Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lewis 's performance was a reminder of how compelling heavyweight boxing can still be when it dares to step out from behind the curtain of cynical and protective matchmaking ; when it dares to put on a career life-or-death fight between two men with the pedigree to be king . |
| 2 | But otherwise it has survived on a diet of small deals while making a nice living rewinding British industry 's electric motors . |
| 3 | The regional council says that unless it gets guarantees about the money it wants to spend on a railway service now facing privatisation , it may have to switch the money to its own plans to upgrade Glasgow public transport . |
| 4 | Young people with backpacks and habitual travellers may know what it means to go on a journey , but for most the romance of escape begins with deciding where to go on holiday and then getting there as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | Continue to bounce the Squig Hopper and continue to attack until it fails to land on a model . |
| 6 | I mean , the real problem is that the rating system is out of date , it 's based on a rating valuation which was last updated in 1973 and has n't been updated since . |
| 7 | It 's based on a design that 's earthquake-proof . |
| 8 | And I think this is a pretty critical problem , and of course it 's not only based on Sussex schools , but it 's based on a number of schools throughout the country which we 're studying to see the effects of this programme . |
| 9 | I said the libraries are closed on Wednesdays and Fridays , why do n't you come to the library with me today because it 's closed on a Wednesday and Friday . |
| 10 | So in a sense that 's the way the planning is currently allocated , it 's allocated on a floor area basis . |