Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no telling how many borrowers and banks are in the same bind , but it is familiar to householders , who have found that they can neither keep up with their mortgages or sell their houses on terms which would not bankrupt them . |
| 2 | All through my teens it had to be a very rainy Sunday indeed that did not find us perched on the Cow and Calf a crop of murderous rocks resembling neither cows , calves nor any other animal , ' or out at Bolton Abbey , negotiating the stepping-stones across the wide but shallow Wharfe ; or eating our sandwiches on Haworth Moor as we looked down on the Brontes ' parsonage and re-enacted the highlights from Wuthering Heights in our romantic young heads . |
| 3 | The powers that be at the Tate tend to be more interested in ‘ the modern ’ than in the British tradition , so many fine or interesting British paintings are rarely if ever displayed , and to get through to those that are one has to wade one 's way through off-putting modernist rubbish , with the risk of tripping over artistic piles of bricks or tearing your clothes on sharp bits of dustbin sculpture . |
| 4 | Please do not rely on the fact that you have previously received information about ESPRIT CIME or entered your details on a previous database . |
| 5 | Economically the wife is typically dependent ( or at least , could not sustain her lifestyle or support her children on her own earnings ) and her household labour is exploited . |
| 6 | The gossips say the issue is whether OSF , under pressure to become self-sustaining , should continue to spend its resources on further development or focus its energies on its more innovative software DCE , DME and Motif . |
| 7 | Be assured however that if I can in any manner contribute to the success of your efforts , either by the proposal of questions for discussion , or subjects for Papers or giving my opinions on any part of the Veterinary Art which you may think proper to investigate I shall at all times feel myself honored by the request , & I am persuaded that Mr Sewell will be most happy to ( ? add ) his exertions in any way congenial to your wishes . |
| 8 | Priority tasks include a review of existing services and the development of new , relevant services which either provide unique benefits to members , or offer them discounts on supplies of goods or services . |
| 9 | China refused to sign an ‘ unofficial ’ treaty , or to change its guidelines on the treatment Taiwanese investors should receive — which is more favourable than that offered many foreign investors . |
| 10 | I have known smallholders who lived in caravans and have seen nomad herdsmen in Asia who camp in the open or carry their tents on their backs . |
| 11 | Rather than ramming the trainers with the guns , the dolphins either " swam away or put their snouts on the trainers ' shoulders — very affectionately ! " |
| 12 | He would n't be allowed to fart or pick his nose or put his feet on the table . |
| 13 | Weingast , Shepsle and Johnsen ( 1981 ) explore the implications of projects , programmes and grants that concentrate their benefits on specific geographical constituencies but are financed through general taxation . |
| 14 | The three-tined sai is a karate weapon that has its origins on the island of Okinawa . |
| 15 | When Saturday night eventually came , two swollen-footed , limb-aching , shattered soldiers covered as much of the city as they possibly could in three hours with only five shillings each to spend , a problem that limited their discussions on which pub to select . |
| 16 | As it has been seen in Buxtehude that drivers take about six months to change their driving style and attitude , further falls in emissions are possible as they increasingly adopt defensive driving in third gear as an appropriate style rather than the aggressive driving in second gear that characterises their responses on first encountering Tempo 30 zones . |
| 17 | The software houses that hung their hats on the VM operating system , unable to believe that IBM would really squander one of the tiny handful of software jewels in its crown , and , 10 years ago , about the only operating system anywhere that offered the complete answer to the threat from Unix . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's nothing here that changes my opinions on combos . |
| 19 | The most common of these is the brown china mark moth , an insignificant little fellow that lays its eggs on the floating foliage of waterlilies and other aquatics . |
| 20 | It was n't the bomb in John Lewis that put my nerves on edge this year , even though I felt the echoing shudder of it . |
| 21 | The only game that fitted his plans on Friday night was at far off Newhaven , normally only visited en route to Dieppe . |
| 22 | A final problem is that these substances may be taken up into the blood supply as it passes through the brain and carried to other parts of the body where they may have toxic effects that confound their effects on the nervous system . |
| 23 | He got to his feet , pushing the chair legs against the floor tiles with a grating that set her teeth on edge . |
| 24 | Tony surprises an oncoming motorist by assuming a position that leaves his legs on the gravel road but takes the rest of him down among the lake-side vegetation . |
| 25 | He has spoken up for them when their homes have been threatened with closure and voiced their opinions on Radio Cleveland . |
| 26 | He pushed back the chairs and laid his blankets on the floor to fall asleep , as always , the moment he closed his eyes . |
| 27 | Guido shook his head and laid his hands on her shoulders . |
| 28 | I shook the rain out of my hair and wiped my feet on the doormat , then stepped into the porch and tried the inner door . |
| 29 | He gave the despatch back and wiped his fingers on his thighs . |
| 30 | He put down the carving knife on the chopping block and wiped his hands on the end of his apron . |