Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just waiting to pounce on some terrified child . |
| 2 | I 'd just like to comment on this this matter |
| 3 | The lower-ranking mandarins who agreed to work as interpreters were rewarded with big tracts of good rice-growing land in the Mekong delta , and the idea soon began to catch on that collaborating paid . |
| 4 | What made me finally decide to insist on this was when I realized that had you been a man , Miranda , or had I not been personally involved with you , I would n't have hesitated to ask for these shares . ’ |
| 5 | We follow a different model : that each point of view must be allowed a voice in the process of deliberation but that the collective decision must nevertheless aim to settle on some coherent principle whose influence then extends to the natural limits of its authority . |
| 6 | I just wanted to end on that bit . |
| 7 | But the hearer still has to act on this indication and find which particular farmer is thereby being referred to . |
| 8 | Yes , but I still want to stay on this equalizing thing . |
| 9 | The sun always seemed to shine on that crowded platform . |
| 10 | Now , to cover all eventualities , I at once began to work on both lungs . |
| 11 | But I shall still have to draw on some capital Brenda , nevertheless . |
| 12 | He confidently expected to draw on that multiplied income to finance his own marriage . |
| 13 | The Environmental Health Officer and Occupational Therapist will also want to comment on these plans , to give advice on whether the planned work is suitable and acceptable . |
| 14 | The railways and roads were also made to focus on this point , making the area even more attractive for new industries . |
| 15 | You 'd probably like to check on that for us . ’ |
| 16 | And turning away from calls to battle and the accompanying rise in blood pressure , it seems reasonable for teachers of literature to go on teaching what they have been trained to teach , and what they like , understand , and are familiar with , without also having to take on many varieties of history — intellectual , cultural , political , social , economic , artistic , and musical — not to mention sociology , the study of popular culture , including the merest graffito , and , inevitably , literary theory . |
| 17 | Not only is this irritating to consumers ; it also seems to rebound on some of the firms themselves — think of Eurotunnel , or of Euro RSCG , a troubled French ad agency . |
| 18 | He also managed to go on some exciting trips such as following part of the old Inca trail in Ecuador on horseback . |
| 19 | referring to , paragraphs one hundred and four to one hundred and nine , saying , Miss also wishes to comment on this |
| 20 | In January 1986 any operator was automatically licensed to run on any route outside London . |
| 21 | So if you did n't really want to embark on that treatment we again , use the waxing treatment as for the eyebrows , we use ca ho , hot wax on the area that you need , on the chin , on the upper lip . |
| 22 | The difficulty is in knowing what local opinion really has to say on these matters . |
| 23 | I now want to draw on some major fund raising themes directly linked to the seventy fifth . |
| 24 | The faculty now needs to embark on some vigorous self-promotion to convince the sceptics in Nairobi ( and regrettably some of its own staff ) about the virtues of its programme . |
| 25 | During the day there was a factory and you used to have to make boxes , or if you were a cleaner you used to have to scrub the landings and everything , or there was a farm and you could work there — but you used to have to be really trusted to work on that . |
| 26 | Believing that its original charter — the establishment of SVR4 as the main focus for future Unix development — has largely been achieved , UI is now looking to build on that success , and , said the source ‘ we 've now worked out how ’ . |
| 27 | A source of evidence that is often brought to bear on this question is the relative abundances of certain inert gas isotopes . |
| 28 | But NISW will now have to carry on this study without her . |
| 29 | We will now have to concentrate on those areas where we can best create value for our shareholders . ’ |
| 30 | The Dithiopin er wo n't affect your blood pressure and you really need to stay on that as maintenance , cos there 's a |