Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nadobenko , although a previous stage winner , had started the final stage almost seven minutes down on Lillywhite overall . |
| 2 | Sometimes even junior Libyan officials dug their heels in on particular points of practical application of rules , and rejected all attempts by their colleagues and superiors to persuade , cajole , order , bully them into expediting business . |
| 3 | ITN 's News at Ten homes in on Big Ben as if it were the only part of London that mattered . |
| 4 | AIDS hunt homes in on Haitian pigs |
| 5 | We always get lots of punters in on New Year 's Eve . |
| 6 | He countered by leaving other articles around on pre-menstrual tension . |
| 7 | PPL cracks down on illegal music |
| 8 | I 'm sure it 's twenty six weeks off on full pay and then you go on |
| 9 | For this reason you should take young dogs out on various journeys , and not just when they are going for a walk . |
| 10 | As a precursor to the mayhem which was about to follow at 3.35 pm Mark James had put the Europeans back on level terms when he defeated Mark O'Meara 3 & 2 . |
| 11 | We have six really tough games in a row — Norwich , Arsenal , Newcastle , QPR , Scum & Villa — probably six of the best teams around on current form . |
| 12 | Tribble , one of the original Mac architects at Apple Computer Inc responsible for its now famous user interface design and less famous operating system , is one of the few real experts around on object-oriented programming . |
| 13 | ‘ We win every selection procedure hands down on technical grounds , ’ boasts Bevan . |
| 14 | The only gunfire we heard was from the army rifle range across the hill , and sometimes they would bring tanks up on big wagons so they could practice on the moor . |
| 15 | Some unions , most notably the Miners ' Federation of Great Britain , were reluctant to invest the General Council with the power to call all unions out on sympathetic strike action and unemployment made it difficult for it to fight against wage reductions . |