Example sentences of "[vb base] on [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sensor will react instantaneously to body heat and bring on a light outside your home whenever anyone approaches . |
| 2 | Sometimes it is possible to decide what particular activities bring on an attack of giddiness . |
| 3 | Bring on the men in white coats ! |
| 4 | Already he was capable , it seemed , of making that impact on the stage which was , in record time , to put him at the top of his treacherous profession and bring on the applause of his finest contemporaries . |
| 5 | Er , the first thing is I put on the top of my draught that I 'd rather the pupils were n't involved at this stage I 'd rather they were involved in the over view with form tutor . |
| 6 | Er they done the broken metal and then they put on the top of it and then they come along with a watering cart and er splashed water on it and then |
| 7 | The frown was back between his eyes as I put on the light in my room . |
| 8 | They are both trusted men and the key to both the gallery door and another for Sir Ralph 's chamber hang on a hook beside them . |
| 9 | Clothes hang on a line at one side of the room . |
| 10 | The commendations are framed and hang on the wall of the Commandant 's office . |
| 11 | External filters usually hang on the side of the tank — or more commonly these days sit underneath it . |
| 12 | Three photos of her dead son hang on the walls of their council terraced house . |
| 13 | Pictures and documents about Robert Tassell , the original owner of Blacklands , who was twice Mayor of Maidstone , hang on the walls of the comfortable TV lounge . |
| 14 | Then , distant beyond the broad bowl full of skeleton walls , she saw the headlights of a car pass on the road to Silcaster , sweeping eerily across the filigree of stonework and grass , and vanishing again at the turn of the highway . |
| 15 | By limited liability the state is encouraging management to use shareholder funds in more risky ventures than they would otherwise undertake , and then pass on the liability at a time for forced liquidation , to third parties . |
| 16 | Then player manager Brian Flynn latched on to a Mark Taylor pass on the edge of the penalty area but his shot rebounded to safety off the inside of the post . |
| 17 | There were excited exclamations at the sight of the returned Emily and they flocked round her desk to welcome her back and pass on the gossip of the preceding week . |
| 18 | They pass on the saving to you . |
| 19 | Richards saw that Woolley was trying to do more than train them , and lead them , and pass on the lessons of experience : he was also struggling to turn each of them into the kind of person that he himself had become . |
| 20 | Overworked officials in finance ministries rarely reject a whole list of potential projects ; they are much more likely to identify a few priorities at random , and pass on the donor to the line ministry , hoping for the best if and when the project is financed . |
| 21 | He was manipulating a kind of toggle or switch on the head of his cane . |
| 22 | Accordingly , CD-I players begin the battle to represent themselves as appliances by having their power switch on the front of the cabinet . |
| 23 | No , but when you switch on the telly on a Saturday afternoon there 's football , football , football ! |
| 24 | The rocker switch on the side of my head clicked … work off , weekend on … stress off , mellow on … and sea air crackled static through my stale brain . |
| 25 | Go on a train without a ticket , or do n't get a TV licence and the re is a substantial fine and a criminal record . |
| 26 | Well I bet they go on every night until |
| 27 | These go on every day in a Home — they wo n't be planned beforehand or written up on a board , they are the little things of everyday life : |
| 28 | Go on the attack with the Defender |
| 29 | Or suppose , again , that your neighbour has agreed with you that he will not open a public house or carry on a school of music next door , and does and threatens to continue doing one or the other ; or that you have a right to light for your windows , and he threatens to erect a building within three feet of them . |
| 30 | The felt need to get the cleaning done conflicts with the desire to be sociable ; one can iron , or perhaps cook , while talking to a friend or neighbour , but one can not wield a vacuum cleaner and carry on a conversation at the same time . |