Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 And and and of course now that er now that we 've got the total business beginning to operate as one , the chances of letting them down on standard bearings is very much smaller than it ever was before .
2 There 's no point in sending them off on endless — no doubt excellent — courses if there 's no incentive for them to use up large slices of their spare time in teaching the game .
3 He had two other wins that year , at Zandvoort and Monza , but his car let him down on other occasions when his excellent driving had put him in a race-winning situation .
4 While he was there he learnt to fly with the University Air Squadron and was in despair when , on the outbreak of war , the RAF initially turned him down on medical grounds .
5 The problem the reason we 've let her down on standard bearings is because of this changeover .
6 He walked slowly , however , to make the journey as long as possible , and put her down on dry land .
7 Presently a remark of Elizabeth 's started him off on capital punishment , because it emerged that Ivy was rather a friend to hanging .
8 The er other thing about our crew was that er one time there , I guess after was the only one that got back and they , they had to get him back on flying service .
9 Er I do n't know how many of you made wills but er draw him out on other things if you 've got any problems I mean we we had quite an interesting session at one of the power station talks on a er tenant er tenancy agreement that a chap had been bothered about for some years .
10 So am I am I right in thinking that the western relief road is catering for a north south through traffic element , but its primary purpose is to provide relief to the main e the present A sixty one which runs through the centre of Harrogate and again would seek to distribute traffic around the network and bring it in on other radial roads from the West for example ?
11 ‘ Do n't you mean when things are not going your way — and then you take it out on other people ? ’
12 Granada TV who produced the original series of University Challenge said they 'd ’ welcome it back on British Television ’ .
13 Granada TV who produced the original series of University Challenge said they 'd ’ welcome it back on British Television ’ .
14 He 'd suddenly take us off on crazy weekends .
15 ‘ You mean in case Blenkinsop 's successor puts us back on short rations ?
16 The clans are gone and we stray about , waifs in our own homeland , letting government suck us in and swallow us and spew us out on foreign shores .
  Next page