Example sentences of "[vb base] on [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She obviously thi thinks she can tell you the story , you know , and she says er I put on conditioner on my hair , and Sarah |
| 2 | The video takes up the story of two of the characters from A Weekend Away whom we now meet on holiday on the south coast of England . |
| 3 | By comparing levels of stable isotopes upstream and downstream of the dumping site , the researchers showed that traces of human sewage had entered the foodchain through animals such as urchins and sea cucumbers , which feed on material on the seabed , some 8,000 feet below the surface . |
| 4 | His inclination is to shy away from grandiose strategies and concentrate on return on capital and customer service . |
| 5 | The youngest children sit on mats on the floor ; older children sit on benches , balancing their books on their knees . |
| 6 | And we said to him , Sit on stand on there , me and another fellow we were only two of us who was n't sea sick . |
| 7 | But they go on holiday on Thursday . |
| 8 | But they go on holiday on Thursday . |
| 9 | NEW issues of National Savings schemes go on sale on Monday . |
| 10 | They still have n't fixed a date for the postponed Villa game , but for our away match there on the 6th Feb tickets go on sale on the 15th jan ( same day as tickets for Sheff Wed ) . |
| 11 | The five stamps depict Nativity scenes from stained glass church windows and go on sale on Tuesday . |
| 12 | Lill on ASV on the other hand interprets this as a clearly defined slower central section which , to my ears at least , makes a great deal more musical sense — this is backed up by a comparison of the overall timings ; Gavrilov knocks a whole minute off Lill 's 7′53″ , which is quite a lot considering the brevity of this sonata . |
| 13 | ‘ I had an aunt who said once , ‘ Derek ’ , ’ he quavered like Flora Robson , ' ’ Derek , dear boy , I thrive on Things on Toast , d' you know , one ca n't get the help these days . ’ |
| 14 | It is simply because we are fitter and tougher , harder and stronger , that we come on top on so many occasions . |