Example sentences of "[be] [verb] the [noun] on " in BNC.

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1 The team are building the properties on Hoskins Way , Homerton Road , Pallister Park .
2 Henry , who comes from Litherland and is secretary of Repcon Strand A.C. , has been catching the bream on single yellow maggots and the tench on caster .
3 I am seeing the surgeon on Monday , and shall ask him what magic he employed .
4 When you are told to move the lace carriage more than once ( by a succession of straight arrows ) , you are shaping the stitches on the needles to firm the pattern , in the same way that you slip stitches to and fro on knitting needles before ‘ purling ’ back .
5 EMPLOYEES AT RUNCORN HAVE BEEN given the lowdown on Guinness ' strong performance in the competitive take home trade with a day-long series of presentations .
6 Bernard had been farming the manor on a 21-year lease since at least 1536 , and paying £9. 10s. a year for it .
7 And besides , the ‘ 49ers are whipping the Falcons on TV as we speak , and John Lee is far more interested in that .
8 ECC D are starting to look like the team to beat in this division , after beating Maldon B 7–3 , although OCs C are keeping the pressure on them as they beat ECC E by the same scoreline .
9 ( b ) You are keeping the focus on language and missing a good opportunity to focus on the message .
10 The prime objectives of this research are to explore the impact on firm performances of the early or late adoption of new technology .
11 Make no mistake , it 's only a handful of problem people who are causing the trouble on the estate and it is totally wrong that good people should have to suffer for them .
12 Social workers are inspecting the school on a daily basis , and have uncovered complaints about care and management practices .
13 We raffled a car at Christmas in the John Radcliffe and collected everybody 's money , and we did n't have too many qualms of conscience about that , but one 's got to be very careful not to beg from patients , but I think er fun for all , a lottery is fun and we feel perfectly er acceptable towards this very worthwhile project when we 're given the cheque on Monday .
14 ‘ We 're handling the brokerage on it , ’ Wayne explained .
15 ‘ They 're sandbagging the railings on the promenade , ’ she said .
16 We 're marking the release on video this week of the Dustin Hoffman movie Accidental Hero , which tells the story of a small-time petty thief 's rise from sleazy obscurity to fortitude and heroic deeds .
17 Right , okay , erm let's now move on to er these other diagnostics , right , like test for structural change these diagnostic test statistics that are calculated for right , because essentially what they 're doing is that they 're testing the assumptions on which ordinary leased squares is based .
18 And if you 're buying the car on a loan or HP agreement , you might well owe more than the car is worth — your loss again !
19 Erm I think we 're asking the panel on doctrine to do something that is not really within their remit at the moment .
20 They 're blaming the crisis on the district health authority , who they accuse of not providing the hospital with sufficient money to do its job properly .
21 You 're doing the laces on your own .
22 The commentary can be just descriptive : ‘ Oh , you 're putting the clothes on the dolly .
23 They 're fighting the Conservatives on their own ground …
24 Erm I think that in in broad terms that covers the architectural aspects we we have of course , as er , Paul mentioned at the beginning erm talked the these designs through with the Clark Hill , Honey Hill and Fern Hill Resident 's Association and they have erm been , been shown the exhibition on the estate and er we believe that they 've been well received towards seeing what
25 Wendt , a noted hardcore fan way back in the days when Nirvana were still a mod band , has been presenting the acts on Saturday Night Live for some years .
26 War on the Unborn THE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has consistently opposed abortion for convenience which has been called The War on the Unborn .
27 Eh and perhaps were one of the major funders in the past I say General Portfolio until recently were the major funders er in the in the ninety ninety one but there 's been no company that 's been funding the theatre on a regular basis .
28 Together these are called the infrastructure on which all towns , industries and trade depend .
29 The traditional role of governments in the UK has been to ease the pressures on both companies and individuals by some form of intervention — subsidies , loans or payments etc .
30 Well I have no evidence from either of them , you know , er that er they are slamming the door on my initiative , other than the statement that was issued which if you read it , there 's very little in it that you can object to , or that I could object to , which commits them , the two governments to an initiative , and indeed that 's what er the last statement that Mr Adams and I issued asked them to do , the only er they also in in their statements say that my actions have been both courageous and imaginative
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