Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , change hands , push the tiller to where you were sitting , watch for the boom , as it swings across , straighten up and sit down on the new side . |
| 2 | Van Gogh 's life has so often been made the subject of literary treatment that the art historian is strongly inclined to leave the biographical matter severely alone and concentrate exclusively on the artistic aspect . |
| 3 | Rosalba felt that if only she could stop blinking and concentrate totally on the sweet and grieving countenance of the Madonna of the Spasm , she would catch the fleeting flutter of her eyelids and twitch of her lips as she granted Rosa 's prayer . |
| 4 | This can be steep , making progress forward difficult — you have to hold one wheel and push hard on the other just to stop yourself from rolling down it . |
| 5 | And yet these would be better able to be active and grow quickly on a limited food supply , particularly in a stable equable climate . |
| 6 | The Six agreed to hold an intergovernmental committee , to be headed by the tireless Paul-Henri Spaak , which would consider , flesh out and report back on the various proposals . |
| 7 | Wash and dry the can well , and place upright on a greased baking tray . |
| 8 | She waited , holding her breath , wondering whether he would really answer all the questions that had been buzzing around in her head ever since she had first met him , or whether he would skirt around the subject and depend instead on the overwhelming attraction she felt for him to talk her back into bed . |
| 9 | They must take account of regional and social differences between countries , and depend crucially on the local culture and the target audience , whether they be village children or police recruits . |
| 10 | In keeping with the book 's leitmotif , however , let's ignore all that and focus instead on the rich images of Lamb in shock at the lunch interval after weathering 22 bouncers among the preceding 24 balls ; of Dexter losing interest after fielding all day in 90 degrees at Karachi ; of the normally taciturn Peter May sounding off about the regime which followed him as chairman of selectors ; of the ‘ terror of spin ’ and the West Indian ‘ throat-theory ’ reign of terror , attributed in part to the meatiness of their backsides . |
| 11 | However , with God himself at the focus of our lives , we can rise above mere curiosity and focus in on the true purpose for reading the Bible . |
| 12 | Sometimes he 'd get more hyped up and ride along on a snaking king-boogie , or work out a streak of magical stop-time sleaze like ‘ Boom Boom ’ ( first recorded in ‘ 61 ) . |
| 13 | Almost by reflex , McIlvanney and I take a corner table , and open up on the safe territory of swapping recriminations about our country 's lack of respect for the trade . |
| 14 | For hours he would sit by the window , and look out on the empty , Sunday street , as the church bells tolled dismally from different points in the town . |
| 15 | At the end of this road , walk a short way over the grassy hillside and look down on the turquoise waters of the bay ( Baia de Abra ) . |
| 16 | So he can not cast off the argument from error and rely entirely on the conditional theory to show that K aq is here false . |
| 17 | For , as George Gilder has written , ‘ All of us are dependent for our livelihood and progress not on a vast and predictable machine , but on the creativity and courage of the particular men who accept the risks which generate our riches . ’ |
| 18 | In Sailors Three ( 1940 , Three Cockeyed Sailors in US ) , Tommy Trinder and his companions get drunk and end up on a German ship which , more by mishap than demon cunning , they occupy and deliver to their commander . |
| 19 | It 's not often you score 3 goals and end up on the losing team . |
| 20 | It 's not often you score 3 goals and end up on the losing team . |
| 21 | The geomancers led everyone to take their eye from the ball and fix instead on an illusory bubble that burst at about 2am on Friday . |
| 22 | Change hands , push to where you were sitting , crouch in the middle of the boat and straighten up on the new course . |
| 23 | We smoke a bit of skag , feel better and nod off on the tweedy settee before the heater . |
| 24 | ‘ Press down with your left foot and pull back on the green lever , then , ’ said the Thing . |
| 25 | Orthega and Paschero , however , consider all diseases to be due to environmental causes and miss out on the inherited factors present in the cause of the disease . |
| 26 | Chop cheese into small cubes ; put in a small pan together with the cream and stir continuously on a low heat until cheese is completely dissolved . |
| 27 | Everyone is happy to jump-to and work hard on a new factory opening or a big product launch , but they are not so eager to rush off and fulfil the everyday requests which come in from the media . |