Example sentences of "[vb base] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His parents sleep on a setee in the living room . |
| 2 | Slosh on a bit of this , and that should do it . |
| 3 | I dare say someone could cross a road with the best of intentions — to help an old lady perhaps , or to look at a fruit-shop — then slip on a banana-skin and cause a perfectly horrible accident . |
| 4 | Characteristically , Australia has been fighting the sun war with a slogan , Slip , Slop , Slap : slip on a shirt , slop on some cream and slap on a hat . |
| 5 | The ability to create printed copies of diagrams that appear on a computer screen is an essential requirement of many serious users . |
| 6 | Whether the words are printed , typed or handwritten ; whether they appear on a screen or on different types and qualities of paper ; whether a ‘ text ’ occurs as a separate item , as part of an academic journal , or in a book or an encyclopaedia ; how the page is laid out , the extent to which it is broken up by illustrations , headings , and the use of different typefaces . |
| 7 | The guru suggested he meditate on a rose . |
| 8 | Send on a postcard your name , address and nomination for the ‘ Worst Club Toilets In Britain Competition ’ . |
| 9 | On page 624 Hurwitz and colleagues report on a prompting system for diabetes surveillance independent of practices themselves . |
| 10 | We report on a case of thrombosis of a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm complicating chronic pancreatitis . |
| 11 | Below , we report on a number of initiatives currently taking place in the regions . |
| 12 | test on a car and stated on the notification of refusal of a certificate that the car 's tyres were suffering from ‘ tread lift . ’ |
| 13 | A star command must be the last ( or only ) command on a program line and its argument may not be a variable . |
| 14 | a cow , ( brave on a quart of Woodpecker ) . |
| 15 | There is , of course , an enormous difference between the private/public demands of the two examples : writing my own private notes protects me rather more than having publicly to make suggestions on how the teacher as ‘ patient ’ should , say , knock on a door . |
| 16 | ‘ Knock on a door and ask for shelter ? ’ |
| 17 | Geodemographic targeting systems are build on a system of likelihoods . |
| 18 | Each member of the audience would then have the task in the playback group of giving each item points , say on a scale from one to five , according to how well it achieved its aim . |
| 19 | Students away from the university , say on a sandwich course or having a year abroad , might or might not be included in lists one used . |
| 20 | you know , as you get them half baskets that fit on a wall |
| 21 | They are quiet and clean , fit on a desk top and will soon match the quality of print produced by typesetting . |
| 22 | ‘ Exit on a joke . |
| 23 | A group of urban poor , some of whom may be recent migrants , driven by the insanitary conditions , high rents and overcrowding of the slum areas , squat on a piece of unused land , and hastily erect a temporary shack . |
| 24 | Colour a little remaining fondant red , and cut out and press on a numeral for the rocket . |
| 25 | Britain 's real GDP fell in the first quarter , the third drop in a row , leaving it 2.5% down on a year ago . |
| 26 | Place one devil on each croûton , pressing the cocktail stick into the bread and place on a baking sheet . |
| 27 | Place on a baking tray lined with folded newspaper on the lowest shelf of oven . |
| 28 | Score a cross in the top of eight to 12 cherry tomatoes and place on a baking sheet . |
| 29 | 4 Cut into 1cm/½in thick slices and place on a baking sheet . |
| 30 | Place on a baking sheet and bake in a very low oven until crisp . |