Example sentences of "[vb base] on [subord] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The troops crack on as the storm sets in over So Kon Po . |
| 2 | Customers in the tea room of the Walker Art Gallery look on as the statue Death of Virginia is cleaned by experts Arlinda Ribeiro , left , and Polina Agapaki , of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside Picture : RICHARD WILLIAMS |
| 3 | Military pressure on Mr Gorbachev to find a quick way of ending the war stems from a bigger worry : that , by letting America take over conduct of the war , the Soviet Union will see its influence suffer in the region , especially if American troops stay on once the fighting is over . |
| 4 | We do acknowledge that the fatalities by the end of er by the end of December last year fatalities had increased in the county but that does , but that 's not really the figure that goes , go on because the numbers involved are actually quite small . |
| 5 | The flowers come on before the leaves come on . |