Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I merely want to comment on the erm apparent misunderstanding on my comments on windfalls earlier on , erm it has been suggested that we we 're tightening down on windfalls , was the quote actually used , erm , there is no intention in the local plan to er ignore the er windfalls , to actually deal with them in a different way than had happened in the past , clearly if sites come forward which are windfalls which are suitable in environmental terms then the City Council will give , as P B G one requires , the appropriate consideration to those applications , what I was merely saying this morning was the the likelihood of such windfalls coming forward , and the scale was clearly going to be substantially less than had occurred in the past , and the the figure of eighty a eighty a year , which was for a five year period , which was quoted to me , erm clearly would not be representative of my expectation of the future . |
| 2 | It 's true that the show has to go on but if such behaviour caught on I 'd be bound to go on and say , ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , so-and-so is n't coming ’ because they not only want to appear on the show , they want to produce it as well ! ’ |
| 3 | Therefore , some of the larger single roses become giant-sized once they are pressed , and can really only be used for big arrangements on walls , such as murals , so try to concentrate on the smaller varieties of rose , as you will still be astonished at their relative size once they are pressed . |
| 4 | Confusion seems to reign in many areas of your life at present , so try to get on an even keel . |
| 5 | But look at it this way ; if we give them the exclusive we only have to go on the merry-go-round once . |
| 6 | Er then to er put er against the background as the District Council last last week were being told our budget will cost us er to er accidents and of course what this exercise would cost us , three hundred and fifty thousand is the amount very close that some of you just want to spend on the doing traffic calming over the next year year . |
| 7 | When I was working at British Airways we used to do a lot of technical training and erm it was sort of on er airline regulation , stuff like that and you could always tell the activists cos they did n't really want to all they wanted to do was to get on the computers and actually trying out things out themselves , they piece of furniture the activists do n't want to read the instructions , they want to start putting it together and then they 'd learn from actually putting it together rather than them reading the instructions and regulation training you could always tell the activist cos they sort of always like chopping every bit , they just want to they just want to get on the computers and start inputting numbers and they 'll actually learn , they , they prefer to do that and then somebody can come round and help them out when they get into trouble rather than some of the other which perhaps like to more up front and that 's the activist . |
| 8 | If you just want to work on the length of pipe between the cistern and the taps , shut the gatevalve first ( if there is one ) opening the taps will drain the pipe . |
| 9 | So you get paid till half past twelve Christmas Eve look , so it 's thirteen seventy five till twelve that we normally get paid on a Friday . |
| 10 | On 5th June , Richard finally set sail on the final leg of his long journey , reaching Tyre next day . |
| 11 | If I was some fucking private eye or something I 'd head back out to Mr Azul 's big house and break in somehow and find something really interesting or a body or a beautiful woman ( or just get slugged on the back of the head and wake up wise-cracking ) . |
| 12 | If there is just one curve at the top of the incline and the leading and trailing wheels thus continue travelling on the same rail tracks , as the tank comes up over the curve it will tilt forward . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , just keep listening on the distress frequency , Harrison , 090 or near enough . |
| 14 | ‘ Just try to stay on the ball in future , ’ I told him . |
| 15 | Then he said , ‘ Just try to concentrate on the patients . |
| 16 | An hour in ‘ Birdland provides conclusive proof that this lot 's link with the thigh-slapping world of rhinestones , rodeos and people who say things like ‘ yee-haw ’ is immaterial — the best label to stick on The Rockingbirds reader ‘ very good band who 'll be around for ages ’ . |
| 17 | Secondly , democratic parliaments around the world generally try to operate on a two-party basis . |
| 18 | Most comfort eaters enjoy it while they 're eating , but the downside is they soon start to pile on the pounds . |
| 19 | At least financial agencies have some pressure to provide funds at competitive rates , and builders to guard against pricing themselves out of the market , but landowners just have to sit on the land until they get the price they demand . |
| 20 | who they just need to know on a daily basis what deals you 've got . |
| 21 | A £350 Rottweiler pup sold to a family who already have to rely on the People 's Dispensary for Sick Animals for treatment on the Great Dane some other twit sold them , because they ca n't afford the vet 's fees ? |
| 22 | Commentators still tend to remark on the informality of industrial tribunal procedure ( Farmer , 1974 ; Walker , 1985 ) , but the industrial tribunal 's rules of procedure are no longer informal , and it has become an adversarial forum ( Dickens et al. , 1985 ; Genn and Genn , 1989 ) . |
| 23 | There are plenty of other gulls to be seen inland : common and herring gulls in particular , and increasing numbers of lesser blackbacked gulls , though the greaters still tend to stay on the coast . |
| 24 | I always remember working on the , on the pub I , I , I did a lot of work on there for them and er he got some panelling |
| 25 | FAR LEFT Always try to walk on the street with the dog up against a fence or wall . |
| 26 | Mr Brown said he had no further comment to make on the matter . |
| 27 | Then she injects them into the nostrils of an unfortunate sheep where they quickly start feeding on the membranes lining their host 's sinuses . |
| 28 | The race is a handicap and only the 40 highest-rated horses who still wish to run on the day before the race , are permitted to post . |
| 29 | ‘ I always have to stand on the bottom panel . |
| 30 | The scheme 's pioneers hope that by making sure you know where you are on the map you could save vital minutes if you ever have to call on the emergency services for help . |