Example sentences of "[verb] on [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I passed to her the wisdom I picked up eavesdropping on our two eldest sisters , whose lives were then lived in romantic turmoil . |
| 2 | He whined and shivered , and my young blood mixed on his slavering chops with gamey saliva and thick eye-mucus as he girned and looked shakily and pleadingly up at my father , who picked him up and strangled him . |
| 3 | I sleep on my own in a big double bed in a big room with a view of the sea . ’ |
| 4 | People know what the boundaries are ; they know where they should act on their own and where not . |
| 5 | It encourages judges to decide and act on their own views . |
| 6 | Yet Evans-Pritchard records that he never met a Zande who admitted to practising witchcraft , although when pressed Zande might acknowledge that witchcraft substance could act on its own account , perhaps even against the conscious intentions of the person concerned . |
| 7 | Although there were some routine matters , such as the issue of legal writs , where it could act on its own initiative , for any matter of permanent importance it needed a warrant for its action from the Privy Seal or the Signet : usually only the former would be sufficient . |
| 8 | The verb metaphor is further characterized by the fact that it has no direct link to its proper term , but acts on the noun of which it is the predicate ; in the case of the transitive verb it can also act on its direct and indirect objects . |
| 9 | It was as if I could n't act on my own behalf . |
| 10 | The Chihuahua strained on its narrow leather lead to be clear of the shooting , and the shouting , and the crying of the little girls . |
| 11 | Daewoo Electronics Co has set a conversion price of 14,400 Korean won on its par-priced $70m issue of convertible bonds due December 31 2008 and callable after May 18 1994 . |
| 12 | Arnold Palmer , Gary Player , George Archer and Jack Nicklaus are the only golfers ever to have won on their first appearance in a US Senior Tour event . |
| 13 | In fact , it was the sort of autonomy that Dustin had already won on his last two pictures , and would retain , much to many directors ' displeasure , in most of his future ventures . |
| 14 | With respect to a concept of orthogenesis the validity of internally direction evolution does not stand or fall on what various specialists such as molecular biologists , have to offer . |
| 15 | Which could be seen as a good thing ; after all , in the eyes of sceptical guitarists the GR-1 could stand or fall on its immediate user-friendly appeal . |
| 16 | Milken refused to play the game of domino justice , so the case against him will stand or fall on its own merits . |
| 17 | It seems that this is a case that will stand or fall on its own particular facts . |
| 18 | Heinemann has a one volume FCE course entitled Target First Certificate , and this has neither prequels nor sequels and will stand or fall on its own merits . |
| 19 | There have to be some standards but a track record is more important than spending three weekends away being taught something you already know , and I 'm quite happy to stand or fall on my personal record . |
| 20 | I 'M WRITING after reading the Echo story about train doors opening on their own . |
| 21 | Sarah heard a loud banging on her front door . |
| 22 | Her pelvis was cracked on her right side and her back broken , though neither she nor Ariel knew this yet in their attention to the burns she had received . |
| 23 | Once again they dined on their bland diet of soup , meat and biscuits . |
| 24 | It 's erm — and another thing , I was delighted when John Dreyfus in the Type ninety lecture used these terms of Charles Peignot called typo lecture and typo visuel , which I mis-spelt on my closing slide ! |
| 25 | The wide drive-belt thrummed on its smooth wheels , with a ‘ flak ’ as the stapled joint passed over metal . |
| 26 | How they must be laughing on their Olympian level . |
| 27 | But they rose on their own with virtually no support at all amongst ordinary workers , it was essentially a rising carried out exclusively by the Communist Party members themselves . |
| 28 | At the sudden order , Ana 's hand tightened , the horse rose on its strong haunches , its forelegs pawing the air , holding an impossible stance at a dangerous angle . |
| 29 | Selinus , to the far west along the south coast of Sicily , evidently became very rich very early , and of the many temples , some vast , which rose on its huge acropolis several belong to this early time . |
| 30 | Congratulations to Cynthia Rose on her excellent article on the Spike Lee industry ( FACE 25 ) . |