Example sentences of "[verb] on by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roared on by considerable vocal support , Matt Cook took his goal tally to eight with two more goals , and then set up Becky Ashdown to round off a 3–0 win . |
| 2 | The other kind of sex I learned about was the meaning of the four-letter words the boys chalked up on the playground wall , though the explanations were inadequate and puzzling , passed on by other children and received with incredulity . |
| 3 | International : Cotton republic is hanging on by slim thread |
| 4 | The shortcomings focussed on by alternative suppliers a |
| 5 | All about running for trains they could n't catch or being sat on by scaly monsters , and they got hold of books that told you that it meant Sex . |
| 6 | The widest definition of the Crown in the cases is that of Lord Diplock in Town Investments Ltd. v. Department of Environment who said of the term that it is ‘ appropriate to embrace both collectively and individually all the Ministers of the Crown and parliamentary secretaries under whose direction the administrative work of government is carried on by civil servants in the various government departments ’ . |
| 7 | is carried on by private study under supervision . |
| 8 | The distinction here is between two very distinct schools of harpsichord-making ; a tradition carried on by native craftsmen who flourished during the first 25 years of the 18th century and an imported tradition initiated by Hermann Tabel that displaced its native rival as effectively as a cuckoo might take charge in a sparrow 's nest . |
| 9 | In the first half of the seventeenth century the Dutch East India Company , for example , still sent representatives of its own to negotiate with European powers ; but by its end any diplomatic activity in Europe carried on by non-sovereign entities was a curiosity without practical significance . |
| 10 | In 1839 , the Chinese decided to end the lucrative opium trade carried on by British merchants . |
| 11 | After the death of old Daniel , the five year lease was carried on by old Smythe who renewed it for a further term of two years though at a lower rental . |
| 12 | But since , so jump upon this bloody question , you from the Polack wars , and you from England , are here arrived , give order that these bodies high on a stage be placed to the view ; and let me speak to the yet unknowing world how these things came about : so shall you hear of carnal , bloody and unnatural acts , of accidental judgments , casual slaughters , of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause , and , in this upshot , purposes mistook fallen on the inventors ' heads : all this can I truly deliver . |
| 13 | But er we went from erm Quay , we did stay at Belfast for a about erm just er a few hours , picked up the Belfast passengers , they , they , we did n't dock there , we they came on by tender . |
| 14 | Like the reverential preservation of every scrap of paper written on by secondrate men of letters , it is an example of a flight from discrimination . |
| 15 | But if you do n't mind this cinema verité approach to pornography and you get turned on by freaky-looking people , then the amateur video could introduce you to some interesting new bedtime pals . |
| 16 | It was turned on by remote control . |
| 17 | They are very interested in successful women , but not turned on by facial good looks . |
| 18 | So different people want different things and get turned on by different things . |
| 19 | It must be the case that the norms of these variable states are agreed on by internal consensus in the communities concerned . |
| 20 | If a society lets any considerable number of its members grow up mere children , incapable of being acted on by rational consideration of distant motives , society has itself to blame for the consequences . |
| 21 | BA93 organisers fired on by Labour MPs |
| 22 | A concrete choice could be the four-momentum of a test body acted on by gravitational and non-gravitational forces . |
| 23 | He saw the torch which Reagan and Thatcher had lit being borne on by other , apparently unstoppable , hands , while the newer economies , like Walesa 's Poland , flocked to its light . |
| 24 | Some he may be hearing in future include : Thy food is such as has been breathed on by infected lungs , ( Pericles ) — useful for insulting prison cooks . |
| 25 | Beyond the town , the old county boundary is crossed , Caithness being left for Sutherland , both of these ancient counties having now sadly lost their identities in the new-fangled administrative area known as the Highland Region — one hopes that Caithness will for ever remain Caithness and Sutherland Sutherland in the minds of Scotsmen : historical associations should not be trampled on by modern bureaucracy . |
| 26 | They were in many cases cheered on by local bystanders . |
| 27 | In 1589 he was nominated by Lord Burghley for a position of a Judge , an office he humbly declined , giving as his reason failing eye sight which hampered his work , a condition brought on by continuous study of old documents . |
| 28 | The reproductive role of women exposes them to many health problems , including diseases associated with malnutrition , infections and diseases brought on by inadequate prenatal care . |
| 29 | The N A S U W T says about a quarter of its teachers face problems brought on by poor pay and extra responsibilities . |
| 30 | It can also be brought on by incorrect or over-feeding , low oxygen levels or sudden temperature changes . |