Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 No matter how well intentioned an author may be , no matter how good his work is considered , a lavish photographic book of this kind , and of this price , must stand or fall on the sheer quality of the pictures selected and the way in which they are presented .
2 To recall and build on the earlier analysis , these rules have to do with truth-telling , sincerity , intelligibility , empathy and active listening .
3 And he would sit and wait on the other side for someone to come and pick him up when he was coming home . ’
4 I was allowed to get up and dress on the tenth day after Heather 's birth , and go to the day room of the hospital ready to go to my billet at the fortnight .
5 He must try and look on the positive side as far as Maisie 's conversion was concerned .
6 The scanner is linked to a PC , which is used to display , manipulate , and work on the electronic image .
7 They are produced by life and , though they do not constitute the animating principle , they are essential for the creative energy to manifest and function on the physical plane .
8 Perhaps another chap would come along and stop on the other side of the road .
9 She 's gon na go and slap on the fake tan
10 Its edges , at first three-dimensionally sharp and rigid , after a while began to wave and shimmer on the red heat of the sand .
11 We supposedly get a couple of days to recharge and then turn up refreshed here to shine and glitter on the first night while they 're wrecked .
12 It was somehow too much of an effort to lean forward and turn on the cold tap and besides , he wanted the heat .
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