Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Onetti never fully fleshes out his characters since in life we can never really know what lies behind the faces of those we meet or pass on the street . |
| 2 | He was manipulating a kind of toggle or switch on the head of his cane . |
| 3 | You open the papers or switch on the radio or television and find out . |
| 4 | Or suppose , again , that your neighbour has agreed with you that he will not open a public house or carry on a school of music next door , and does and threatens to continue doing one or the other ; or that you have a right to light for your windows , and he threatens to erect a building within three feet of them . |
| 5 | At half time you can change your tactics and bring on a substitute . |
| 6 | The sensor will react instantaneously to body heat and bring on a light outside your home whenever anyone approaches . |
| 7 | ‘ OK , Ellis , take out the tray and bring on the sex maniac . ’ |
| 8 | Already he was capable , it seemed , of making that impact on the stage which was , in record time , to put him at the top of his treacherous profession and bring on the applause of his finest contemporaries . |
| 9 | She seemed to beam with happiness in his presence and hang on every word he said . |
| 10 | They rustle in the ditches , they tug and hang on the hedge . |
| 11 | The commendations are framed and hang on the wall of the Commandant 's office . |
| 12 | inherit , preserve and pass on a tradition … they engender modes of life , habits of thought and standards of judgement which render them centres of resistance to crude forces which threaten steady and peaceful evolution … |
| 13 | Massage the skin and pass on the pressure and bingo ! |
| 14 | Groups order through us , we place a ‘ bulk ’ order and pass on the saving when we send out the disks . |
| 15 | There were excited exclamations at the sight of the returned Emily and they flocked round her desk to welcome her back and pass on the gossip of the preceding week . |
| 16 | Overworked officials in finance ministries rarely reject a whole list of potential projects ; they are much more likely to identify a few priorities at random , and pass on the donor to the line ministry , hoping for the best if and when the project is financed . |
| 17 | ‘ Get your foot down and switch on the siren . ’ |
| 18 | What we do is , pull the curtains shut and switch on the fire . |
| 19 | Next time just stay at home and switch on the telly , clever clogs . |
| 20 | I smoke my spliff and switch on the telly ; I am just in time for Neighbours . |
| 21 | People come home and switch on the telly , then they either hate it and switch off again , or they think , ’ It 's that bad , I 'll watch it ’ . ’ |
| 22 | Encouraged , Willis offered to fetch the mussels at once , and some plates and forks and vinegar , and switch on the radio while he was gone , to give them a bit of music . |
| 23 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |
| 24 | The felt need to get the cleaning done conflicts with the desire to be sociable ; one can iron , or perhaps cook , while talking to a friend or neighbour , but one can not wield a vacuum cleaner and carry on a conversation at the same time . |
| 25 | Enough , he hoped , to form several companies and carry on the fight , using guerrilla tactics . |
| 26 | He could go to Ireland and join up with the Republican Army , and carry on the fight his father … no , not his father , but the man he loved as a father … had started . |
| 27 | Go left to the block marked 5 , and carry on the gem on the right-hand side of the screen . |
| 28 | The Ebrahimi type of doctrine is most likely to occur when a partnership is converted into a company but the same people are involved as before and carry on the business with much the same attitude . |
| 29 | The wealth and power of the Victorian cities and the civic pride expressed in their impressive town halls , first enabled them to pioneer public services ; later it permitted them to build up teams of technical staff and take on a range of tasks of increasing complexity and sensitivity . |
| 30 | He had been ready to defy the conventions and take on the world — and win ! he thought . |