Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If none wins outright on first preferences , the bottom name drops out , and his backers ' second preferences go to their recipients ; then , if need be , the next-bottom drops out ; and so on , till somebody gets over 50% . |
| 2 | His score of 568 points out of 600 was only seven points down on first position , which was taken by R Jones of Racketts Archery Club , with T Preston of Braintree Archery club second . |
| 3 | By the time ‘ Cobweb Soup ’ grinds in on thin guitar it 's already too late , as curiously gets the better of you . |
| 4 | By the time ‘ Cobweb Soup ’ grinds in on thin guitar it 's already too late , as curiously gets the better of you . |
| 5 | Who actually sits in on these video meetings . |
| 6 | Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 the NCC must offer a management agreement to any farmer on an SSSI whose application for an agricultural grant it turns down on conservation grounds . |
| 7 | The Christian achievement turns less on individual geniuses than in any other period of remotely comparable length in the history of this ever fermenting religion . |
| 8 | Deborah Levy drops in on Canadian maestro Robert Lepage , suspended between worlds in his solo show |
| 9 | Old time pro Brad Bowman drops in on this year 's comp and shows good stylish skating , unlike Davross who amazed visiting US skaters Lance Mountain , John Lucero , Steve Keenan and Spidey with his unstylish but entertaining hang-ups ( yeah Jase ) . |
| 10 | and then it homes in on one of the men right and it goes sort of whee one hour later whee whee bom bom bom and the other one goes one hour later right and the computer just explodes and it just goes boom |
| 11 | I had joined a group who are still fixated on a classification of ‘ disorder ’ which homes in on those who attack property , ; and since the amassing of property has been a primary aim of capitalist society , it should come as no surprise to find that to prevent the dispossessed from simply taking from the élite has been the primary structuring principle of policing . |
| 12 | All that happens is that the animal waits until the treated garments are discarded and then homes in on some other , more suitable surface . |
| 13 | He looks down on hi life . |
| 14 | Redhead , however , is also a great country-lover and he writes eloquently on this theme for the magazine Country Living . |
| 15 | It then starts off on another ‘ rodent-run ’ , watching to see if it is followed . |
| 16 | In spite of her misadventure , Diana looks back on that trip to Val Claret as one of the most enjoyable and carefree holidays of her life . |
| 17 | It 's this thought that remains uppermost in the mind of coach Ian Birtwell as he looks back on those sixteen memorable days in October when Canada came charging so boldly from the ranks of the ‘ possibles ’ to achieve quarter-final status . |
| 18 | Diana now looks back on those days at Coleherne Court as the happiest time of her life . |
| 19 | MARY BAILEY looks back on seven years as the cichlid-keeper 's agony aunt . |
| 20 | If that does not deter you , it drops back on all fours , turns its back on you and squirts . |
| 21 | The almost ceaseless trade winds of the central Pacific propel the Ocean 's surface waters westward on both sides of the equator , forming the basis of the two enormous — but essentially very simple — circulatory systems of currents that dominate the Ocean . |
| 22 | Jan 's pure voice rings out on quiet tracks such as Denim , Blue and Going Nowhere , accompanied either by fellow songwriter Tony Kirkham on acoustic guitar or by herself on piano . |
| 23 | They range from the common but splendid gulls to the truly magnificent gannets ; shags and cormorants , which look very much alike and are fabulous divers ; razorbills , which in my view look more like penguins ; guillemots and of course the famous puffin , which lives mainly on some of the many rugged islands just off shore . |
| 24 | Your mother looks well on these photographs though . |
| 25 | He lives here on that hill behind the village . |
| 26 | Turning the Corner Starts tomorrow on Central News South . |
| 27 | ZIG Kurecolor KC-1100 Markers and ZIG Kurecolor KC-400 Brush Pens deliver a free flowing transparent ink that sits luminously on white paper . |
| 28 | This chapter has necessarily concentrated on activity at the centre and , in doing so , demonstrated how much any local initiative depends eventually on Course-wide endorsement . |
| 29 | It occurs mostly on sheltered , well-watered cliff faces and damp coastal flats where there is local protection from wind and spray . |
| 30 | The CRC depends entirely on voluntary contributions . |