Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] it on " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , for the remit 's specification of industrial democracy , the rationale has to be this : that officials or , for that matter , ordinary members of the union , elected or deputed to represent it on a board of directors , would be accountable to the membership which would replace them if it judged their performance to be unsatisfactory . |
| 2 | … the court … must act on the valuation unless there be proof of some mistake or improper motive … as if the valuer has valued something not included or had valued it on a wholly erroneous basis … from Lord Eldon 's judgment in Emery v Wase ( 1803 ) 8 Ves Jun 506 , where the difference between valuations of £4,000 and £6,000 was said to warrant judicial suspicion that the valuation had not been made with attention to accuracy : but the case was decided on the basis of the court 's duty to protect the property of married women . |
| 3 | They blamed the crises that have affected it on the way in which EC members carried out their obligations , not on the ERM itself . |
| 4 | As I say , nowadays I get the information from you over the phone , and then when we 've got somebody who said Oh no , it 's only a small flat , I 've got this this and this and that 's the big pieces of furniture , er if it 's somebody that 's done it on spec I say Well look give me a ring back in an hour if er when you 've come off the phone you er there 's something you 've forgotten . |
| 5 | Pilar Wayne now says she ca n't afford the upkeep on ‘ La Roca ’ in exclusive Newport Beach , California , and has put it on the market for £2 million . |
| 6 | So in 1972 a new secretary was appointed for the task , Anthony Gray , who worked away for some years and helped set it on its feet again . |
| 7 | On Sept. 25 Bush called the new bill " a bunch of garbage " and threatened to veto it on budgetary grounds . |
| 8 | So step back and hit hit it on the up stroke . |
| 9 | Suddenly he 'd arch his back like a twig in a furnace , scraping his stockinged feet for purchase , then take his head in both hands and try to smash it on the floor , only prevented by the cushions . |
| 10 | I hired one and went to try it on a mountain . |
| 11 | Almost operating on remote control he removed it , looked at it , and remembered finding it on the mat in that other house in that other life-time . |
| 12 | During the conversation Jean had brought food and had placed it on the table before Lucy , Doreen and Silas , and now the latter laid down his fork while he regarded Doreen with infinite patience . |
| 13 | She realised she was gripping the gun with two hands and had trained it on his chest , as if she expected him to leap up at any moment and lunge at her . |
| 14 | IBOA members in Britain fully realise this situation and have taken it on board in recent years by accepting pay settlements which were far less than increases in the Retail Price Index . |
| 15 | Make and have represent it on the one hand merely as the producing of an effect ( controlling the production of an effect in the case of have ) . |
| 16 | I won a marginal seat and have held it on five successive occasions . |
| 17 | He had made a fortune out of the slave trade and wanted to spend it on land . |
| 18 | He got three months ’ jail but has served it on remand . |
| 19 | ‘ Teach to clap this rhythm — when achieved teach it on the feet ’ The sole reason being ? |