Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gina could crawl in beside them or sleep on the sofa downstairs if she preferred . |
| 2 | Why has this major change in attitudes come about , and why all this concern about health in an affluent Western world where we can congratulate ourselves and count on our good fortune in having all the benefits of modern medicine to protect us unlike the peoples of the developing world ? |
| 3 | Then , her arms under his and locked on his chest , she 'd drag my father 's dead weight from wherever he 'd fallen over to the cushions . |
| 4 | I shall have words with you later , Rob , ’ he added significantly , then he turned as Heather slid her arm into his and stood on tiptoe to kiss his cheek . |
| 5 | He was not , it appears , in any way responsible for the Montagu declaration — though he anticipated its thinking-but came on the scene shortly afterwards as one of the chief architects of the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms . |
| 6 | The scheme of the Section is that the income which the settlor by his disposition has diverted from himself and conferred on another shall be notionally restored to him while in fact continuing to be applied as he has directed . |
| 7 | Jip , for his part , imagines his mother Paula writing and then he catches himself and reflects on his motives : |
| 8 | A stronger version of the argument , not developed by Leontief himself but based on his theoretical foundations , is that the high level of productivity of capital may mean that in many instances it will be cheaper to use machines rather than people to perform jobs unless the wage rate is well below subsistence level . |
| 9 | Rachel-comes out of her room looking as frightened as you 'd expect , but I say nothing and concentrate on easing into my shoes . |
| 10 | I 've only been on since I read that thing in the square ball , and I suppose loads must have done the same as me and jumped on the bandwagon . |
| 11 | Will you do me one to take home with me and put on the wall ? ’ |
| 12 | Keeping records of personnel , updating them and reporting on this information is the foundation of any personnel system . |
| 13 | Lizzie came from the back of the house to greet them and insisted on helping them carry in Sara 's boxes , packages and various belongings . |
| 14 | And so we had discussions with them and I can tell you , you know , it was at least six months before the consultants ever made any specific move to introduce the system as such er because of our overtures to them , because of the fact that we asked regularly to meet them and to consult on various points . |
| 15 | Back in Hampstead I left them and went on home . |
| 16 | Cautiously she made her way down them and flicked on the light , gasping in appreciation as she found herself in an ultra-modern kitchen . |
| 17 | I earn my living by observing them and commenting on them . |
| 18 | He picked up the books one by one , opening them at the title page , watching every movement of her pen as she signed them and commenting on the brilliance of each individual plot . |
| 19 | The crowds on the platform shrieked at them and banged on the glass , then ran to the end of the carriages to climb on to the roof . |
| 20 | People make fun of them and spit on them and laugh at them … " |
| 21 | Yeah but then he 'll , we should be able to manage then to pay the mortgage and pay them and keep on the level peg . |
| 22 | The amount that banks hold in cash and operational balances is up to them and depends on the demand for cash that they expect from their customers . |
| 23 | The big doors would open for them and close on them and McCloy and the men who were ‘ not quite up to his class ' would unload them and store the cargoes here . |
| 24 | The second reason for urban bias was the fact that the radio broadcasters themselves lived in the towns : the people who spoke to them and commented on their programmes were living in the same environment . |
| 25 | I also take the point Mr has made , and only assure you that we will look at these figures when we get them and take on board the sorts of comments that have just been made by yourself and Mr and by and use them with our judgement applied liberally . |
| 26 | Since October 1921 military detachments had been sent out to the local villages to billet in them and to insist on the tax in kind ( shades of expropriation by force in the period of War Communism ) . |
| 27 | Whatever surfaces are provided , the fish often ignore them and spawn on the side of the tank . |
| 28 | This level of provision represents a very substantial commitment of resources to the enterprise bodies and it should be sufficient to enable them to carry through the wide range of tasks expected of them and to build on their excellent first year of operation . |
| 29 | To an extent some such tension is inherent to the advocacy role : ‘ advocates ’ volunteer to get to know individuals using the service , set out the options for them and negotiate on their behalf with service providers . |
| 30 | Now they feign co-operation with the adventurers in the hope of slaying them and feasting on their blood . |