Example sentences of "[vb base] on [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I can escape other troubles and concentrate on just the one problem — how to make that damn ball go where I want . |
2 | Yeah , that 's what I land on nearly every time ! |
3 | We put on roughly a pound of fat for every 15 000 kilojoules we consume in excess . |
4 | Woe betide anybody who becomes ill in Australia that 's all I can say I mean the thing is why is Neighbours put on twice a day cos I do n't believe in |
5 | ‘ Hold on here a minute . ’ |
6 | Hold on just a sec |
7 | Hold on just a moment |
8 | Fujitsu Ltd has signed with the Gnosis Pacific arm of Antwerp-based Gnosis NV to distribute Gnosis ' SequeLink Unix software products : SequeLink is a suite of software products that run on both an MS-DOS personal computer and on the Unix server running the SQL database . |
9 | No not Jennifer hang on just a minute let me try Jennifer there . |
10 | Erm hang on just a er just a er Simon ? |
11 | Erm oh hang on just a minute can you hang on there ? |
12 | Oh golly hang on just a minute . |
13 | Hang on just a minute . |
14 | Get her back on or she 's not having this I 'm sorry about that hang on just a minute block your ears I 'm just going to spin round again okay hang on oops er are you their Rachael are you there ? |
15 | Okay hang on just a minute . |
16 | Hang on just a minute do n't go away I want you back stay there Alan . |
17 | Hang on just a minute just a minute just a minute Jim . |
18 | Hang on just a minute right here we go . |
19 | Hang on just a second . |
20 | Okay well hang on just a second then because John Power , Councillor John Power is on the other line , let's bring him back into that . |
21 | Look , you just hang on here a minute , I want to have a word with Katrina about something . ’ |
22 | Hey ! said Tom , hang on there a minute . |
23 | " Hang on there a minute , the bearded man beside Hyde said suddenly , " what 's this Irish Republican Army , eh ? " |
24 | We pass on only the powers that need to be passed on . |
25 | For the period before 1984 our analyses rely on much the same evidence as the Black report , though more complete registration data are now available . |
26 | Weaving looms differ considerably in size and sophistication , but all operate on exactly the same principle , which requires a secure frame on which to tie the warp strands . |
27 | There are other probes that operate on exactly the same principle but are geometrically different : an important one is the hot-film anemometer ; the heated element consists of a thin metallic film on the surface of a wedge-shaped thermally and electrically insulating base . |
28 | They operate on around a quarter of the staff of a normal monthly publication . |
29 | You can choose between the 2 or 4 star accommodation and stay on either a bed and breakfast or half board basis . |
30 | Just cut his , go on just a little smidgen . |