Example sentences of "[vb base] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bring on the dancing girls . |
| 2 | The manager ca n't justifiably desert either of his regulars at the moment but knows that if he walked the street and canvassed the fans there would be only one answer : bring on the Frenchman ! |
| 3 | ‘ OK , Ellis , take out the tray and bring on the sex maniac . ’ |
| 4 | A number of younger members present , already the worse for drink , interrupted her speech on a number of occasions as they chanted ‘ Bring on the stripper ’ and ‘ Let's get inflation down to nought per cent ’ . |
| 5 | Already he was capable , it seemed , of making that impact on the stage which was , in record time , to put him at the top of his treacherous profession and bring on the applause of his finest contemporaries . |
| 6 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 7 | BRING ON THE WORLD . |
| 8 | Some theorize that income distribution is mainly a result of government action ( wage policy , taxation , etc. ) while per capita income is mainly a result of transnational forces ( for example , the price that exports bring on the world market ) . |
| 9 | Bring on the argument , man , 'cos if you do you might as well kiss all these f—ing Sub Pop bands goodbye . |
| 10 | Er , the first thing is I put on the top of my draught that I 'd rather the pupils were n't involved at this stage I 'd rather they were involved in the over view with form tutor . |
| 11 | And then just put on the top . |
| 12 | Er they done the broken metal and then they put on the top of it and then they come along with a watering cart and er splashed water on it and then |
| 13 | But , they also go on headed note paper which says Oxford City Council Environmental Health Department and all the other stuff we put on the top , erm and it 's perfectly clear that they do come from the City Department upon your behalf . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's what you put on the inside that counts , not what you do to the outside , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Hornet 's Richard Wolfenden points out that the company has not been liquidated but put on the back burner until production can be resumed abroad with lower costs and overheads . |
| 16 | I think the government should slow down on all its activities at the present time and concentrate on getting the economy right , and everything else put on the back burner . |
| 17 | She hurriedly rubbed herself dry , and then put on the dress Bryce had taken from the wardrobe . |
| 18 | I put on the dress and it suddenly came to life . |
| 19 | Originally , rendering was on the inside , but this can flake off and block the drain , so rendering ( if used ) is now put on the outside . |
| 20 | The frown was back between his eyes as I put on the light in my room . |
| 21 | Like the being able to slip out of his own head and stand in a corner , hang on the ceiling , terrifyingly , silent-screamingly BE SOMEWHERE ELSE , looking back at the body left behind . |
| 22 | Jenny who 's on the afternoon show all this week , for Andy who 's on the morning show , no hang on the breakfast show for Gary . |
| 23 | They rustle in the ditches , they tug and hang on the hedge . |
| 24 | The sun has warmed the walls of the garden , the cherries hang on the tree . |
| 25 | The commendations are framed and hang on the wall of the Commandant 's office . |
| 26 | External filters usually hang on the side of the tank — or more commonly these days sit underneath it . |
| 27 | They come home from work , hang on the corner , go up to eat , back to the corner , up a show [ sic ] , and they come back to hang on the corner . |
| 28 | Okey-dokey well erm hang on the line and er we 'll get you all sorted . |
| 29 | Hang on the line do n't put the phone down and June from Mansfield sixty two gives you a list of prizes numbers between one and ten choose three of them . |
| 30 | Hang on the line we 'll sort you out with one of them , alright ? |