Example sentences of "[vb base] on [adv] the " 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 | We pass on only the powers that need to be passed on . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Just go on Just the one . |
| 7 | I regret I am not likely to lose weight in China , as their habit , at least in Peking , is to give us at least twice as much food as we need , and however much we gently suggest that three platefuls rather than six would be sufficient , they still go on just the same . |
| 8 | There are infrared-sensing security lights on the wall of the house and if they go on then the whole thing 's off ; I 'm up and over the wall and back into the woods and away . |
| 9 | Come on not the whole packet out . |