Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.21 In chapter 7 we rework and develop our rationale on the place of literature in the English curriculum 5 to 16 . |
| 2 | The riverbank rushed towards her with dizzying speed as the stiffness in her legs caused her stumble and lose her balance on the uneven ground . |
| 3 | You will fall on yourself and bang your head on the radiator when you step backwards . |
| 4 | and snow their passion on the hills . |
| 5 | But the enormous contrast between relatively unbiased news on television and extreme pro-Conservative bias in the press would encourage Labour politicians to moderate their criticism of television and concentrate their attack on the press . |
| 6 | Train driver Graham Lumsden , of Duke Street , Hartlepool , said he was driving the train from Port Clarence to Thornaby and was approaching the North Shore signal box , about a quarter-of-a-mile north of Stockton station , when he saw a dark-haired male dash out from some bushes and place his head on the line . |
| 7 | Typically organisations require employees to obtain two or three estimates and base their payment on the lowest one . |
| 8 | Watching every movement , and she put him on and put his blanket on the ground and he was laying there in his handful of this and so she said come to me then and she put something on the floor she said well you know you go to it , I ai n't gon na give it to you and he 's she said well no , you 've got ta try ! |
| 9 | Here you can forget crowded car parks , traffic jams and distracting street noises and focus your attention on the business in hand . |
| 10 | Since the great period of railway closures of the 1950s and '60s it is , of course , now possible to walk along many of the former track beds and appreciate their impact on the landscape . |
| 11 | Write the word clearly ( not in capital letters ) , and record your voice on the card saying it as naturally as possible . |
| 12 | To give a better understanding of how Schmincke 's Soft Pastels perform , we asked Jackie to outline her working methods and give her judgement on the Schmincke range : ‘ Working with pastels is , for me , a constant joy : I am hooked ! |
| 13 | Unless there is a real threat to personal safety , all those who deal directly with the public should wear a name badge and give their name on the telephone and in letters . |
| 14 | It was a real exciting year ; all the stuff was brand new and you could be driving to the gig and hear your record on the radio . |
| 15 | This arrangement , cleverly yet quite simply managed , would give him a couple of hours to get on with what he desperately wanted to get on with : to climb into bed with Downes 's beautiful and doubtlessly over-sexed wife , Lucy , and get his bottom on the top sheet before his time ran out . |
| 16 | M. Grimaud said that would be very pleasant for her : he would deliver and collect her , and visit his cousin on the domaine . |
| 17 | But to reach it she would need to walk within feet of her visitor — and release her grip on the dress with one hand to open the door . |
| 18 | Proclamation of the fair was necessary to make it known and enforce its holding on the specified date . |
| 19 | They detained us , refusing even to allow us to re-cross the river and continue our journey on the other side . |
| 20 | You leave the conspiracy theory of history to the professors , and keep your eye on the opportun-ists . |
| 21 | The winner is the one who can out-bluff his opponent and keep his hand on the pad the longest . |
| 22 | Why not simply take the hint and turn his back on the village once and for all ? |
| 23 | Political chaos was having the effect of making Elisabeth and Daniel take stock and order their time on the island particularly efficiently . |
| 24 | Hold the faceplate in position and mark its outline on the door edge . |
| 25 | The Office of Fair Trading is investigating claims that the big tour-operators and their chain of travel agents are using their muscle to restrict customer choice and tighten their grip on the market . |
| 26 | The Office of Fair Trading is investigating claims that the big tour-operators and their chain of travel agents are using their muscle to restrict customer choice and tighten their grip on the market . |
| 27 | Watching Dora , Melissa observed her stiffen and tighten her grip on the putter , her arm muscles clenched below the rolled-up sleeves of her blouse . |
| 28 | Nor could Creggan see that with that return of some sense of a spirit of life that can never die there came to the nearly lifeless wings of the close-caged Minch a sudden struggle and slight flutter of purpose — not much , but enough to make the Man look down in surprise and tighten his grip on the carrier cage . |
| 29 | If the study of genetic aspects of colorectal cancer continues at its present pace , molecular biology may soon outgrow its immediate role as a research tool and take its place on the clinical stage . |
| 30 | Aloud he said he would stay for another night and take her place on the constituency slate . |