Example sentences of "[vb base] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the scent was so fresh , it was obvious the beasts would be unwilling to leave for a while , so Grant decided to ignore them and push on with the next stage of their operation . |
| 2 | Rejected in the former , they press on with the latter . |
| 3 | The story of some of these presses is a fascinating one to follow , as the printers surreptitiously pull off their pamphlets and broadsides in some kitchen or remote country house , load up and press on to the next location , with an eye ever over their shoulder for the pursuers . |
| 4 | These issues I touch on in the latter part of the chapter . |
| 5 | Minutes later we are heading for a small island group north of Vengsøya , to round that and head on for the next . |
| 6 | For the large flag , paint a straw with silver food colouring and when dry , glue on to the large paper triangle . |
| 7 | THE immediate post-Christmas and New Year period is an opportune time to check your weight and count the excess pounds put on after the festive holiday — and a time to count the cost to your health and make a serious attempt to reduce the surplus . |
| 8 | A grant from the Theatre Trust should ensure plays put on in the former church now Saltburn 's Community Centre no longer literally bring the house down . |
| 9 | I 'd watched Motown and the blues catch on in the Sixties and the roots of all that stuff was laid in the Forties , so the funk was always going to catch on and stay . |
| 10 | The crosser is required to tight-rope walk on the single strand below and hold on to the two other lines for balance . |
| 11 | That 's it because what you well you either hold on to the first five or six and then you lose the rest or sometimes you remember the beginning and the end and you lose the bit in the middle , ah . |
| 12 | Hold on to the furthest part of the leg that you can reach without straining , lowering the body as close to the leg as possible . |
| 13 | Luke shouted up to Anna that he would take Flora in , and then walk on to the sixth-form college . |
| 14 | Walk on to the unstable cliff tops . |
| 15 | But in practice , neither popular music , however understood , nor its Others — ‘ folk song ’ , ‘ traditional music ’ , ‘ art music ’ , ‘ bourgeois music ’ , or whatever else — walk on to the historical stage in this uncontaminated form . |
| 16 | With my burdens lying against the brickwork of the bridge , I walk on along the same narrow path that now begins to climb the side of a rather bald looking hill . |
| 17 | Ophiolimna bairdi can easily be distinguished from O. lineata by a number of features : the disk is covered with granules , not spinelets ; which extend on to the oral frame ; the oral shield is a large triangle and the oral papillae have a different shape and arrangement ( see p. 60 ) |
| 18 | The disk is round covered with a dense coating of low hemispherical granules which extend on to the ventral interradial area ; disk diameter is 4 mm . |
| 19 | But as I read on about the growing disharmony between Mrs. Proudie and Mr. Slope , Trollope rose in my estimation and count him among my favourite authors . |
| 20 | Unlike baby goslings which lock on to the first moving object in sight , the newborn baby will be relatively undiscriminating about who tends his needs for the first three or four months of life . |
| 21 | From Dr Jaffery 's rooftop you could look out , past the anonymous walls which face on to the Old Delhi lanes , and see into the shady courtyards and the gardens which form the real heart of the Old City . |
| 22 | ‘ But not about the caves , ’ she laughed and , tugging at his arm , she insisted they tag on with the other tourists . |
| 23 | At best it is likely to lead to confusion as some people follow the new route and others hang on to the old one . |
| 24 | If the model makes it past the vertical climb , hang on to the full forward cyclic and apply full positive pitch . |
| 25 | It is common to turn the bureau telephone answering machine on with the recorded message that an adviser is not available to take the call and the potential client should call again later or come in person to the bureau . |
| 26 | Pipe the words START and FINISH on to the top left and bottom right squares , and then pipe numbers on to the squares in consecutive order . |
| 27 | Tune on to the next one then you 'll be able to tell then . |
| 28 | Many colonnades , staircases , doorways and corridors open on to the Central Courts and , if the bull dance really did take place there , they must have been protected in some way from the rampaging bulls . |
| 29 | Just add the 7 nights ‘ add on to the 7 or 14 night price of your chosen hotel or apartment . |
| 30 | Secure on to the long sides of the house ( two on each side ) with a little royal icing . |