Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They eat outside on the terrace , it 's so warm , by candlelight , with the lights of the city spread out in front of them — a sea of lights , twinkling in the uneven layers of warm air like a still sea shimmering and glittering . |
| 2 | They appear again on the south and east sides of the Spanish Meseta and then on way down into Africa . |
| 3 | Reporters and feature writers wore a path through the pastures of Low Birk Hatt , and now they knock constantly on the door of Belle Vue Cottage , Cotherstone . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sorry to interrupt , ’ they say politely on the phone , and I sit up straighter and always feel guilty . |
| 5 | They focus particularly on the number of legs in view — six legs indicate food , while eight suggest a potential mate . |
| 6 | Criminal laws against corporate behaviour again facilitate crime because they focus purely on the regulation broken and not on the consequences of that broken regulation . |
| 7 | ( 9 ) Most farms are run without hired labour ; they depend primarily on the labour of the owner or tenant , supplemented by that of his or her family . |
| 8 | We hope that it has not escaped the reader that the predictions concerning the different effects of word and feature masks do not depend on the mask being a word ; they depend only on the mask being composed of letters . |
| 9 | Professions are sometimes referred to as institutions , but the interesting point is that compared to many institutions they function less on the basis of formal , explicit regulations and codes than on informal , tacit norms and expectations . |
| 10 | With a major breakthrough in America beckoning , they look well on the way to becoming the first stadium techno band . |
| 11 | Most products — and even people — require special techniques to ensure that they look right on the TV screen . |
| 12 | A water where they feed both on the bottom and at the surface can be outwardly identical to one where they feed only on the bottom . |
| 13 | A water where they feed both on the bottom and at the surface can be outwardly identical to one where they feed only on the bottom . |
| 14 | ( Where parents have no previous experience of the British system of education then they rely heavily on the school 's opinion and guidance . ) |
| 15 | They roll clumsily on the floor for about half an hour , his tongue making constant assaults on her mouth until her face is wet with saliva . |
| 16 | They are made of basaltic glass , so when they come to rest , they glisten blackly on the ground . |
| 17 | Here children like her and others are studying for ‘ O ’ and ‘ A ’ levels knowing that soon as they leave school they go right on the dole . |
| 18 | Then , when I really insisted that they keep right on the centre line , they found they could do it if they tried hard . |
| 19 | As adults they move freely on the surface of the mucosa . |