Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who had the most influence on your screen career . |
| 2 | With your wonderful knowledge of the Bible , Mr. Deputy Speaker , you produced the Lazarus motion which revived them all from the dead and they eventually passed on their way through the House . |
| 3 | He eventually capitalized on his knowledge of Europe by publishing in 1796 both a set of five maps of the Rhine , Meuse , and Scheldt and a survey entitled A Developement of the Views and Designs of the French Nation , which sought to warn the English of certain French activities . |
| 4 | I really enjoy touring , whereas a lot of musicians are n't interested ; they 'd rather concentrate on their session work . ’ |
| 5 | Pious it may sound , but I do actually believe that there is a sense in which a group of students do collectively know much of what they need to know about learning : the problem of the PGCE year is to give them confidence that they know ; and the experience that knowing they can successfully act on their knowledge . |
| 6 | Opportunity does n't only knock on your door it almost batters it down ! |
| 7 | Today the Chippendales , put down their bibles long enough to pull on their bicycle shorts and reach for burn . |
| 8 | The last thing I expected was to be woken from unconsciousness by an air hostess with the face of an angel , gently patting on my shoulder and telling me that the plane had just landed in Miami . |
| 9 | Foundation To give a smooth appearance and to cover all flaws , spots , thread veins and any blemishes , gently tap on your foundation . |
| 10 | He so concentrated on his dialogue — I never had to reshoot a scene because Kenny fluffed a line — that he could n't do anything at the same time as he was talking . ’ |
| 11 | The match was a hard-fought contest and after much cheating on their part , the prisoners ran out 3–0 victors with a doubtful hat-trick by Rudolph Hess . |
| 12 | She was awoken , what seemed only minutes later , by a heavy weight suddenly landing on her chest . |
| 13 | They had endured an embarrassing fund-raising dinner , for which rich Americans had paid 5,000 dollars a ticket , only to discover on their return that the Confederation of British Industry had done nothing to follow it up with any kind of sales drive . |
| 14 | Daley Thompson apparently lies on his bed for much of two days before a decathlon thinking his way through each event , mentally rehearsing the self-discipline needed when confronted with two failures at his first high jump or pole vault . |
| 15 | Those wonderfully powerful steam engines belching out smoke as they literally trembled on their way , the fair men hanging on to all sorts of vantage points as they progressed towards their goal . |
| 16 | She was held up briefly in the final when the in-form Sanchez-Vicario swept to a 4–1 lead ( and deservedly so ) and yet Martina , the grass court player supreme , merely drew on her experience , stepped up a gear , kept her nerve and won 5 games in a row to deflate the Spanish challenge . |
| 17 | Sangster recently purchased a 10-acre property in the South of France , apparently to concentrate on his golf . |
| 18 | However , occasionally , very occasionally , a horse will become so fixated on its owner , so dependent on their approval , that it will be unobliging and uncooperative with other people . |
| 19 | The 500th anniversary provides an opportunity for indigenous and Black groups from Latin America and the Caribbean to join together to reflect on their history , and to reclaim the justice and dignity that is the right of all people . |
| 20 | ‘ Forgive us , Mistress Tolonen , ’ one of them said , recognising her , ‘ but we are only acting on our master 's orders . ’ |
| 21 | Much depends on our interpretation of the word ‘ Lawagetas ’ , which was discussed in Chapter 2 , pp. 21–9 , ‘ Social structure ’ . |
| 22 | Social work departments should have details of any local centres and activities , but of course much depends on your relative 's wishes and personal preferences . |
| 23 | As women 's prestige and prosperity entirely depend on their husband 's , most of their typically religious activities have been centred on their husband 's welfare . |
| 24 | We only put on his lead when we go to the vet . |
| 25 | Given the information about birth control , whether or not young women go in search of contraception crucially depends on their motivation to do so . |
| 26 | Anyway , I 'm only passing on her message . |
| 27 | She 's gently pulling on my prick . |
| 28 | they were only going on their reputation |
| 29 | As the 1956 Act applies only to buildings , s.1(1) of the 1968 Act extended the offence to include dark smoke emitted from ‘ industrial and trade premises ’ defined , for the purpose of that Act , by s.1(5) as ‘ premises used for any industrial or trade purposes or premises not so used on which matter is burnt in connection with any industrial or trade process ’ . |
| 30 | You only receive the lower dependent wife 's pension and can only claim on your husband 's contributions after he draws a pension . |