 ) , but the industrial tribunal 's rules of procedure are no longer informal , and it has become an adversarial forum ( Dickens et al. , 1985 ; Genn and Genn , 1989 ) . |
| 13 | There are plenty of other gulls to be seen inland : common and herring gulls in particular , and increasing numbers of lesser blackbacked gulls , though the greaters still tend to stay on the coast . |
| 14 | FAR LEFT Always try to walk on the street with the dog up against a fence or wall . |
| 15 | Mr Brown said he had no further comment to make on the matter . |
| 16 | The race is a handicap and only the 40 highest-rated horses who still wish to run on the day before the race , are permitted to post . |
| 17 | The scheme 's pioneers hope that by making sure you know where you are on the map you could save vital minutes if you ever have to call on the emergency services for help . |
| 18 | Both at home and at school they usually have to remain on the floor and Alice does n't always remember to put them back in the bag . |
| 19 | Plans for global communications now often seem to rest on the semantics of international standards . |
| 20 | We now have to vote on the timing of its procedures , even though we have not had a single hour of discussion in Committee . |
| 21 | They can serve as a guide to what was agreed , and we now need to work on the detail . |
| 22 | The facility for paying all your fees on one cheque proved quite popular last October so if you would like to do the same at the next Q.T. Day please remember to analyse on the back of the cheque the fees you are paying . |
| 23 | The facility for paying all your fees on one cheque proved quite popular last October so if you would like to do the same at the next Q.T. Day please remember to analyse on the back of the cheque the fees you are paying . |
| 24 | If you throw a dead bird into the air it will describe a graceful parabola , exactly as physics books say it should , then come to rest on the ground and stay there . |
| 25 | We then need to comment on the usefulness of such a clock . |
| 26 | It did , however , illustrate how people in Britain often have good ideas for inventions but then have to sit on the sidelines as no one is prepared to back them . |
| 27 | I never fail to remember on the day of the year when I was made a priest . |