Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is for these reasons that Woolwich is not enabled or required to seek its remedy through the statutory framework , but must fall back on the common law . |
| 2 | However , where negotiation fails , the parties must fall back on the law , and their rights and liabilities will then be governed by the terms of their contract . |
| 3 | Following the inquiry 's recommendations , in February 1989 , the Secretary of State issued a Circular on the discharge of patients from hospital ( HC(89)5 ) , and in September 1990 followed this with the Circular on the care programme approach , stating that from April 1991 all patients leaving hospital should be the subjects of care programmes , and that in September 1991 regions should report back on the implementation of this policy . |
| 4 | If this is what we hear inside with the canopies sealed , God knows how it must sound out on the tarmac ! |
| 5 | So that when the British Medical Association decided in the late 1950s to inaugurate a programme of discussions among its membership on an appointed ‘ Subject of the Year ’ , it was entirely fitting that for its first discussion-point it should home in on The Adolescent : |
| 6 | After all , I do n't see why Jennifer should miss out on the one thing she 's actually looking forward to just because of him . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Must cut down on the bloody fags , ’ he told himself . |
| 8 | First , he suggests the Government should clamp down on the ‘ wanton use of lethal force ’ by the security forces . |
| 9 | The new regulatory body for the direct sales channel should cut down on the risks involved in buying a computer direct |
| 10 | Hank was so used to being deserted by his mother that he did not think it odd that she should go out on the first evening in ten weeks that his father had been able to spend at home . |
| 11 | This must go up on the wall ! ’ and stick his latest painting up with Sellotape alongside the daubs by the mentally handicapped group she had played for at Christmas , and the postcards from her friends all over the world . |
| 12 | Nothing would do but we must go out on the river . |
| 13 | We must get off on the right foot . ’ |
| 14 | Antonio 's mother said : ‘ They shouted that everyone should lie down on the floor , that anyone who looked around would be killed … they tied up Antonio and grabbed my youngest son ( 16 year old Jose Custodio ) . |
| 15 | For now you must lie down on the bed and go to sleep . ’ |
| 16 | We would say to workers that if there has been penetration or an exchange of bodily fluids , then the subject may crop up on the agenda . ’ |
| 17 | No , you might puke up on the way |
| 18 | It 's J 's birthday on April 2nd & they are having a party ( at last ! ) so I 'll catch up on the news then — they are v. seldom at Gayfield St these days , so I never see them . |
| 19 | We 'll tie up on the island and stretch our legs a bit . |
| 20 | That one we 'll hang up on the |
| 21 | And I 'll focus in on the eighteen thirty and forty eight revolutions . |
| 22 | This made it all the harder for the mother to treat the ailing youngster and she might give up on the treatment for this reason . |
| 23 | I 'll drop in on the Colonel , and tell him his pretty young secretary is just dying to be bummed ! ’ |
| 24 | And we 'll drop in on the way home to watch a few election results or do you think if I start having a party tomorrow night it 's gon na get out of hand ? |
| 25 | I think we might miss out on the er stimulant today Lynda . |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps they 'll call in on the way home , ’ she said wistfully . |
| 27 | The maternal words ‘ If you do n't study hard , you 'll end up on the check-out counter at Tesco 's ’ had had , if not the intended effect , the result of causing Camille and her friends to look down on shop assistants , bank clerks and bus drivers : for more recondite reasons of their own they also held in contempt estate and travel agents and people who worked in advertising . |
| 28 | ‘ We 'll go up on the roof , ’ John said . |
| 29 | I know what we 'll do ; I 'll go up on the dunes and you hit the bell with your bit of wood and we 'll see if I can hear it . |
| 30 | We 've been thrilled with this work experience cos was Dave originally had these five days off taping and he said no , he said , you know you 're so tired , have a little rest we 'll go up I 'll go up on the train only to get to the Selhurst Park he 's got four or five train journeys |