Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time ‘ Cobweb Soup ’ grinds in on thin guitar it 's already too late , as curiously gets the better of you . |
| 2 | By the time ‘ Cobweb Soup ’ grinds in on thin guitar it 's already too late , as curiously gets the better of you . |
| 3 | Yet , embittered pigeons have a great tendency to come home to roost at a later date , wreaking merry havoc as they zoom in on perceived injustices and ensure that all and sundry realise the iniquities of their previous employer . |
| 4 | The youth of Port Talbot were broken in on great drama and fired , from the beginning , to reach for the sky . |
| 5 | After the show the band chill out in the car park , meeting Carpettes from around 16 , who got in on borrowed ID , to those in their mid-20s sucking on roaches who have just heard about the band along with The Charlatans UK ( ! ) and want their logo in felt tip on a T-shirt . |
| 6 | Garages cash in on chipped windscreens |
| 7 | Three cash in on bright ideas |
| 8 | crack down on inhumane rearing of livestock , particularly poultry , pigs and dairy herds . |
| 9 | Syrian troops allegedly crack down on pro-Iraqi demonstrators in eastern Syria . |
| 10 | Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 the NCC must offer a management agreement to any farmer on an SSSI whose application for an agricultural grant it turns down on conservation grounds . |
| 11 | Nicolas Tredell has said of some New Accents contributors , ‘ despite their ostensible Gallic sympathies , they crash down on French jouissance like a ceiling-full of cold showers . ’ |
| 12 | They can cash in on good ideas from staff and benefit from many small improvements and occasional large leaps forward . |
| 13 | Can you cash in on unwanted space or possessions ? |
| 14 | The one-sided affair ought to have seen the hosts cash in on early superiority , even before Booth struck in the 31st minute to break the deadlock with a well-placed glancing header off Darren Ferguson 's corner . |
| 15 | By 1980 the operation was clearly prospering , bringing in on average £2500 per week in the second half of the year . |
| 16 | Deborah Levy drops in on Canadian maestro Robert Lepage , suspended between worlds in his solo show |
| 17 | He looks down on hi life . |
| 18 | Chinese to bear down on environmental lawbreakers |
| 19 | Some weapons home in on infra-red sources , some on radar , others just go where they are told . |
| 20 | How the Queen is cracking down on young Royals |
| 21 | Starting with a spectacular seizure of thousands of leading brand products , the US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has begun cracking down on misleading food labelling . |
| 22 | Thames valley police are cracking down on bad driving . |
| 23 | By keeping double taxation to a minimum and cracking down on phoney transfer pricing , these international arrangements have helped boost the efficient allocation of capital worldwide . |
| 24 | The USSR Supreme Soviet on Oct. 31 adopted legislation cracking down on black-market trading in the period of transition to a market economy . |
| 25 | They travel great distances , carried along on floating pack-ice . |
| 26 | Of course , some were able to pull through on sheer physical strength , quickness and resilience , but there is evidence to suggest that shrewdness or guile were useful properties to have when it came to self-preservation . |
| 27 | They were altogether sharper and funnier , liable to dash off on little fantasy runs . |
| 28 | To sum up on private dispositions . |
| 29 | During this spare time you can catch up on lost sleep ( as long as your naps do not prevent a full night 's sleep ) , relax after the stresses of the journey , adjust drinking and eating habits , and generally adapt to your new surroundings . |
| 30 | Briefly , cryostat sections were picked up on poly-L-lysone-coated slides and dried at 37°C for 2 h . |