Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can not simply allow ourselves to cash in on private sector industry at the expense of the many unemployed and low-paid whose living standards will inevitably decline as a result of the spiralling costs of wholesale privatisation . |
| 2 | ‘ We wanted everyone to look out on green fields and I fought , so hard , to stop any high rise buildings . |
| 3 | This was be this was er er there was a ceremonial parade when we stood down but this was er erm something that like that the town in recognition of the Home Guard Cos when the Home Guard was stood down it was a national er a national standing down so everybody all over the country er everybody in the country there 'd be a er a parade of some sort but this was for the Walsall detachment of the South Staffs Home Guard that was invited to , to the town hall for er a reception , it was quite it stood in re er I still can remember about it quite quite something to look back on that was really . |
| 4 | Of course somebody , Who Shall Be Nameless , would bring up the subject of Burns-And-You-Know-What , and how many of his children were born on The Wrong Side Of The Blanket , What Right Had We to look down on Brown Owl for her shotgun wedding when we were all supposed to look up to Rabbie Burns as Our Big Hero ? |
| 5 | The necessity to provide enough material to fill 20 or so pages of Tinsley 's Magazine each month exerted its own pressure , forcing him to fall back on recent autobiographical and architectural experiences , but appropriately when the novel appeared in book-form in May 1873 to favourable reviews it was the first to bear his name on the title-page . |
| 6 | He urged her to sit down on one of the hard , gilded sofas for a moment . |
| 7 | Rachel gave the girl some analgesics for her pain , persuaded her to lie down on one of the beds then pulled the curtains around her to enable her to rest . |
| 8 | ‘ Dustin called me to check up on some facts and I was able to shed some light on the character he played , ’ Dr O'Connor says modestly . |
| 9 | Anything to report back on that , divisional quality managers ? |
| 10 | I think it will a long way , but you 're quite to draw it to us , and to ask us to set out on that road . |
| 11 | ‘ It is miserable for us to look back on these things . |
| 12 | ‘ The Dept of Health is urging us to cut back on fatty foods , yet here is just that sort of food promoted as really good value . ’ |