Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dodge mounted the kerb , headlights suddenly stabbing out on full beam . |
| 2 | Mild defects only shown up on sophisticated psychological testing are common in people with AIDS , or who are unwell as a result of HIV infection . |
| 3 | Is , is , is that different to any other land law before , is well is , is this a new idea or is it just picking up on other |
| 4 | Just finishing off on electrical energy . |
| 5 | Many of us are already cutting down on red meat , partly for health reasons but also because of , as Audrey Eyton explains ( see p.56 ) , the growing awareness that animals being farmed intensively are neither happy nor tasty . |
| 6 | The funeral was over , and Selene grew , soon staggering about on fat legs . |
| 7 | Much of Husameddin 's argument on the question of Molla Fenari 's death date thus falls down on close examination , but there does remain one compelling piece of evidence for his conclusion , namely the document apparently bearing Molla Fenari " s signature and dated Rabi " II 838/ November 1434 : in a real sense all else depends on this . |
| 8 | The latter is a very slow growing starter and is happier without peat at planting time — in fact , it grows best for me in builder 's rubble and when it does get going soon catches up on lost time . |
| 9 | Big record companies no longer send massed talent scouts here and — judging by Terry Christian 's depressingly banal pop column in the Manchester Evening News — they are not exactly missing out on buried treasure . |
| 10 | You can always fall back on good old rice and tea if the aesthetic qualities of the food are not enough to overcome your apprehension . |
| 11 | He could always look back on bad things . |
| 12 | The figures were released as Nigel Lawson , the Chancellor , warned that interest rates could climb even further to clamp down on rising prices . |
| 13 | American publishers are noticeably cutting back on expensive art books with numerous colour illustrations . |
| 14 | They 're forever gadding off on expensive holidays . |
| 15 | You can also splash out on extra nitro-injectors , giving a short but effective blast of speed . |
| 16 | Nationwide union organization remained forbidden , and unions were repeatedly closed down on technical grounds . |
| 17 | Erm we also lost out on permanent way standard drawings against the Glasgow office who were desperate for work . |
| 18 | The authorities also tightened up on illegal emigration — the coastal areas were patrolled and hiding-places for illegal emigrants were found in central Funchal ; those responsible were arrested , tried and sentenced . |
| 19 | I can also get along on Polish and Italian . |
| 20 | However , frozen food does not retain the vitamins of fresh produce and the danger is to opt for frozen even if fresh food is available and hence miss out on valuable nutrients . |
| 21 | Additional ‘ close-look ’ equipment could also close in on international crises and warn of military and guerilla movements . |
| 22 | Having covered buckles and brooches , I now intend to examine the various bronze fittings and implements that should also turn up on Romano-British sites . |
| 23 | This was an entirely legitimate and historically well-founded practice , but Nixon carried it to extreme lengths , seeing it as a way both to cut back on federal expenditure and to impose his own order of spending priorities . |
| 24 | Operations are now carried out on special trolleys which are hinged to allow the head to drop below the feet , ensuring a continuing blood supply to the brain in the event of sudden loss of blood pressure . |
| 25 | But are you really clued up on modern skincare ? |
| 26 | As the best PR people try to understand their audience before they try to sell something , we must assume that Mr Heseltine is even now reading up on anti-nuclear propaganda . |
| 27 | They quite often leaped about on national monuments screaming , ripping apart their black pyjamas , and generally behaving as if you were all of the Grateful Dead rolled into one . |
| 28 | Perdita , however , was excitedly looking down on vast faded pink rivers curling through spinach-green forest , and the blue shadow of their plane lying across Buenos Aires . |
| 29 | Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp says the Freedom 1000 and 3000 3D graphics accelerators that it is to sell on Sun Microsystems Inc platforms ( UX No 407 ) , have been designed as processor-independent units which could well end up on other CPU architectures in future , though none were mentioned specifically . |
| 30 | They invariably end up on opposite sides in the Argentine Open . |