Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the vast edifice that they built up on extremely shaky premises the phrenologists were socially-committed men , with an interest in holistic medicine and a shrewdness that served them well when they ran their fingers over somebody 's skull in pursuit of character . |
| 2 | ‘ There is one thing which nobody has picked up on yet , ’ confides Alex late in the evening . |
| 3 | It 's come back on again . |
| 4 | No look if I talk into it quite loud like this it cuts out and then it takes a while to come back on again okay is that alright ? |
| 5 | They have ensured that competition for rural housing has been carried out on increasingly unequal terms and that the population of many villages has become more socially exclusive . |
| 6 | Tests will be carried out on up to 500 children across the North West who have been treated by the doctor . |
| 7 | For example , the uninformed reader will almost certainly conclude that Herbert Needleman 's neuropsychological tests were carried out on not just 158 children but on all 2000 children in the study . |
| 8 | A major life-extension programme was carried out on nearly half the Class 37 fleet , with a number of variants designed specifically for freight haulage and expected to survive into the next century . |
| 9 | Will my right hon. Friend add a new dimension to the debate by commenting on whether any studies have been carried out on how the TA could provide relief in the event of natural disasters , which would have the agreeable effect of combining military efficiency with humanitarian benefits ? |
| 10 | Today , manual remuage is still widely used , but it is carried out on specially designed wooden boards , hinged together to stand like an inverted ‘ V ’ and known as pupitres ( the French for reading desks ) . |
| 11 | Nuclear microscopical investigations using unstained tissue were carried out on more than 80 plaque cores from the temporal cortex and hippocampus of four cases of AD and two aged controls . |
| 12 | These weeks are looked back on affectionately by pupils as they remember the camaraderie they have developed with Staff , parent and senior pupils . |
| 13 | ‘ They could all fall back on well paid jobs . |
| 14 | Do n't fall back on too many old ones ! |
| 15 | I was just sticking one of the mouse heads back on when the birds went up into the evening air , kaw-calling and screaming , wheeling over the path through the dunes where it went near their nests . |
| 16 | Well it 's , I put down on here that er , it 's a benefit for customers that possibly their shops close half day where they can have collections , er sorry deliveries in the morning so that they 've got benefit of having deliveries A M |
| 17 | Erm you did try and pick up , I think you realized that er you had n't done your ref er your referrals properly at the beginning and you actually came back to it erm at the end erm trying to pick up on where you left off and erm Martin was very non-committal at that point . |
| 18 | I think that 's a point to pick up on actually . |
| 19 | The the particular point that that I wish to pick up on though was from M Mr Curtis and his reference to erm the draft P P G thirteen , and whilst I 'd say that the point of the H B F that it 's only a draft publication at this stage , there 's in my view been too mu much over reliance on the reference in there to self containment , you see if we look at that particular paragraph , two point one two , it actually says avoid the development of small new settlements which are not to , sorry , I 'll start that again , avoid the development of small new settlements which are not be likely to be well served by public transport , or which will not be largely self contained . |
| 20 | The coach trip back to the Academy is remembered by few , as the dirty and damp officer cadets catch up on much lost sleep . |
| 21 | Are you looking back on tomorrow then ? |
| 22 | But then the lady came back on again — you know , the one who spoke to me first — and she said ‘ Thank you very much , ’ and she told me they were going to send me a prize of — wait for it — 5 . |
| 23 | The top seed , who has missed out on just one final in 30 tournaments over the last two years , looked set for a shock defeat at 3–6 , 0–3 down midway through the second set . |
| 24 | mode of argument ( g ) : Exemplify theories , terms or approaches , or use a classificatory system to describe a text ( usually in order to reflect back on how suitable or effective the descriptive system is ) . |
| 25 | Toward the end of the war , many artillery pieces were of such a size and weight that they could only be moved around on specially strengthened railway freight wagons . |
| 26 | Just off the main road on the right is a good viewpoint to look down on both the north and south sides of the island . |
| 27 | Monaco became the first French club to reach the final when they drew 2–2 in Rotterdam with Feyenoord , going through on away goals after the 1–1 draw in the Principality . |
| 28 | You stand up on there cos mum wants to sit down . |
| 29 | In the past we maintained a central pool of expertise — a flying squad — available to help out on regionally based projects ; now the regions have that expertise permanently assigned to them . |
| 30 | They still use the horse and dray , which he remembers going out on when he was a boy . |