Example sentences of "be [verb] on it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it was unquestionably the most important candidate for saving by the nation , if all efforts had been concentrated on it to the exclusion of others the nation would have lost Belton and Calke . |
| 2 | The Leeds said the plan to close 60 of its 481 branches across the country was part of its long-term strategy and had not been forced on it by the housing recession . |
| 3 | The Blox had run the whisker pole to maximum height on its track , suspended it from the main halyard , and were swinging on it from the pulpit far out over the harbour and letting go . |
| 4 | It is now fairly clear , moreover , that political considerations , of not wishing to be seen as having ‘ destroyed the value of the pound sterling ’ , were of major importance in the Labour government 's initial resistance to devaluation in 1967 quite apart from powerful pressures against devaluation being exerted on it by the Bank of England [ Tomlinson , 1985 ] . |
| 5 | Then all we have to do is sit on it until the time 's right , ’ Hitch told him . |
| 6 | The Save Venice trust are working on it at the moment . |