Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its cause is uncertain — it is also found even if we do not eat then — but it means that it is often possible to catch up on lost sleep by taking a nap at this time . |
| 2 | Well can the divisional quality managers be prepared to report back on this next Monday . |
| 3 | This came about on 18 December , when Mr. Mason accepted the post of Assistant Manager and Engineer to the three companies . |
| 4 | Early on the FTSE peaked 19.1 ahead after Tokyo provided an early boost , closing almost 350 points up on new-found optimism about the Japanese economy . |
| 5 | Rough was lucky to miss out on one of Scottish football 's most infamous scandals , when he missed the taxi that whisked five if his international team-mates to the notorious bender in Copenhagen which led them to being banned for life . |
| 6 | Three cash in on bright ideas |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll have got my bearings by tomorrow , so you wo n't need to stand in for me , ’ she said , ‘ but tonight , I do n't mind admitting , I 'll be glad to catch up on some beauty sleep . |
| 8 | Good referees are quick to pick up on this and impose penalties for persistent offenders . |
| 9 | Since the substances used are often freely on sale for legitimate purposes , it is hard to crack down on this form of abuse . |
| 10 | The rise of ‘ put-and-take ’ fisheries has paralleled a great explosion of interest in game fishing ; and as more and more people discover the delights of angling , tackle manufacturers have been quick to cash in on this growing demand . |
| 11 | Schoolboys are very conventional and quick to gang up on any boy who in behaviour or dress does not conform . |
| 12 | On collecting these names I began to wonder whether I was being taken in but so many came up on independent lists that the villagers sent in that I am sure they are authentic . |
| 13 | Three-quarter-inch cassette formats : U-matic Low-Band — widely used in industry and in institutions ; U-matic High-Band — acceptable for broadcast , better quality than low-band , needs to be transferred to low-band to play back on that standard but will playback on low band equipment as black and white picture of variable quality . |
| 14 | Then back they go to continued breaking off on match-winning fish with their totally inadequate lines . |
| 15 | Anyway , he sees this fat cunt with some of his mates with some tea — and he 's moved along a bit to the end and he 's pissing down and out through the open bit and its all blowing down on these cunts ’ heads and into their |
| 16 | Mm do n't think that 's a new idea , I think we were all brought up on that idea . |
| 17 | The coffee cups were all laid out on long white-napped tables , and waiters hovered over the silver urn , dispensing coffee to a few early arrivals . |
| 18 | They 've all walked out on poor Paul . |
| 19 | The nurse had n't been round yet to close the curtains and Charles Paris and Harry Chiltern looked out on galvanized frames of blackness . |
| 20 | I was able to come back on that and add up the figures perfectly competently , but I can imagine that other people might not have been able to , and |
| 21 | It may go on after half term because she may not be able to come down on those two days , if that happens then I 'll have other back up material for them |
| 22 | Chinese to bear down on environmental lawbreakers |
| 23 | Of course , some were able to pull through on sheer physical strength , quickness and resilience , but there is evidence to suggest that shrewdness or guile were useful properties to have when it came to self-preservation . |
| 24 | All in all , we will be able to look back on 1990 as a year of solid achievement and forward to 1991 with confidence . |
| 25 | There are , however , many other situations in atomic and nuclear physics where there is some kind of barrier that particles should not be able to penetrate on classical principles but that they are able to tunnel through on quantum-mechanical principles . |
| 26 | but that all took I think , when you 're older when you go grey it 's , it , you look softer and you get away with the grey coming through on white hair . |
| 27 | Whether by luck or careful management , Callaghan 's administration looked much more credible now , and many expected him to call an autumn election in 1978 to cash in on favourable economic and political trends and , against all the odds , snatch another term of power . |
| 28 | What I would n't give , I thought , to be able to lie down on that bed , just for a minute . |
| 29 | One of the easiest ways to regain your freedom is to use a sling — you 'll be able to get about on public transport and visit shops and restaurants without the cumbersome trappings of a buggy or pram . |
| 30 | By the middle of the Triassic , thecodonts were diversifying : many by now were able to rear up on hind legs , perhaps to catch insects . |