Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , we shall zoom in on the ‘ new boys ’ two of which are far from new and have not seen the light of day for many a long year . |
| 2 | In episode three , the script required this seasoned gourmet to turn to his wife with the wide-eyed enquiry : ‘ Annie , what exactly IS a truffle ? ’ before scampering to open a reference book on the kitchen table so that the camera could zoom in on the illustration . |
| 3 | George Bush could now cash in on the country 's post-war confidence by launching another war on the black home-front . |
| 4 | Lucy Lane said : ‘ I wonder he did n't cash in on the journal . ’ |
| 5 | And Lucy Lane : ‘ I wonder he did n't cash in on the journals . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't cash in on the fact that you know I — I 'm susceptible to you . |
| 7 | And I 'll focus in on the eighteen thirty and forty eight revolutions . |
| 8 | You can , you alre can very quickly focus in on the one you 're after , and you 'd be sure that was the one , and you retrieve it and it 's there . |
| 9 | Elsewhere there are Breughels ; walls covered with Delft tiles ; a medieval belfry with 366 steps from which you can gaze down on the town 's steep , red tiled roofs ; holy blood brought back from the crusades . |
| 10 | From the third floor offices of the NME you could gaze down on the clueless hordes below . |
| 11 | You know , when you go straight there , and sometimes you get it , it 's not constructive , you know , but if I 'm getting jumped on , I tend to perhaps jump , jump down on the people below me . |
| 12 | Not a muscle of Nan 's face moved , her stroke never faltered as she brushed and watched the flakes fall down on the newspaper she had spread beneath . |
| 13 | The barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness , guided only by a faint rustle in the undergrowth . |
| 14 | I 'm surprised you did n't fall over on the way here . ’ |
| 15 | The heat shields were still intact and the computer assured him that they would not crack or fall off on the journey through the atmosphere . |
| 16 | Some caterpillars possess the markings of small venomous snakes and , when approached too closely , will rear up on the branch and wave their fake snake-heads at the attacker . |
| 17 | We 'll tie up on the island and stretch our legs a bit . |
| 18 | I thought I might catch up on a few chores instead . |
| 19 | You 've got a long and full life ahead of you , chum , so you must now stop worrying and go back to sleep and catch up on the strength you 'll need for living it up when you 're better . ’ |
| 20 | You can catch up on the I mean you can do those graphs without reading anything else about it . |
| 21 | It 's J 's birthday on April 2nd & they are having a party ( at last ! ) so I 'll catch up on the news then — they are v. seldom at Gayfield St these days , so I never see them . |
| 22 | ‘ You can catch up on the reading in-flight . |
| 23 | Baboons will gang up on a leopard in a similar way , although this is a risky venture . |
| 24 | To that individual 's horrified disbelief , the animal then proceeds to rub around his or her legs and may even jump up on the person 's lap . |
| 25 | ‘ There was I , feeling flattered at the attention you were paying me , when all the time you were just testing me out to see that I would n't dry up on the air ! |
| 26 | But do n't hang up on the shares because I reckon they could hit Pounds 4 by Christmas . |
| 27 | That one we 'll hang up on the |
| 28 | How could clothes not dry out on a warm sunny day ? |
| 29 | Other entertainers on the wane can often fall back on a ‘ club circuit ’ , musicians and dancers can sometimes coach others , but there are few openings for the ex-footballer . |
| 30 | Pupils can often fall back on a circular argument such as : Why is the relationship linear ? |