Example sentences of "[verb] on by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other kind of sex I learned about was the meaning of the four-letter words the boys chalked up on the playground wall , though the explanations were inadequate and puzzling , passed on by other children and received with incredulity . |
| 2 | Robertson 's authorization passed on by Eighth Army was acted on by HQ 5 Corps [ KP 145 ] . |
| 3 | The number plate 's only hanging on by one screw . |
| 4 | ‘ Later they told me my body just went up in the air and I was hanging on by one hand . ’ |
| 5 | International : Cotton republic is hanging on by slim thread |
| 6 | The shortcomings focussed on by alternative suppliers a |
| 7 | All about running for trains they could n't catch or being sat on by scaly monsters , and they got hold of books that told you that it meant Sex . |
| 8 | The widest definition of the Crown in the cases is that of Lord Diplock in Town Investments Ltd. v. Department of Environment who said of the term that it is ‘ appropriate to embrace both collectively and individually all the Ministers of the Crown and parliamentary secretaries under whose direction the administrative work of government is carried on by civil servants in the various government departments ’ . |
| 9 | is carried on by private study under supervision . |
| 10 | The distinction here is between two very distinct schools of harpsichord-making ; a tradition carried on by native craftsmen who flourished during the first 25 years of the 18th century and an imported tradition initiated by Hermann Tabel that displaced its native rival as effectively as a cuckoo might take charge in a sparrow 's nest . |
| 11 | In the first half of the seventeenth century the Dutch East India Company , for example , still sent representatives of its own to negotiate with European powers ; but by its end any diplomatic activity in Europe carried on by non-sovereign entities was a curiosity without practical significance . |
| 12 | Failing success in negotiation , however , the struggle had to be carried on by any means possible . |
| 13 | In 1839 , the Chinese decided to end the lucrative opium trade carried on by British merchants . |
| 14 | After the death of old Daniel , the five year lease was carried on by old Smythe who renewed it for a further term of two years though at a lower rental . |
| 15 | Her mother had been a famous courtesan , doted on by all Cairo but in particular by Nuri , who , though a mature man , had taken the reckless step of proposing that she become his wife and a member of his harem . |
| 16 | 1.1.4 the right to use the Licensed Software for demonstration , testing , support and such other purposes as are directly connected with the exercise of the rights conferred on by this Agreement ; |
| 17 | Like the reverential preservation of every scrap of paper written on by secondrate men of letters , it is an example of a flight from discrimination . |
| 18 | But if you do n't mind this cinema verité approach to pornography and you get turned on by freaky-looking people , then the amateur video could introduce you to some interesting new bedtime pals . |
| 19 | It was turned on by remote control . |
| 20 | The image depressed him ; if that was heaven it was best left to the cherubim and seraphim who might be turned on by that sort of thing . |
| 21 | Members sponsored by unions who are turned on by that prospect ? |
| 22 | Gina was not turned on by these sounds . |
| 23 | So different people want different things and get turned on by different things . |
| 24 | The following are diagrams of a machine where a letter is put in and operated on by each box in turn as the letter goes along the conveyor belt . |
| 25 | It must be the case that the norms of these variable states are agreed on by internal consensus in the communities concerned . |
| 26 | If a society lets any considerable number of its members grow up mere children , incapable of being acted on by rational consideration of distant motives , society has itself to blame for the consequences . |
| 27 | These elements were acted on by two forces : gravity , the tendency for earth and water to sink , and levity , the tendency for air and fire to rise . |
| 28 | BA93 organisers fired on by Labour MPs |
| 29 | Mum was getting on by this time and her own health was n't excellent , and I moved to Manchester so we could be near the RMCH where they do a vast amount with CF. We hired a retired nurse to act as housekeeper and she did his physio when I was n't there , and between us we managed to keep him going . ’ |
| 30 | Some he may be hearing in future include : Thy food is such as has been breathed on by infected lungs , ( Pericles ) — useful for insulting prison cooks . |