Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are worth exploring on a short but pleasant walk from the village . |
| 2 | ‘ Our kits are marketed as much for leisurewear as they are for wearing on the terraces . |
| 3 | It would have been like stamping on a little bird you watch learning to fly . |
| 4 | wo n't be worth going on the bus unless like I said you 've got a great load to carry but then that could be worked out on a Saturday morning , it would mean going down there , after Tesco 's that 's the only thing |
| 5 | So it is good to have these idiomatic recordings to remind us of just how good a pianist he was : in both the Concerto and the Rhapsody , rock-solid technique serves real musicality , and this CD would be worth acquiring on the strength of the Gershwin works alone . |
| 6 | ‘ Would that be from lying on the hall floor with yer nose under the door ? ’ |
| 7 | Thank God he does n't know where she lives here cos he 'll be round knocking on the door . |
| 8 | These advisers are more likely to be accountants , rather than lawyers whose principal role in this respect is likely to be in advising on the interpretation of the statutory provisions rather than on the financial state of the companies which the information reveals . |
| 9 | All shades of opinion are generally represented — some well beyond the pale , others so ‘ colourful ’ that they are beyond inflicting on the magazine 's readers . |
| 10 | However you intend to use the sack , it 's worth trying on a few makes before buying . |
| 11 | Er , we have been in er organising these new seats , about the same time as the Labour government took in nineteen seventy eight , er I said that when I intervened upon him and I say it again it 's worth paying on the records , exactly the same pressures have been on us as were as on them . |
| 12 | ‘ Selling is about getting on the telephone , ’ Brown says , ‘ and using a variety of techniques involving charm , bullying and whatever else you can muster . |
| 13 | Pursuing the issue of the fieldworker 's social role , it is worth commenting on a very general and apparently reasonable assumption that the closer the fieldworker is matched to subjects in terms of various social attributes , the more successful he or she is likely to be . |
| 14 | The connection between modern architecture and tyranny awaits its historian , but it is worth reflecting on the mentality of Le Corbusier and his acolytes before being too harsh on the servile Romanian architects who competed for Ceauşescu 's favour so that they could take charge of the vast projects he had in mind . |
| 15 | It is worth reflecting on the difference in approach on this question between Callenbach and FAST . |
| 16 | 1.55:IMPRESSIVE Mackeson winner Tipping Tim is worth opposing on an 8lb higher mark with the ground softer than he likes . |
| 17 | I am certain that it is worth concentrating on a fishery for several seasons . |
| 18 | For the moment it is worth concentrating on the shared concern for speech which is typical of both the written arts and , increasingly , of sociology . |
| 19 | My first memory is of sitting on a gravestone in that churchyard one cold , grey , December afternoon , looking out at the dark , flat , wild marshes divided by the black line of the River Thames , and listening to the rushing sound of the sea in the distance . |
| 20 | My first clear memory is of sitting on the front of his horse as he galloped down a ploughed field , of the earth skittering and turning , and being safe in his arms . |
| 21 | Beecham said that any fool can conduct three concerts with an orchestra , but to go on improving is like going on a race track where it is possible to improve your time at first , but each new improvement involves great effort and often some danger . |
| 22 | I imagine they walked in silence for some way after that ; putting a new idea into someone 's imagination , even if that imagination belongs to the cleverest young Fellow of the very grandest college , is like turning on the television — it takes a little time for the set to warm up . |
| 23 | For a toddler , donning a padded ski suit and three layers of thermals is like putting on a straitjacket . |
| 24 | Binding off is like backstitching on the machine . |
| 25 | Lending money to someone who is unlikely to be able to pay back all their obligations is like betting on a probable loser : hardly a sensible way for a prudent lender to do business . |
| 26 | It 's like living on a time bomb ! |
| 27 | She says it 's like standing on the edge of a crevasse . |
| 28 | It 's like driving on a motorway . |
| 29 | Above : Clarissa 's ballgown is from Putting On The Glitz ; hire prices from £45-£95 . |
| 30 | His first known job was of advising on the course alterations at Pyecombe in Sussex in 1902 , but he is better known for designing from scratch some of the country 's most stunning courses — Carnoustie , Dalmahoy , Blairgowrie and Royal Blackheath , plus many , many more . |