Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] [noun] 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 | He must go now , to the apartment block , and make his calls on the tenants . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | You will fall on yourself and bang your head on the radiator when you step backwards . |
| 5 | He did n't say , ‘ Right , men — come in by twos , line up facing east and bang your foreheads on the floor ! ’ |
| 6 | and snow their passion on the hills . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We will continue to offer generous funding for Housing for Wales and concentrate our efforts on the special needs of rural Wales . |
| 9 | A one-parent family , living on scraps from the educational world , too proud to seek refuge and warm her hands on the tepid thickly painted radiators of Leeds , to cast off her jerseys and socks on the radiant central heating of Sussex , to lie half-naked in that ill-starred farmhouse in Tuscany . |
| 10 | Sit as shown , and place your hands on the lower thighs so you can feel the leg muscle contractions . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ And when I 've done emptying , I could come back here and empty your brains on the ground , could n't I ? ’ |
| 13 | Typically organisations require employees to obtain two or three estimates and base their payment on the lowest one . |
| 14 | And he came in and sat down and put his elbows on the edge of his tray and it all went whack over his blazer and it all slid down onto his trousers . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | He stopped and put his chains on the wheels , got off the motorway , started to put chains on the wheels . |
| 17 | in P P G twelve about the guidance the structure plan should provide to a local planner , and put my cards on the table , wonder whether it would n't actually be more to say if York can only provide thirty three hectares , that should be the provision first in York ? |
| 18 | Here you can forget crowded car parks , traffic jams and distracting street noises and focus your attention on the business in hand . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Write the word clearly ( not in capital letters ) , and record your voice on the card saying it as naturally as possible . |
| 21 | Before you step on the scales , find your tape measure and record your measurements on the Weight and Inch Loss Record Chart at the back of this book . |
| 22 | 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 ! |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | M. Grimaud said that would be very pleasant for her : he would deliver and collect her , and visit his cousin on the domaine . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Proclamation of the fair was necessary to make it known and enforce its holding on the specified date . |
| 29 | They detained us , refusing even to allow us to re-cross the river and continue our journey on the other side . |
| 30 | You leave the conspiracy theory of history to the professors , and keep your eye on the opportun-ists . |