Example sentences of "[adv prt] on those [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked down on those falls — ‘ the smoke that thunders ’ as the Africans used to call them , with the white plumes of spray towering above the bushes and trees ; and I thought of David Livingstone trudging , the first modern white man to find them . |
| 2 | He 's gon na go down on those nuts now . |
| 3 | We 've er , he 's just been getting all the photos stuck down on those cards . |
| 4 | They 're quite expensive at the outset because what we 've got to do is pay the lecturers to put a lot of work in on those lectures — it 's not a simple thing writing this lecture for a thirteen year old and we also pay the school teachers for coming along and helping the lecturers . |
| 5 | ‘ Anything could happen to her out on those hills alone , anything … ’ |
| 6 | I definitely could n't afford that , so I took it back to the Oxford Used Car Centre and erm what happened , the mechanical breakdown service — now this is where I thought they were very good — they reimbursed me all the money that I 'd paid out on those repairs plus they did the repairs and put me a new gearbox in and the car 's running perfectly . |
| 7 | In order that satisfactory treatments can be developed , proper studies need to be carried out on those subjects who have psychologically based reactions to foods , however manifested . |
| 8 | As a band , how much influence did you have over what came out on those recordings ? |
| 9 | I look back on those emotions with wry amusement but also with a certain amount of self-respect . |
| 10 | The more successful the shops became , the more the branch managers reported back on those lines which sold well , thereby wielding a power which Laura did not at first wish to accept . |
| 11 | Looking back on those years between the two wars , and knowing Sam as I did , I am convinced that , had my parents landed in America , as intended , then he would have been in the prohibition racket , without any doubts . |
| 12 | When I look back on those days now , I think how perfectly harmless it all was by comparison with today 's pornography . |
| 13 | I often think back on those days ; they seemed so halcyon , but I do n't regret their passing , for the days now are sweeter , even if so many must be spent apart . |
| 14 | On the subject of my aunts , I must share with you something which still makes me smile when I think back on those days of yore , which were for us children — halcyon days . |
| 15 | Diana now looks back on those days at Coleherne Court as the happiest time of her life . |
| 16 | I I I think erm a lot of teachers would now look back on those days with er a certain fondness now bearing in mind what 's what 's happened since and the the the succession of education secretaries we 've had since since then I mean had the only one in recent years who I would say has attempted a genuine dialogue with the teachers and tried to do something constructive is John McGregor . |
| 17 | I would like to have discovered what had become of Mr Graham , for although we had not known each other well , I would say we had got on on those occasions we had met . |
| 18 | It was her first real experience of central London , she liked it , she even stuck around on those nights in Betterton Street helping pack the papers . |
| 19 | Now you can quit the heat of the kitchen and swan around on those yachts of yours you got stashed around the world . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't want you bouncing about on those ruts . ’ |