Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suspend them on long and short threads , tied to a wire coat-hanger . |
| 2 | It was a common sight then to see several boys , myself included , stand at the pavement 's edge , take out our little ‘ Willies ’ — raise them on high for elevation , and suddenly direct the streams of urine on to the watching , gaping girls . |
| 3 | Lay me on another half a gram ’ … and they 'd go , ‘ Alright ’ … in the end , you 'd owe them a coupla grams and you 'd have to go shoplifting in Chester or something 'cos you could n't go round town in case they were there … . |
| 4 | Cash is overwhelmingly in sterling erm , can I just look up and remind my erm , refresh me on that . |
| 5 | They 'll also get more local capability to off-load host processing , including a new Motif-run VT320 emulator , a local host chooser client , a local command shell and the ability to run local processes and display them on remote X displays . |
| 6 | And it 's to you , the readers , that we beg one week 's indulgence as we uncurl our lips , pat ourselves on that back and take you , in the next 46 pages , on a runaway rollercoaster ride through the stuff and nonsense , faces and fads , ecstatic highs and miserable lows that have littered 40 years of doing battle with the monster that is popular culture . |
| 7 | I send them on regular trips abroad to keep up to date with new technology … ’ |
| 8 | They would also remove any personal belongings which were removable and next day place them on prominent display , according to Polperro 's Quiller Couch , ‘ … to disclose the disgraceful want of vigilance supposed to characterise the owner ’ . |
| 9 | Roll the mixture into small balls about the size of walnuts and place them on two large baking sheets . |
| 10 | Before you oil your hands , place them on either side of your partner 's head . |
| 11 | It remained for the Spaniards to connect them in extended compositions and base them on secular songs as Cabezón did on the ‘ Canto del Caballero ’ and ‘ Guardame las vacas ’ or play them as so many Mass-movements and motets were even more incongruously played — on the lute . |
| 12 | Being omnivores , badgers will get used to eating just about anything , though very little will interest them on rainy nights , when the chance of getting their favourite food — earthworms — is high . |
| 13 | ‘ When you meet them they kiss you on both cheeks . |
| 14 | I want everything on that case . ’ |
| 15 | Being able to pick up a colour and press it on coloured paper was all very exciting . |
| 16 | Then split the cards face down into three different piles and take a card from the middle pile and place it on one side of the outside piles . |
| 17 | The client takes out a second application , and they want it on minimum premiums , they actually get it for eighty per cent of the current value of the minimum premium . |
| 18 | I really want it on all the time now . |
| 19 | No no I said I want it on forty eight hours . |
| 20 | All of that gives it a very encouraging sure-footedness once you try to throw it around a corner or two , or test it on poor road conditions . |
| 21 | Logocentrism is the term he uses to describe all forms of thought which base themselves on some external point of reference , such as the notion of truth . |
| 22 | Test yourself on these three sets of exercises every two months — after you have completed the questionnaire and warmed up with The Daily Dozen . |
| 23 | There 's two ways of doing that , dial them on nine nine nine or ring up the local police control , which for this area is at Newark . |
| 24 | Entry forms should be available from your local tackle shop but if there 's a problem telephone me on 071 261 6025 or write with details of your course catch . |
| 25 | And erm oh just put them on that table over there . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , I put them on one side for you . |
| 27 | and put them on one side . |
| 28 | and then put them on five minutes defrost . |
| 29 | ‘ I put all the ingredients together and put them on individual plates , but lots of people helped get the lobster out of their shells , and Alfred made the mayonnaise . |
| 30 | They arrived after practice , but , like a fool , I put them on untried for the race . |