Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It happened so fast and so drastically that I nearly slid after him , managing only instinctively to pivot on one foot and throw myself headlong back onto the boards still remaining solid behind the hole . |
| 2 | May the author once again intrude upon whatever mood his narrative might have established long enough to report on current events ? ’ |
| 3 | Readers might also be interested to hear that Stalin proposed signing a treaty with Morrissey when the time was right , only to renege on any agreement , later resulting in the bloody battle of Stalingrad and the division of The Smiths . |
| 4 | It gives you the opportunity , not only to concentrate on legal work , but also to learn about management and the way institutions work . |
| 5 | This arrangement continued for eight years , and enabled me not only to work on several books , but also to continue with my computer research . |
| 6 | NARE 's silver jubilee conference provided a platform not only to reflect on past achievements but , perhaps more importantly , to set new goals for future developments . |
| 7 | He seldom missed a match through injury , and he was versatile enough to play on either wing equally effectively , although his own preference was for outside-right . |
| 8 | The upper levels of the incline were , we believe , supported on foundations deep enough to rest on firm subsoil ; while to reduce the danger of slippage on the slopes and particularly on the steeper embankment at the side , amounts of clay baked on site were mixed with the surface material . |
| 9 | So to save on any HCI Holiday all you have to do is go shopping ! |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't look so alarmed , ’ Guy murmured wryly , seeing her sudden concern as he ducked below to turn on some lights . |
| 11 | And if anyone is callous enough to check on that story then I would n't want to work for them anyway . |
| 12 | The Code sets out a timetable for takeovers and certain standards of conduct , in order that all shareholders receive the same information and time enough to act on that information . |
| 13 | Everyone has their own favourite gardening wheeze , and if yours is original enough to print on this page we 'll send you a £50 cash prize . |
| 14 | YJ Lovell , which is currently bidding £137million for fellow builder Higgs & Hill says it is too soon to comment on current trading but its profits for the year to September 30 , rose from £24.4million to £33.3million . |
| 15 | YJ Lovell , which is currently bidding £137million for fellow builder Higgs & Hill says it is too soon to comment on current trading but its profits for the year to September 30 , rose from £24.4million to £33.3million . |
| 16 | ‘ They would do best to concentrate on technical software , rather than applications where you have to be in close touch with your customers , ’ he said . |
| 17 | You know what can be done elsewhere and how we can best utilize existing staff , it may well be as somebody has said , that I mean we 've got Rachel there , just to pick on one post , where you 're , cos it 's one I happen to know what 's she , what 's she supposed to be doing . |
| 18 | The schoolteacher realized that his guests were tongue-tied in this strange place and , after a few openings had brought no more than murmurs of self-conscious or self-absorbed politeness , he did what he had found best to do on such occasions . |
| 19 | ‘ But it is too soon to pronounce on these matters with any certainty , ’ he went on smoothly . |
| 20 | However , their fortunes were soon to enter on that switchback which took them first to a golden age , and then through impoverishment to extinction as they became first the beneficiaries of factory-produced yarn , and then the victims of their own expansion in numbers and , ultimately , of the power loom . |
| 21 | together with a representative of British Rail , and he was saying that , I , forget how many car transporters they 've got that erm , they built , bought specially to go on British Rail , he said , but they said he just had to give them up for many reasons and one of them was the problems that they have with new cars when they take them on British Rail and the brake dust from the trains apparently causes immediate rust . |
| 22 | He had to get up early to go on local radio , which meant another journey back into Edinburgh in the morning . |
| 23 | Welcome back : Still to come on Central South , a new look for nineties for the old fashioned Co-op stores . |
| 24 | ( HARRIET AD LIB BACKREF ) ( ANNE ) Still to come on Central South . |
| 25 | Welcome back : Still to come on Central South … the problems encountered by a group of abseilers when they tackled a six hundred foot power station chimney . |
| 26 | ( GARGY AD LIB BACKREF ) ( ANNE ) Still to come on Central South . |
| 27 | ( WES AD LIB BACKREF ) ( ANNE ) Still to come on Central South . |
| 28 | Still to come on Central South , the dream of the White Horses . |
| 29 | Still to come on Central South , the green shoots of a Wimbledon recovery . |
| 30 | Still to come on Central South … the attack of the Tigersharks . |