Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of choice for the majority is the absence of choice for the minority who will never afford to buy , … ‘ the Right to Buy ’ and growth of owner-occupation are effectively carried out on the backs of poor people . |
| 2 | Bite Three : ‘ A Prime Minister and a Cabinet so busy trying to recreate the present in the image of the past that they have entirely missed out on the opportunities for the future . ’ |
| 3 | An opinion was expressed that such a purchaser under a suspensory condition ( that the money be only handed over on the certificate being got by the purchaser ) is not necessarily committing a violation of the Act , " assuming that he shows proper diligence in endeavouring to obtain the certificate , and is acting throughout in bona fide " : per Lord Trayner , ibid . |
| 4 | Diving below the dusky water 's surface I see twenty chairs or so strewn about on the pool floor . |
| 5 | We gazed enraptured at the city of Bath from the train as it drew in to the station — it was all laid out on the slopes of Lansdown like an aerial map of a moon landscape . |
| 6 | In February 1973 an eruption suddenly burst out on the tiny island of Heimaey , and for a time it seemed as though the town of Heimaey , Iceland 's biggest fishing port , would be destroyed . |
| 7 | McKeown has not given up on the north 's hope for next year 's Classic , who was found to have a temperature after finishing last in the Somerville Tattersall Stakes . |
| 8 | If only Oliver had not fallen over on the path he would not have gone to spend the night with Marjorie and Mr Sargent . |
| 9 | At this time Klaus announced that he would stand for the post of Czech ( rather than federal ) Prime Minister , a move described by the Independent of June 19 as the " clearest possible sign that the Czechs have finally given up on the federation which they had fought for " . |
| 10 | Toby , on the other hand , just looked in on the way to the boarding annexe , and popped straight out again , while Corbett Farraday had no particular fear of the boys — were n't they all boys together at Burleigh ? and stayed in the Staff Common Room for no other reason than to work himself up to an approach to Penny . |
| 11 | Erm I was going to pick up on a number of points that have been raised by previous speakers , but erm Mr Grigson and Mr Curtis seem to have er dealt with a few of those , erm just with regard to the the table put in by C P R E , with their figures , I would just agree with Mr Cur er Mr Grigson that there is a very substantial degree of double counting in those figures , there is also a very substantial degree of over provision in the allowance for for conversions , er past conversion rates in Greater York have averaged something like twenty nine dwellings per year , over a fifteen year period your talking about four hundred and thirty five dwellings , which is the figure that both York City Council and ourselves have have made allowance for for conversions , that compares with a figure of a thousand dwellings referred to by the C P R E and I see no foundation for that figure , erm , as I say Mr Curtis already picked up on the point about windfalls rates by Mr Thomas , erm just turning to the difference between the tables er submitted by the County Council and York City Council on the the residue within the er Greater York area , I would accept the figure , the figures put in the tables by Mr er by Mr Curtis , I think that they have picked up the the more recent planning permissions and the completions information , and they also take on board there more recent work on erm development within the city , and I I accept that table . |
| 12 | And a similar state of affairs had meanwhile come about on the other side of the lines . |
| 13 | She had not looked in on the gallery this visit . |
| 14 | I have just sat down on the wet grass when everyone around me starts to move swiftly in the direction of the wooded area just visible through the mist and gloom . |
| 15 | Descending the stone steps from the station platform , Durham turned up the gas and had just sat down on the bench and opened his bait tin when he was startled by the apparition of a strange man followed by a large black retriever dog emerging from the coal cellar . |
| 16 | He 's just come in on the come back trail and he seems to me to be getting better and better . |
| 17 | Other aircraft of note included : Mil Mi-6 , Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire , Tu-134 , Tu-154 and Ilyushin II-62 , all of which seemed to be just parked out on the airfield amongst the overgrown grass . |
| 18 | Police numbers had doubled , two ambulances had somehow squeezed up on the hill , and the drivers and passengers were out of their Glories , milling around in confusion . |
| 19 | By whatever means possible , will the right hon. Gentleman get in touch with Ministers to ensure that , if it is right for the Government to gain publicity over Christmas for looking after a few hundred homeless , it should be right to do something about them now so that they are not turned out on the streets ? |
| 20 | That should n't relate to all you RUNNING readers who have followed Bruce Tulloh 's training schedules thoroughly and not just turned up on the day , unprepared and with no training under your belt . |
| 21 | These funny-looking blokes just turned up on the doorstep with rolls of carpet over their shoulders asking if we wanted to buy them . |
| 22 | ‘ Some of our team just turned up on the night , pulled and had a belly full of beer . ’ |
| 23 | He was evidently very well educated , and he was just turned out on the road , and I do n't know where he is now . |
| 24 | Even fate appeared to be on our side : when the review copy of Madstock finally turned up on the morning of the interview , your hack managed to catch a full five seconds of guitarist Chris Foreman wandering across the park before the VHS started eating the tape . |
| 25 | Alison Wyeth was ninth , but Sonia O'Sullivan just missed out on the bronze for Ireland , who have never had a female Olympic medallist . |
| 26 | Often ill-informed and repetitive , the debate has tended to ignore the interests of the client and has frequently been conducted by those whose minds are already made up on the issue . |
| 27 | Some of those problems had already shown up on the print-outs , let alone from the drivers . |
| 28 | Not handed out on the street , this club flyer advertises Newcastle 's Rockshots . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've just got off on the wrong foot with Harcourt . |
| 30 | Choosing the right sparkling wine can be a bit of a minefield , especially if you 're not clued up on the different brands available . |