Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 Tenants and their staff are not carried on the company payroll .
2 These are replacements but are still carried on the original pendentives .
3 You are still putting on The Non-objective World shows , are n't you ?
4 However , having carelessly left the shed unlocked , our mower and strimmer were stolen and , as we are both getting on a bit , we decided we would take up the lawn and put down gravel instead .
5 This is because the genes controlling these particular colour-forms are both carried on the X chromosomes , the red gene on one and the non-red gene on the other .
6 This second misfortune seemed to revive her memories of the earlier time when she had been carrying his child and had been given to understand that her husband had been simultaneously carrying on an affair with some young army chauffeuse .
7 passengers are now taken on a picturesque two and a half mile long trip to Holywell Halt and beyond .
8 Tiphook Piggyback System Demonstration — This new innovative system will be actively demonstrated explaining how road vehicles can be successfully carried on the railway .
9 and he said he 'd , he 'd let me know before Christmas if he can get me back on a Wednesday , but I 'm still taken on a Wednesday but my friend takes me in the car on a Wednesday but er I like to go in the ambulance you see really so er
10 At about this time a hitherto unsuccessful fortune-teller living on the other side of the block chanced to glance into her scrying bowl , gave a small scream and , within the hour , had sold her jewellery , various magical accoutrements , most of her clothes and almost all her other possessions that could not be conveniently carried on the fastest horse she could buy .
11 Whether you 're looking for bowls of bulbs to brighten the home or the best miniatures for a rock garden , now 's the time to start work and Daphne Ledward and Anne Swithinbank are here to pass on a host of colourful ideas .
12 We are then taken on a tour of the factory while waiting for lunch .
13 Fox and Stephen Brown L.JJ. noted , at pp. 1080 and 1089 , that the relevant statements were not taken on the basis that they were merely ‘ to be used for a private investigation to see if the police had acted improperly in any way ’ — one of the two main reasons for Lord Denning M.R. 's decision in Neilson v. Laugharne , the other being that the plaintiff there was merely ‘ fishing . ’
14 Probably publicans were just carrying on an old tradition of involvement in popular sports .
15 He took a handkerchief from the pocket of his trousers which were still hanging on a hook behind him .
16 The F T Associates which is er includes the Economist in Spain was up a lot and Westminster Press was er was down , but of course Westminster Press took a major redundancy charge , they were also bringing on a new plant at Brighton and therefore running two plants simultaneously which is very costly er and they launched on Sunday .
17 Loose canvas seat covers were also carried on the upper decks .
18 According to one of the skippers , each hunting trip cost on average over US$130 more than the crew received for the catch — the fishermen were simply carrying on a proud and noble tradition , even though it cost them money .
19 His remains were then hung on a gibbet as a warning to others .
20 Early visitors to Madeira and Porto Santo were rowed to the beach when the sea was calm and were then carried on the backs of boatmen who rolled up their trousers and waded ashore .
21 The child who is cast in role as abbot of the cathedral is not identifying with some fictitious character called ‘ Abbot ’ , he is merely taking on an abbot 's function vis-à-vis the situation of being in charge of other people in the community , just as the football captain in a game is not playing a ‘ character ’ of a football captain , he is functioning in the required role of being in charge of his team .
22 Well the other thing that 's in the back of my mind is I happen to know that Cath is just taking on a new worker
23 " It 's gone It 's not hanging on the peg .
24 Erm certainly on the rescue tenders , erm erm on , on each division would have that equipment , it 's not carried on every fire engine as far as I know now , erm I , I do n't see why it should n't but er again I think it 's a matter of cost , and , and carrying it about as well and finding the space for it , but certainly it 's at hand when it 's needed .
25 Since the δ-endotoxin is coded for by a single gene , which is usually carried on a plasmid , it has been relatively easy to locate and clone these genes from a number of strains of Bt and to express them in other organisms .
26 ‘ It is still frowned on a little because men do n't see it as a very feminine job .
27 Some cargo is still carried on the waterways , although mainly on the broad canals and rivers .
28 Originally , rendering was on the inside , but this can flake off and block the drain , so rendering ( if used ) is now put on the outside .
29 It also means a more complicated view of humans than the interpretation that is often put on the classical conception — that we are ‘ naturally evil ’ .
30 When the game is initially switched on a number of the field l.e.d.s may light up , but by pressing the Return Ball button the bowler positions the ball at his own end of the pitch .
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