Example sentences of "on the [noun] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now er with the vehicles on the road today more and more accidents And certainly motorways , and bearing in mind I would imagine , er would it be true to say that the majority of mo driving is done on motorways and dual carriageways ? |
| 2 | They were entitled in my judgment to take into account the actual use by the defendant company and the previous owner in determining what the ordinary use of that vehicle was on the road so far as it is relevant to the question they had to answer . |
| 3 | ‘ The car is at the garage now and Elton has been told the damage can be repaired and the car will be back on the road as soon as possible . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd like to get on the road as soon as possible . ’ |
| 5 | Midland Car Loans have been specially developed to put you on the road as quickly and simply as possible . |
| 6 | As has been previously noted he gave much attention to the unique colour of the Cumbrian mountains and this he combined with the sunlight and shadows falling on the hills so skilfully that it is possible for an observer with local knowledge , to tell the warmth of the sun or the time of day.Just as the mountains give colour to the lakes , so in turn do they reflect the colours of the sky . |
| 7 | ‘ At the same time , ’ he said , ‘ I must also get to know my colleagues on the Board as fast as possible . |
| 8 | So there 's a very interesting study by a person who 's name I 'm going to write on the board okay so or et al nineteen ninety . |
| 9 | He is allowed to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 10 | He 's allows to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 11 | Pakistan were 31 without loss by the close , Ramiz Raja ( 20 ) having spent little time on the field so far because of a stomach upset , and that evening Waqar Younis , asked what was the secret behind his late swing , replied , with a grin : ‘ I 'm not telling you that ! ’ |
| 12 | The idea of this is for all the people to pull on the rope as hard as possible . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've got to bring C.W. and Sabrina in on the case as quickly as possible . |
| 14 | I do n't know er why we 're not more continually erm more on the case as far as our members of parliament are concerned because remember they 're there for our benefit and front page of the Daily Mirror this morning . |
| 15 | Now that you have had all four meetings with prospective purchasers I feel I should recap on the progress so far and set out how we move forward from here . |
| 16 | ‘ But the market is 4.5pc down on the year so far and it looks as though the light end of the market might not yet have bottomed out . ’ |
| 17 | a page designed primarily for speaking or writing activities based on the story so far and the developing mystery |
| 18 | You should also note points where a pause could be made for recap on the story so far or for prediction of what might happen next . |
| 19 | It is also more likely that patients , and their partners , will see how treatment is related to their everyday lives , and they will be able to act on the feelings more immediately and carry out the tasks arising from the session . |
| 20 | Queen Elizabeth is already the longest-serving monarch of the twentieth century , and may possibly be on the throne even longer than Victoria . |
| 21 | She fell heavily and the raised hoof caught Maggie on the shoulder so powerfully that she too fell , pain washing over her like fire . |
| 22 | She saw the cows between the posts , the sun throwing their shadows on the wall as carefully as a painter paints a beautiful king or queen . |
| 23 | Brutality , as Hill describes and felt it , was a bitter part of his prison life ; you just learnt to get down on the floor as fast as you could and cover up as best you could . |
| 24 | ‘ The police and ambulance arrived on the scene very rapidly and the other driver admitted that it was her fault . |
| 25 | You can come back with us now or you can call in at the Incident Room on the Wharf later today if you prefer . ’ |
| 26 | My private office helped out on the baby-sitting very effectively but I am sure quite improperly . |
| 27 | The variety Nottingham has the best fruits , which must be left on the tree as long as possible so that they become ‘ bletted ’ — dark brown and softly squidgy . |
| 28 | Leader Paul Harford said : ‘ Today puts Cleveland back on the map as far as mainline rail services in Britain are concerned . ’ |
| 29 | One potential second ascensionist who shall remain nameless ( clue : he lives in Wallyford ) tried to seat the gear on the crux so violently that he took an 80′ near groundfall when six runners ripped ! ! |
| 30 | If the more rural areas show up on the whole slightly better than the more populous places that is perhaps a feature that occurs in other aspects of Scottish life ; and let the indwellers in those backward centres of population not repine . |