Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We tend naturally to concentrate on effectiveness — everybody does despite the evidence from curriculum development projects in all subjects that take-up is a far greater problem . |
| 2 | Some pages had apparently been torn out and separately burnt ; the brittle fragments of black ash had floated down to lie on top of the debris under the grate , old twisted matchends , coal dust , carpet fluff , the accumulated grit of years . |
| 3 | It consists of a boat-like main hull and two outrigger pontoons , or sideswimmers , which are lifted hydraulically to rest on top for road travel and which are extended and lowered to the sides for stability on the water . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'll take a quick break for some tea and then we should be ready to run it up in another hour , ’ he briefs Captain Tuck-Brown , who has come across to check on progress before going home for the day . |
| 5 | The device is called the Microdrive , but it has yet to go on sale , and in any case will be based on a tape rather than a disc . |
| 6 | Arnold himself conducted it on an EMI recording of 1980 , but sadly that has yet to appear on CD . |
| 7 | Cureton would surely do better to rely on syntax to determine rhythmic grouping at this level . |
| 8 | Work left on unattended open display needs to be visited regularly to check on wear and tear or even sabotage by children loyal to another school ! |
| 9 | The ITGWU also intended doing its bit , announcing that 17 of its Cork branches would take part in a march from the National Monument to County Hall in support of Raybestos on the day the County Council was meeting there to decide on planning permission . |
| 10 | Like Jean Rhys 's fictional Englishmen , these real ones were taught early to rely on reason and suppress their feelings , and this opposition made the struggle of their lives . |
| 11 | He was told not to smoke on set because it spoiled the image : he smoked . |
| 12 | WHAT do arts documentary-makers do when they want to profile someone who prefers not to appear on camera ? |
| 13 | little local people , part time housewifes earn a bit extra to pay their mortgage or save up to go on holiday |
| 14 | Young people with backpacks and habitual travellers may know what it means to go on a journey , but for most the romance of escape begins with deciding where to go on holiday and then getting there as quickly as possible . |
| 15 | The Profitboss is lit enough to thrive on stress , to take the never-ending pressures , to work exceptionally long hours when necessary . |
| 16 | Pro-activeness means putting your energies into moving forward to stay on top and keep the competition below . |
| 17 | On the fifth we settled down to wait on deck . |
| 18 | knitted directly to cast on edge or directly to last row of knitting |
| 19 | A campaign group that 's been set up to lobby on behalf of the thousands of people who are thought to have lost their pensions says there 's lttle hope of Alan 's ever being refunded … |
| 20 | Depression audiences were given a hero who first fights in the World War and then finds it difficult to settle back into a factory job ; this innocent man is then twice sentenced to a chain-gang , the second arrest coming after a period during which he had succeeded as a respectable businessman ; the film ends with him still on the run and having now to depend on crime to keep himself alive . |
| 21 | Editor Richard Felton , who writes a large proportion of the magazine himself , flew out to report on Shell Brazil 's initiative to fund sport and dance programmes for the street kids . |
| 22 | With a government that appears consciously to thrive on discord , and which has no policy on crime other than the obviousness of its being evil , the central role of the police has been inevitable . |
| 23 | Each will be revised regularly to check on progress , and raise standards higher . |
| 24 | After aircrew selection in 1966 he went on to train on Jet Provosts , Gnats and Hunters . |
| 25 | He rolled over to lie on top of her and said : ‘ Phew ! |
| 26 | Sal , who was working shifts in a cafe on the Commercial Road , went back to work on Boxing Day , and Grace remained on duty at the London hospital throughout the so-called holiday , while Kitty mooched around checking on everyone else 's presents before going back to bed . |
| 27 | WORDPERFECT PLAYS HARD TO GET ON ISSUE OF ITS INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING |
| 28 | So , like Berton , Rey was compositionally able , but preferred not to concentrate on composition . |
| 29 | The biggest difference in contrast on my equalization argument is between the City and between the Vale , and so whilst again it might be controversial , there is a logic , with our backs to the wall admittedly , of saying right well we 'll close this home in order to protect money that we 've got lined up to come on stream next year . |
| 30 | Only when it is very dark will he come out to feed on tablet food . |