Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders . |
| 2 | So , as villagers sadly began to dig up bluebell and primrose roots from the soon-to-be-flooded little woods of their pleasant countryside and to plant them elsewhere on safer ground , the Anglian Water Board asked Dame Sylvia Crowe , the landscape architect , to take on the challenge of turning the proposed 3,000-acre inland sea , with its 27-mile perimeter , into an ‘ environmental asset ’ . |
| 3 | What they believe in is that everybody out there is out to grab as much as they can for their own private interest and they 're prepared to meet them halfway on that . |
| 4 | None of these writers produced research evidence to back up their claims , basing them exclusively on clinical practice and theoretical projections . |
| 5 | Water lay in the ruts and in some places marshy muddy patches had developed where water-grasses grew and the track had spread to pass them now on this side , now on that . |
| 6 | Badoglio lost no time in advancing on the capital , Addis Ababa — from which the Emperor , Haile Selassie , had already fled to Britain — and entered it triumphantly on 5 May 1936 . |
| 7 | It was a world he had relinquished with small regret and he had not expected to find it again on Larksoken headland . |
| 8 | Yeah , she do n't give them away on that |
| 9 | ‘ Cost me nigh on that again to restore it back to its original beauty , but it was worth it . |
| 10 | A word from Graham Gooch soon put me right on that count . |
| 11 | We 'll bring you more on that story later . |
| 12 | We 'll bring you more on this upsetting story as it develops . |
| 13 | ‘ He drove you home on that night ? ’ |
| 14 | Of course she knew the eyes had already assessed , swiftly categorising her purely on this evening 's evidence : a silly , empty-headed girl who did n't know any better . |
| 15 | I 've met her twice on formal occasions , but I am at work all day , so I do n't often see my neighbours . |
| 16 | COOK 'S NOTE : To make caraque , melt about 175g/6oz plain chocolate , then spread it thickly on some baking parchment and leave to set . |
| 17 | IN MAKING float glass , molten glass is floated on molten metal , so as to smooth it perfectly on both sides . |
| 18 | I noticed it especially on one occasion when I was beset with problems which had made me very unhappy . |
| 19 | I noticed it yesterday on that side . |
| 20 | His fundamental mistake was not only to buy all his planes , but to buy them only on borrowed money . |
| 21 | So you 've got me there on that one . |
| 22 | Ducklings at a similarly early stage in their lives also follow their mother as she leads them away on food-finding outings . |
| 23 | Or rather , they photograph you only on formal occasions : birthdays , weddings , Christmas . |
| 24 | Claudia comes to greet him and kisses him lightly on both cheeks . |
| 25 | Mr Rajat Goswamy , who is a consultant gynaecologist at St Thomas 's Hospital , comments , ‘ I have used it successfully on 20 women , all of who were less than eight weeks into pregnancy . |
| 26 | Kruger favours pen-based machines because he says they make life easier for the user — all he needs to do is ring the bit of text he wants to file away for future reference , and his computer will store it away on hard disk . |
| 27 | Is not it beyond the realms of possibility that the Secretary of State and railway management have got it wrong on this occasion ? |
| 28 | They showed it live on that German satellite channel . |
| 29 | More usually , first time climbers in the alps are aware of the technique 's importance , but have little idea of how to apply it effectively on different types of terrain . |
| 30 | In her excitement , switching from Greek to broken English , she held him at arm 's length before kissing him soundly on both cheeks . |