Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been briefed to report in on their mobile telephone at certain checkpoints en route , and to inform the Ops Room of any suspicious incidents , but their main task was to stop and talk to locals , in order to make their presence known in as friendly a way as possible . |
| 2 | They were carried along on their gently-moving conveyor belt at a speed of about one and a half kilometres an hour , while they made determinations of the viscosity of the lava beneath the rubbly crust , and eventually hopped off again , none the worse for wear . |
| 3 | ‘ The clothes were fit to stand up on their own , they were that stiff with dust and grease . |
| 4 | They were catapulted back on their own ball , which not only put the pressure on Nicol but meant there could be no back-row moves to take the heat off the threequarters . |
| 5 | Fewer than 10 per cent of house-buyers have full professional surveys carried out on their prospective homes , and only 15 per cent have a mini-survey carried out , according to Britain 's biggest estate agent . |
| 6 | They ‘ memorise ’ the information she supplies , process it somehow , and then , compensating for crosswinds and the movement of the Sun , fly out on their own directly to the flower patch . |
| 7 | Press monopolies inhibit those with different views from launching out on their own . |
| 8 | On average the infants in both groups were operated on on their second day in hospital . |
| 9 | I am often bemused by the men who criticize a woman 's shape when they are quite clearly looking down on their own unsightly ‘ pregnant'-looking stomachs . |
| 10 | The ( ahem ) mirror-smooth coffee-table sheen of the Mondays ' ‘ Yes Please ’ conjures up little but complacency and water-treading : Shaun and co were once kings of the dirty , demonic rhythmscape , now the New FADs have moved in on their old manor and staked whole new claims in the still fertile soil of rock-dance crossover . |
| 11 | The Reagan crowd ran against the government and against Sacramento and they came in on their white horses and railed against the Legislature . |
| 12 | After lunch , pensioners had the choice of venturing off on their own or visiting the Tales of Robin Hood Centre . |
| 13 | Training : Tax relief will be given to employers helping employees leaving their company to set up on their own . |
| 14 | The fourth phase of the development of headhunting may be identified as the splintering of individual consultants from existing firms , to set up on their own , such as Haley from Ward Howell and Egon Zehnder from Spencer Stuart , both in 1964 . |
| 15 | Ligachev argued that collective and state farms were still the backbone of the system and that most peasants did not want to leave them to set up on their own . |
| 16 | ‘ Women builders can work from our workshops and take on private commissions , if they want to set up on their own , ’ she said . |
| 17 | Looking back on their ten years of marriage , Davina and Alastair feel they stopped being in touch with what their needs were after their children were born . |
| 18 | For example , mothers report how they cut back on their own consumption of food in order to protect the living standards of children and partners . |
| 19 | It is important to remember that there are risks attached to being kind to people in this state , and important also not to underestimate how difficult it may be for such people to reach out on their own . |
| 20 | These vary in that some are video-led whereas others are based on a collection of written materials which teachers can work through on their own or in a group . |
| 21 | ‘ They were not just going off on their own into the bush they were in tourist locations . |
| 22 | It had begun the day before , the suggestion of going off on their own , hiring a car . |
| 23 | Or you can actually try freezing them to kill them and then they just drop off on their own . |
| 24 | Most cases clear up on their own , without special treatment . |
| 25 | This is an alternative to war which states could in theory accept without giving up their own moral values , going back on their own factual claims , losing their dignity in the community of nations , or giving up their political endeavours to persuade others to their point of view . |
| 26 | The Russians stuck firmly to the Moscow terminology of December 1945 , including the reference to trusteeship , the reason being that they wished to prevent the Americans from going back on their past support for trusteeship . |
| 27 | They were finally pouring out on their own . |
| 28 | Lead in : Pupils could look back on their own experience of learning to read and write , and discuss why literacy is so important in our society . |
| 29 | Allow the viewers to look around on their own . |
| 30 | Croydon 's Faith Over Reason are n't celebrities yet , though it probably wo n't be long before more pick up on their competent folk-rock . |