Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very bad at gym , and really hated ‘ apparatus ’ , where we hurled ourselves over boxes and horses , or hung upside down on parallel bars . |
| 2 | Halve artichokes lengthways and place cut side down on absorbent paper . |
| 3 | The actions of the USSR must be seen in the context of a dramatic change in the international situation , caused by the shooting down on 1 May of a US U2 spy plane flying over the heart of continental Russia . |
| 4 | and Mark remember on Monday the they got a mix up on that letter for the management , right ? |
| 5 | With pie diagrams indicating that the major pop consumers are the staid , over-25s , the development in the ad industry of ‘ psychogeographics ’ ( the science of using pop to home in on specific taste publics — i.e. Springsteen fans are likely to desire different products from Whitney Houston fans ) , and the construction of bands in the studio , pop has never required less urgently a rush of theory from the ‘ left ’ . |
| 6 | Well , you 've picked the wrong target to home in on this time , Mr Burns ! |
| 7 | They 're quite expensive at the outset because what we 've got to do is pay the lecturers to put a lot of work in on those lectures — it 's not a simple thing writing this lecture for a thirteen year old and we also pay the school teachers for coming along and helping the lecturers . |
| 8 | But whereas Futurism had been to a large extent aimed at and against Paris and Parisian painting , the Germans were content to remain on the receiving end of things and their work , in the pre-war years at least , had little or no influence back on French art . |
| 9 | Well , the first part of the question was when , when will they start seeing a return back on that money and secondly , when should n't you equity account it ? |
| 10 | In 1645 , after a brief interval back on parliamentary committees , he was sent to Ireland with his regiment and named governor of county Louth and of Dundalk and a commissioner for Ireland . |
| 11 | Good old Nick , I thought , now I 've got my old job back on direct account of him . |
| 12 | ICL has been dallying with the prospect of putting its OfficePower office automation suite up on alien platforms for at least two years . |
| 13 | Try to imagine , if you will , the ferocity of the reaction in the West if it had been Saddam Hussein who had poured napalm down on Kurdish villages three weeks ago ! |
| 14 | Cos I ca n't put Simon 's name down on that bottom of the form . |
| 15 | You er add name down on that paper , cos you 'll forget if you do n't |
| 16 | ‘ In the end Hopkins destroyed himself and others , and brought the King 's wrath down on this community and elsewhere . ’ |
| 17 | In addition , 88open says that software companies using its 88000 certification process have asked specifically for the group to put its stuff up on other architectures . |
| 18 | In addition , 88open says software companies using its 88000 certification process have asked specifically for the group to put its stuff up on other architectures . |
| 19 | The Ridley Report : Unique event back on calmer waters Ian Ridley on a triumph for tradition after last year 's acrimony between two old heavyweights |
| 20 | Commander Whitehead , a jovial , dashing , red-bearded figure with a Homburg and a briefcase , cheerfully splashing tonic water about on convivial occasions , looked too good to be true . |
| 21 | If we knew how it was produced , for example not by moving a pencil round on one end of a taut thread , but along one fixed at both ends , we could conclude that it really is an ellipse and not a circle . |
| 22 | ‘ Put your shirt back on this minute , ’ she ordered through clenched teeth . |
| 23 | Clough is also thinking of offering Sheffield Wednesday some of their money back on out-of-favour £800,000 striker Nigel Jemson . |
| 24 | Because what the Sale of Goods Act goes on to say is that if the goods contain a fault which is so obvious you should have noticed the fault while you were in the shop , or the shop assistant pointed out the fault to you while you were in the shop , then I do n't think you can really demand money back on that basis . |
| 25 | In terms of cash flow , it takes a business man eight or nine years to get his money back on any machinery , for example , that he buys . |
| 26 | ONE CAN but wish the publishers of all good luck in getting their money back on this book , for , much as all cricketers should not only strive to become good fielders but enjoy the process of improving their game , how many will lash out nigh on £15 for a manual to help them do so ? |
| 27 | Runs a diner down on Eighteenth Street . |
| 28 | bit and on word ‘ to ’ , put one finger up on each hand |
| 29 | He leaned the chair back on two legs and put the sole of one shoe against the bedrails , then pulled on the rope of nylon until his biceps began to crack . |
| 30 | The players of this Hungarian ensemble , formed in 1985 , use period instruments tuned to A=421 , nearly a semitone down on modern concert pitch . |