Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report went on to comment on the absence of objective criteria for setting health priorities and to emphasise the need for health service research to be multidisciplinary . |
| 2 | McIlvanney went on to work on the Scotsman as a news reporter and feature writer , though with his passion for football and boxing , the attraction towards sports was inevitable . |
| 3 | Successful candidates then go on to work on an MSc dissertation , or are recommended for registration for a PhD or MPhil . |
| 4 | Very few erm Continental countries would consider entrusting the administration of justice erm to erm people who took an afternoon or a day off work every week or so and went in to sit on the Bench . |
| 5 | No well having said that , if you 're fool enough to sit on the side |
| 6 | Staring at him worriedly , she slowly sank down to sit on the edge of the bed . |
| 7 | They also pointed out that there was no room service and Maggie sank back down to sit on the bed and nurse her aching face . |
| 8 | What was he if not the creature who circled that dark silhouette , sometimes letting a wing-tip brush the brickwork , sometimes soaring on an up-draught , better to look down , better to choose , better to fall on the prey ? |
| 9 | The sparkle of spray , the glassy mist hanging over the water were pretty enough to taste on the tongue . |
| 10 | You feel light enough to float on a cloud … |
| 11 | But when Zanuck returned and found Preminger at his studio , he promptly fired him from directing Laura , allowing him only to remain on the film as its producer . |
| 12 | Normally , unless you have one of these keys , you would have to call the water company 's engineers if you wanted the mains turned off for any reason — perhaps to work on the mains stopcock inside the house . |
| 13 | One has only to stand on the bridge over the Trannon at Trefeglwys and look upstream to see the stable narrow river coursing elegantly between its magnificent borders of ash and sycamore , and compare this with the immediate downstream reach , which wanders amidst a waste of gravel . |
| 14 | you ca n't settle down to work on a project even though it interests you |
| 15 | Soon she would get down to work on the garden ; it would be something to do at the weekends . |
| 16 | I started to fix the tongue and groove boarding , and with a few boards in place , felt confident enough to work on the roof . |
| 17 | One has only to reflect on the enumeration of the varied properties of a state of full employment in the General Theory to realize that something is seriously wrong . |
| 18 | Most people have been familiar with its skyline since they were old enough to focus on a TV screen . |
| 19 | But they do need to be small enough to fit on the cover without taking up much space , and light enough not to tear the paper . |
| 20 | It 's small enough to fit on the mantelpiece . |
| 21 | Launched from ML 102 , the two raiders had a mile or so to paddle on a compass course through choppy water into the harbour where , as the canoe surged on the swell alongside a large ship , they reached down underwater to fix their eight limpet mines . |
| 22 | Your dear new uncle-in-law whom I was fortunate enough to encounter on the morning train from Paddington agrees that it would be nice if our friends from the constabulary were to join us . ’ |
| 23 | We carried our own humble bags across the road , and lay down to sleep on a gravel slope in the lee of a hut . |
| 24 | And , though she was tired enough to sleep on a clothes-line , the chance to spread her weary limbs over the full width of a double mattress instead of lying cramped on the narrow settee was too appealing to turn down . |
| 25 | It is useful , when several people have to get together to collaborate on an activity , to make one of them responsible for seeing that this is done and done at the right time . |
| 26 | The pressures to evade the tax — a new imposition bearing particularly hard on poor people in deprived , high spending areas — will encourage some people to disappear from all public record and perhaps to keep on the move to avoid detection . |
| 27 | Make it a loose fit over the frame and deep enough to rest on the base-board . |
| 28 | As you do so , take your arms up and then down to rest on the floor above your head . |
| 29 | His parachute was caught by turbulence as he came in to land on a school playing field . |
| 30 | Liartes brought his mount in to land on the turf a few yards away and dismounted casually . |