Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] on [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is no room for resting on our laurels . |
| 2 | TV busybody Loyd Grossman says he would think twice about appearing on his own show Through The Keyhole . |
| 3 | The Earl of Cranbrook , the British conservationist who in 1989 led a mission to study the logging of tropical hardwoods in Sarawak , Malaysia , has criticized the Sarawak authorities for reneging on their pledge to cut production . |
| 4 | Eastman Kodak Co 's Japanese unit has had to pay about $20,000 each to those eight new college graduates for reneging on its promise to employ them : the money is to compensate for the psychological damage the last-minute cancellation may have caused them , and provide some of the salary they expected . |
| 5 | I think she feels a certain resentment that he used his wife 's illness , her death , and now uses the children as an excuse for reneging on his undertaking to leave when she wanted the cottage back . ’ |
| 6 | Lewis earned a shot at Bowe 's title after destroying ‘ Razor ’ Ruddock in October and the WBC acted honourably when stripping the champion of his title for reneging on his promise to fight the number one contender . |
| 7 | ‘ Charlton could be as tough a fixture as any , but we have got our act together after struggling on our travels earlier in the season . ’ |
| 8 | After pulling on her clothes , she headed downstairs for the perfunctory glass of orange-juice which served as breakfast . |
| 9 | After scoring on his Villa debut against his former club , Wednesday , on the opening day of the season , he made only 13 more appearances because of injuries and failed to register another goal . |
| 10 | After scoring on his Villa debut against his former club , Wednesday , on the opening day of the season , he made only 13 more appearances because of injuries and failed to register another goal . |
| 11 | To stay with yellow for a moment : we noted a paring-down to the bare bones of yellow water in a yellow glass when Raskolnikov comes to after fainting on his first visit to the police station . |
| 12 | Kuhlmann left his office after slipping on his dark top-coat and scarf . |
| 13 | When she went upstairs he dragged her to the ground and after sitting on her stomach , he twice stabbed her in the cheek with a knife . |
| 14 | The alate forms of Brevicoryne brassicae , Myzus persicae , Aphis fabae and other aphids also undergo flight-muscle histolysis after settling on their host-plants . |
| 15 | You betray an ironic and unfair image of a decent country which is facing difficult times when you refer ( December 1st ) to Colombia 's ‘ worn out political system ’ ; to its ‘ corrupt and self-serving political elite ’ ; to assassination as ‘ the usual fate of Colombian reformers ’ ; and to drug traffickers ‘ who will get lighter terms in Colombia 's porous prisons in return for squealing on their colleagues . ’ |
| 16 | Ladybird , under new management , increased its market share , grew its sales ‘ significantly ’ and achieved margins of 10% , Ms Kahn said , through capitalising on its national curriculum linked ranges such as the Test Your Child Practise series . |
| 17 | In essence , a student 's attaining the status of depended on his gaining the sponsorship , after completing or nearly completing his studies , of the holder of one of a number of high-ranking learned posts , the scholars who held these posts each having the privilege on certain occasions of investing a certain number of students , his own or others , with the right to become . |
| 18 | By seeing yourself open as a chalice , a channel of cosmic energies , you reduce the risk of becoming drained as a result of drawing on your own energy reserves . |
| 19 | And my character feels differently , and he kind of goes on his own path — but it ends up a distinctive path because he 's got ta live one way with his family and then he has this other life going on . |
| 20 | Looking at the way other people did it and sort of experimenting on my own I came up with a combination that worked . |
| 21 | It was not until 1964 and a great deal of nagging on my part that the regulations were changed to require flight data recorders to be carried . |
| 22 | Instead of resting on its fundraising laurels , it has for the second year turned to race organising as a means of generating essential revenue . |
| 23 | ‘ Instead of resting on its laurels when most other makers are talking increasingly about safety , Volvo has used the impressive 850 and its evocative launch campaign to broaden its appeal significantly ’ |
| 24 | With sports coverage on television becoming increasingly competitive , the BBC should beware of resting on its laurels . |
| 25 | After more than 50 years in the acrylics business ICI has no intention of resting on its laurels but rather of seeking to earn more . |
| 26 | Democracy is in danger of dying on its feet in Britain . |
| 27 | We discovered the joys of moleskin and the art of walking on our hands and knees . |
| 28 | [ In 1931 Andrew Mellon was accused by Congressman Louis McFadden of cheating on his 1931 income tax return and in March 1934 the Roosevelt administration duly announced that it would seek criminal tax evasion charges for $1.3 million . |
| 29 | It would be a brave man who would accuse Aitken of cheating on his present club to protect his first senior team , however , and a foolish one who continued to harbour the notion after watching his display of honest professionalism . |
| 30 | At first Dawn would attempt to continue beyond the far perch where I was waiting , instead of landing on my glove . |