Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are a countryman , you may sit by a stream and contemplate a may tree just coming into blossom , or climb up on the ramparts of an iron age hill fort and let your soul soar with the wind . |
| 2 | whether he will be invited to lunch with Rose and Phil , and if not , whether to get a sandwich in a pub , or go straight back to the office , send out for sandwiches , and catch up on the plans for the Manchester Marina scheme ; and if so , whether to order egg and tomato sandwiches , or cheese and chutney , or some of each ; |
| 3 | Every fifteen days , when the spring tides are at their peak , vast numbers of grunion ride in on the crests of waves and deliberately strand themselves on the shore . |
| 4 | A result , I ca n't hear myself speaking if I are the policy and resources committee there were other they were erm er in the debate there were some very good cases brought in to it and some erm good recommendations and this is why I 'm surprised I 'm er forget now why , there were some who were er against by majority because I believe that when we look down on the decisions of the P N O , we have made some very good recommendations if I say so it says on twenty , paragraph twenty in and you people on this authority , members of this authority have been saying a a clear definition of the role of the local government now and for the next twenty years , should underpin any consideration of local authority management structures and the role of members and therefore the joint working party 's consideration begin from an inadequate base . |
| 5 | Regrettably , even today , there are a number of health service insiders who feel that they are an exception to these general rules and look down on the ways of industry with the patronizing assurance of those who know that ‘ we are different ’ . |
| 6 | Many of the beaches were almost deserted in my early childhood , and to walk on a newly washed shore as the tide receded , and look back on the footsteps in the shining sand was a delight . |
| 7 | It 's like it 's it was a you know it 's been and still is an experience you know it 's sort of n none of us almost you know we we do n't realize it 's happening and you know you like back on the minutes of . |
| 8 | The West , in contrast , pretends that social planning is more central to its ideology than it really is and fails to support many of those who , for whatever reason , lose out on the benefits of the system . |
| 9 | But how can courgettes , which are sold by the grower at , say , 25–30p a lb at the most , end up on the shelves at Safeway for £1.16 per lb ? |
| 10 | Continue to Skinningrove then go back on the cliffs above Hummersea Scar and over to the cottages of Upton . |