Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If everyone stands on tiptoe , no one sees better . |
| 2 | He heard Murtach shouting , someone banging on timber frantically . |
| 3 | It would be enough to send your temperature up each time that someone came on duty . ’ |
| 4 | Conversely , they often assume , as do others , that someone working on religion theoretically and empirically does so from the standpoint of a believer , with the underlying assumption , ‘ Why else would anyone be interested in such a traditional , out-dated , and unimportant institution ? ’ |
| 5 | We 'd recommend Garda for those who want plenty to do on holiday , or to groups with different interests — families with teenage children perhaps . |
| 6 | Somebody put on Herb Alpert instead of The Doors . |
| 7 | And I get bored with nothing to do on holiday but lie in the sun . ’ |
| 8 | Lots of chaps with pink coats will have nothing to do on winter mornings unless we let 'em come repossessin' with us . |
| 9 | Nan I 've picked a nice one to go on top . |
| 10 | Nan that looks a nice one to go on top . |
| 11 | Wearing an open-necked shirt in a shade of blue which intensified the colour of his eyes and complemented the width of his shoulders and silver-grey trousers that moulded slim hips before encasing long , muscled legs , Rune Christensen looked like some godly visitor from Asgard — and one bent on vengeance . |
| 12 | So I have to ask has anyone , and I underline anyone , who talks about economic policies , recessions , recoveries and jobs , yet begun to face up to the way everything depends on growth as before and even more growth than before . |
| 13 | Everything depends on difference between sounds and between words — not on the words themselves . |
| 14 | One is always tempted to save money by photographing locals , or the various attractive men and women one meets on holiday . |
| 15 | The one lying on top of that cupboard is . |
| 16 | Her Divine Evil dwelt on witchcraft , this one dwells on magic and magicians . |
| 17 | In so far as one concentrates on manufacturing output , the fall was in the earlier part of this period . |
| 18 | At the beginning of this section , we distinguished two kinds of explanation of ethnic disadvantage ; one concentrates on racism and discrimination and the other on the economic mechanisms of the British class structure . |
| 19 | Last week one arrived on time too . |
| 20 | yep If the procedure owner thinks that more substantial discussions are needed then we prepare something based on model assignments paper which summarises the erm , in put so far making the proposal as a bases . |
| 21 | Patients , to Aline , were fascinating mental problems to be picked up each time one walked on duty and put down directly one walked out of the ward . |
| 22 | This performance was a rich mixture of styles : perhaps not one to put on record , but certainly not to be missed live . |
| 23 | Erm group one commenting on group two . |
| 24 | This functional explanation seems to be more satisfactory than , and logically prior to , one based on prestige : as it happens , this individual 's activities away from home had not been upwardly mobile . |
| 25 | There are a few occasions where the expert does not have a contract with either or both of the parties , but as the relationship is a close one based on reliance , the expert 's liability is likely to be the same as if there had been a contract : see 14.11 . |
| 26 | Could a member of the public expect a professional response , or one based on superstition and prejudice ? |
| 27 | The fairest local levy is one based on income , but there 's no hope for this Lib-Dem idea . |
| 28 | The case presented by the wife , with which the court considered itself to be dealing , was one based on agency . |
| 29 | Second , there needs to be a substantial shift in primary education from judgements of quality based on visual cues to one based on engagement with what and how children learn . |
| 30 | The categorization of social class used in these studies is the conventional one based on husband 's occupation . |