Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sit in on one of my lessons . |
| 2 | You see when Steve used to erm come down to Selby I mean there were , there were occasions when I used to go into the college with him and sit in on some of his interviews . |
| 3 | Now again if you take a good look round the retired people in town there is , you just sit down on one of those benches in town and watch people for a bit , and you 'll see that a lot of them are deteriorating physically and that is making them , making it difficult for them to get about socially , shopping- wise and so on . |
| 4 | ‘ Sit down on that not very comfortable stool , and listen to what I have to say regarding your future , if you choose to accept it . |
| 5 | Now in fact that 's not what we like our stewards to do , what we like our stewards to do is actually to help people to enjoy themselves , to help people to erm to enjoy the house and to sit on things and and and actually say , no please sit down on that if you like to , it 's perfectly alright , that 's what it 's for . |
| 6 | His score of 568 points out of 600 was only seven points down on first position , which was taken by R Jones of Racketts Archery Club , with T Preston of Braintree Archery club second . |
| 7 | He urged her to sit down on one of the hard , gilded sofas for a moment . |
| 8 | Resentfully Kate took it from him before moving to sit down on one of the sofas . |
| 9 | Rincewind got down on one knee , the better to arrange the picture , and pressed the enchanted lever . |
| 10 | I think the government should slow down on all its activities at the present time and concentrate on getting the economy right , and everything else put on the back burner . |
| 11 | By the time ‘ Cobweb Soup ’ grinds in on thin guitar it 's already too late , as curiously gets the better of you . |
| 12 | By the time ‘ Cobweb Soup ’ grinds in on thin guitar it 's already too late , as curiously gets the better of you . |
| 13 | Who actually sits in on these video meetings . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Zoom in on this bungalow |
| 16 | ‘ If Lennox does n't learn to crouch and get his right hand up more , Ruddock will zoom in on that and it is going to be all over . |
| 17 | Can you zoom in on that window then ? |
| 18 | You can zoom in on any area of the design by positioning a BOX around that area . |
| 19 | Here senior police officers sit in a windowless room , facing a bank of video-monitors and operating , by remote control , TV cameras which can zoom in on any area of the terraces or stands . |
| 20 | It swooped down on one of the dogs and was standing on its chest with its beak at her throat . |
| 21 | We do most humbly refer our cause and ourselves to the Goodness of your Honor and the Company beseeching you to consider favourably of our unfeigned hindrance beside the great loss of our own stock laid down on these mines . |
| 22 | Dustin , with darkened eyebrows , oily black hair smoothed down on either side of a central parting , dark sunglasses and Italian gestures , wastes much of his talent in this frenzied , intermittently funny satire on Italian customs . |
| 23 | The youth of Port Talbot were broken in on great drama and fired , from the beginning , to reach for the sky . |
| 24 | As I say the problem with the tucking in on that one is there 's not quite such a lot of length . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Garages cash in on chipped windscreens |
| 27 | Three cash in on bright ideas |
| 28 | We have exhibitions at Sandown , Bristol , Leeds , Glasgow — obviously the machines cash in on this and have their own conventions in various parts of the country . |
| 29 | crack down on inhumane rearing of livestock , particularly poultry , pigs and dairy herds . |
| 30 | Syrian troops allegedly crack down on pro-Iraqi demonstrators in eastern Syria . |