Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dustin , with darkened eyebrows , oily black hair smoothed down on either side of a central parting , dark sunglasses and Italian gestures , wastes much of his talent in this frenzied , intermittently funny satire on Italian customs . |
| 2 | you , if there 's any money to come back on that |
| 3 | I thought you did n't like your German , are you a bit picked up on that then ? |
| 4 | 38 , 51 , afford a sufficient basis for saying that a party would not be allowed in equity to go back on such a promise . |
| 5 | We do most humbly refer our cause and ourselves to the Goodness of your Honor and the Company beseeching you to consider favourably of our unfeigned hindrance beside the great loss of our own stock laid down on these mines . |
| 6 | Well I I think I 'll wait for H B F to come back on that one . |
| 7 | We have the mayor bugging out on this , Scott . ’ |
| 8 | Occasional mute mind-wiped drones trudged by on some robotic task , perhaps simply ordered to exercise their zombie limbs prior to cleaning out a toxic sump ; and cyborged Servitors trundled here and there . |
| 9 | He kept his eyes fixed on the crest of the hill over which she would appear freewheeling down on her bicycle , black hair streaming and her long skirt ballooning out on either side like a bat 's wings . |
| 10 | It was a light , airy room with some small paintings on the wall and two small clean bedrooms leading off on each side . |
| 11 | At least he and Ari get off on each other . |
| 12 | The disadvantage of this is that the horse misses out on that first year of becoming accustomed to life and its excitements . |
| 13 | I think there 's a day of action coming up on this sort of D I Y stuff . |
| 14 | Each has a vertical central stem and horizontal tiers of branches trained out on either side . |
| 15 | Both arches are designed for use with three-way posts , so they can stand alone , or have Babylon screening extended out on either side . |
| 16 | And therefore the schools should remember this when looking into going for other options , which may mean there 's very little difference between them and the D S O , and the fact that th that the profits made by the D S O will be lost if they have n't got that contract , and I think that 's a very important point that they should take on , and I think a lot of schools miss out on that particular idea . |
| 17 | THE DEATH of rationing signalled the beginning of Never Had It So Good Britain , and Quaternass creator Nigel Kneale cashed in on this by adapting Orwell 's nightmare Stalinist futurevision for Sunday evening viewing . |
| 18 | Consumer pressure is now being put upon the food industry to cut down on such doctoring of foods and , at the same time , to provide quality durable produce . |
| 19 | The barrister for the defendant picked up on this . |
| 20 | gave a lecture and all she came in with was some notes written out on some full scape paper and some papers for the over head projector |
| 21 | And doubtless when unarmed Republicans were set upon by the same force in Derry in 1968 you , Mr. Tully , were at home swotting up on some useless pop facts . |
| 22 | Our most significant contract , at Teesside for Enron Power , is now nearing completion and the amount of work carried out on this project under extremely difficult conditions is a credit to all concerned . |
| 23 | Now , in the dream influence of the moon , Fenna told Maggie to look down on all the kingdoms of the world , and across China she saw the snaking of the Great Wall . |
| 24 | The top lifts at Cairngorm were opened on Friday 23 November with 300–400 earlybirds turning up on each of the first few days . |
| 25 | Examine a scene from the play where one boy creeps up on another and then springs on him stabbing him in the back with his knife . |
| 26 | Her boy went out on this work experience thing for his school like . |
| 27 | And their concerns rubbed off on some of the elderly residents who spent an uncertain Christmas not knowing whether they would be staying or be forced to leave . |
| 28 | Mind you , mind you I went er through Newark the other day and I had to go round the mountains to get back on that road out to Lincoln . |
| 29 | WATERLOO BOY sets out on another chasing campaign tomorrow at Exeter with expectations high of a season full of more success . |
| 30 | Like sod sliced by the share , or sea by the bowsprit , butchered meat in its clothing reeled back on this side and that , and as men fell behind him , they were replaced in the svinfylkja by others . |