Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In what other job might you call in and use a hot air balloon to appear over a city on a publicity stunt and that same afternoon sit in on a seminar which you have arranged as a scientific event ? |
| 2 | Now please sit down on a chair , sit on that chair , please sit down . ’ |
| 3 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 4 | However , you do not need to invest in expensive gadgets in order to find if you are fat around the middle : sit down on a seat , relax , do not pull your tummy in , and pinch the fat just above your waist . |
| 5 | Home in on a cause that you can do something about . |
| 6 | If you have decided on this as your opening sequence , you may like the idea of beginning it with a fade in on a close-up of some brightly lit seasonal decoration in a shopping precinct — the face of a life-size Santa would be an ideal way to set the mood . |
| 7 | They head off on a cattle drive , all hoping they can somehow solve their problems by fulfilling childhood cowboy fantasies . |
| 8 | I do n't think it 's quite once a week cos the weekend which means you have quite a big build up on a Monday which you want to get rid of . |
| 9 | What I do n't like is that we went back did n't we , I do n't know if you saw my thing to David where we report back on a fax , report every month |
| 10 | ENERGY ORCHARD , Belfast purveyors of Celtic rock , head out on a Murphy 's Irish Stout sponsored tour visiting . |
| 11 | The café itself is so crowded with smoke that I sit outside on a bench . |
| 12 | put down on a piece of paper what essentials you want done |
| 13 | If you break down on a motorway , do not leave your car , just wait for the motorway patrols to find you . |
| 14 | A recent RAC survey shows that only 16% of women know what to do if they break down on a motorway . |
| 15 | If you ever break down on a country road at 2 a.m. , you will truly understand the meaning of the word ‘ alone ’ . |
| 16 | Put together on a shoe-string over nearly two years , it 's a collection of songs , weird and sad . |
| 17 | the theories of accumulation on a world scale , or the capitalist world state , or lineages of absolutism depend ( a ) on the same displaced percipient and historicist observer who had been an Orientalist or colonial traveller three generations ago ; ( b ) they depend also on a homogenising and incorporating world historical scheme that assimilated non-synchronous developments , histories , cultures , and peoples to it ; and ( c ) they block and keep down latent epistemological critiques of the institutional , cultural and disciplinary instruments linking the incorporative practice of world history with partial knowledges like Orientalism on the one hand , and on the other , with continued ‘ Western ’ hegemony of the non-European , peripheral world . |
| 18 | Local villagers had been suspicious from the start , Why would a young woman , devoted to her children , walk out on a five-year-old boy and a mere baby ? |
| 19 | Now of course you may not be able to do anything to change the basic situation — you ca n't very well turn the children out onto the street or walk out on a job just because it is tedious . |
| 20 | ‘ In what circumstances would an attractive woman of twenty-nine walk out on a fiancé without telling him or anyone else where she was going ? ’ |
| 21 | Sylvester Stallone has just filmed Cliffhanger , described as ‘ Die Hard on a mountain top ’ , and before then audiences will see Wesley Snipes take on hijackers in Passenger 57 . |
| 22 | Continue westwards to the village of Liverton following the B1366 south for ¼ mile when you branch off on a track on the right then go left to pass Lane Head Farm and Stubdale Farm . |
| 23 | Though the majority of teachers reported grading reading requirements according to pupils ' abilities , the general practice did not include close supervision of pupils ' reading , and it appeared that frequently the interested and able pupils read widely on a topic while the poorest readers did little other than copy short statements or cut out pictures . |
| 24 | Nor did Mme Guérigny visit the cinema or theatre , or drop in on a neighbour . |
| 25 | Renew contacts with old friends Saturday or drop in on a parent or much loved relative . |
| 26 | Put your collage piece face down on a wad of white kitchen paper and paste the back . |
| 27 | I was led into a dark room and told to lie face down on a mattress on the floor . |
| 28 | And that was exactly my remedy for him earlier this year when , face down on a bench in Augusta 's locker-room , Olazabal shielded the grief of failure in the US Masters . |
| 29 | They already open only on a part time basis . |
| 30 | Above 1,200m you can often enjoy beautiful weather and look down on a sea of white clouds , with the occasional peak protruding through . |