Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may pick on a teacher 's mannerisms , dress , or accent and discussion of something like this can dominate a session . |
| 2 | They find themselves cover in secluded areas , adopting a temporary home which they may use on a number of occasions . |
| 3 | The next sections of the paper examine a number of the key proposals in relation to the impact they may have on the assessment of efficiency . |
| 4 | He also persuaded the college authorities that they ought to embark on a class project and construction was started in November 1936 . |
| 5 | people probably realize that their own circle of acquaintances is too narrow to provide a reasonable basis for estimating party chances and so they must rely on a combination of personal contacts , media comments , and especially published opinion polls . |
| 6 | They must arrive on the doorstep , like the milk . |
| 7 | ‘ without lawful authority or reasonable excuse ’ The proof of this point is on the defence and they must prove on the balance of probabilities that the accused had it with him with lawful authority or reasonable excuse . |
| 8 | They should travel on the Underground , walk through run-down areas like Prenzlauer Berg , see the rowdies we have here , the Romanian beggars . |
| 9 | They should embark on the programme and policy that Labour will certainly pursue when we are in office . |
| 10 | He advised visitors what roads to take and pointed out the sights they should see on the way . |
| 11 | Erm the point I made to them , that everybody round that table , if they did have a problem that they thought was urgent , they should get on the phone to the , you know , Steve and |
| 12 | It was also decided that they should concentrate on the contract market . |
| 13 | They 'll sleep on the floor in the girl 's room . |
| 14 | ‘ They 'll come on the flood past Earnmouth but not any further : the banks are too conveniently close for assailants , and we trust there will be assailants . |
| 15 | But you must ask the person , do n't put just somebody 's name down , thinking they might go on the committee , erm , you must ask them first before you put their name on the list . |
| 16 | With his admirable powers of persuasion , and perhaps the Darwin connection , Gould managed to enlist some of the crew : the Commander , Rear-Admiral Stokes , a Mr Dring , and , in particular , Dr Benjamin Bynoe , who promised to surrender to Gould any birds they might collect on the voyage for naming and describing . |
| 17 | Since it was very hot they just put on a loincloth , but when they had visitors they might throw on a leopard skin to look more venerable . |
| 18 | Comprehensive evaluation of company performance over these broader activities is not available , but the little which is known about individual companies suggests that financial objectives were more important than they might appear on the surface . |
| 19 | With each of the Picassos conservatively valued at some $10 million , there is a fear that if the family are successful in their claim , the works would no longer be accessible to the public and , worse still , that they might appear on the market . |
| 20 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 21 | The greater proportion ( 33 per cent ) of people said they could function on a minimum of six hours ' sleep , though many claimed they could get by on five hours ( 23 per cent ) and four hours ( 20 per cent ) . |
| 22 | It will be a whole lot clearer to you then , but it 's there basically because it was asked for , it 's inadequate because that was all they could do on the day , having been instructed to provide it . |
| 23 | They could knock on the door , or they could sell send their servants ! |
| 24 | Soon a fairly large crowd had gathered and men were holding their sons up so that they could stand on the bar to get a better view . |
| 25 | In many countries the government stimulates such enterprises by providing some start-up capital , but the spokesman for our government came across very poorly , with totally negative comments to the effect that if inventors thought they could rely on the government for help , they were wrong . |
| 26 | Evidence received by the Commission shows that cathedral and other professional church musicians receive salaries which are a fraction of the remuneration they could command on the basis of their qualifications , outside the Church . |
| 27 | From then on Augusto , at the time an economist with the World Bank , and Michaela — neither with a scrap of medical or scientific knowledge — read all the papers they could find on the disease , and research into its treatment . |
| 28 | Club officials disclosed that Mr Souness had kept news of the operation secret from the players so they could concentrate on the match against Portsmouth . |
| 29 | A lot of Winnipeg 's race crowd , Zak said , had asked how they could get on the train . |
| 30 | He 'd send them then , he every dock was numbered from one to hundred and thirty and he 'd say righto , number one so and so , number five so and so and of course when they come back to the pool , they 'd go on the end of the rota . |