Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Welsh Water has dragged many old-age pensioners and under-privileged people through the courts of Wales because they have fallen down on the odd instalment on their water charges . |
| 2 | Erm but I say there , there were a couple of erm objections that came up during the course of the conversation which really resulted because you , you 'd fallen down on the actual structure , but having said that then again there were two or three examples that you apacked and you got through very well and you , you recovered yourself well on that and , and I say really I think that 's er that 's covered most of the bits that , that I felt were , were there . |
| 3 | In the Brazil nut , Bertholleria excelsa , and Eschweilera spp. , the hood is pressed down on the fertile stamens and bears only staminodes with nectar at their bases : only a strong bee can lift the hood — species of Xylocopa and female euglossine bees . |
| 4 | That diary is filled in on every single day throughout that year — 1940 . |
| 5 | Mike needs to be filled in on the latest developments . ’ |
| 6 | Care must be taken to ensure that the new company , or its qualifying subsidiaries , carry on qualifying trades and , notably , film production companies and research and development companies qualify , so long as their activities are being carried on on a commercial basis with a view to profit . |
| 7 | ( At their first overhaul , this batch were given full internal bulkheads and an extra seat was squeezed in on the top deck . ) |
| 8 | And Clough has also cracked down on a similar plea from right back Brian Laws . |
| 9 | What has been er what has been pleasing is that a n a number of the people who 've come in on the last two or three years or so er are younger people , people in their er late teens or twenties . |
| 10 | From Wolhusen the circular itinerary now continues south on road 10 which has come in on the left ( ie east from Luzern . |
| 11 | Her father , finding in her many of the qualities he had admired in her mother , had given her far greater freedom from the harem than was normal and from childhood she had sat in on the political and intellectual discussions her father had with his cronies . |
| 12 | Yawning , not hiding it , them an sat down on an ancient easy chair on one side of the dead fireplace . |
| 13 | At eleven o'clock the following morning , Buzz sat down on the blue chair by Elinor 's bedroom window , pulled the kitchen timer from the pocket of her navy cotton dress , and set it to twenty minutes : the mechanism began to tick in an irritating way . |
| 14 | I have just sat down on the wet grass when everyone around me starts to move swiftly in the direction of the wooded area just visible through the mist and gloom . |
| 15 | From the simplest beginnings the reader is carried along on a step-by-step journey to adventures in ‘ Harmonic landscaping ’ and a variety of textures . |
| 16 | My giddiness had gone and I felt happy and relaxed , as if I was being carried along on a slow , peaceful current . |
| 17 | Now I 'm not for a mom , I 'm not for a moment suggesting that it 's something that would be picked up on a regular basis , but I think it does mean , as you rightly say , that er , if , if , if such a procedure does arise then I 'm conscious that I 'm in a one off situation , I know there 's at least one of our colleagues on our benches who has this on , with children on a more regular basis . |
| 18 | But this information is also readily available if the ferret is fitted with a transmitting device within its collar and the signals from this are picked up on a hand-held receiver . |
| 19 | It was picked up on the fourth ring by an answerphone . |
| 20 | Ishida Aerospace has picked up on an Eighties Cold War idea generated by the US military , which has financed the design , construction and flight testing of a propeller-driven VTOL plane , namely the Osprey , whose features were shown in your illustration . |
| 21 | A vertical window covering which can be rolled up on a spring-roller attachment , or drawn up by cords threaded through rings . |
| 22 | I think Mao was quite keyed up on the whole situation , I think he realized that to win the war they had to erm adjust the mass support very carefully , and I think that 's basically what this I think that 's why two months later they er they er gave up this document cos he was worried then they 'd lose the middle peasants ' support . |
| 23 | The haulier should be aware of the circumstances in which he ( or his debtor ) may be wound up on a voluntary basis and the circumstances in which his company ( or his debtor 's ) may be wound up by the court . |
| 24 | The girls walked in the Rose Gardens and caught up on the past months , discussed the future . |
| 25 | Ardglass were squeezed out on the final card . |
| 26 | We had come out on a broad dirt road . |
| 27 | Yes they push er Crosby has gone up front erm with Collimore and Stone 's come out on the right-hand side . |
| 28 | The Great Hall is let out on a daily rate to companies such as Deutsche Grammophon and EMI for classical music recordings . |
| 29 | First , on the rateable value of the property , which was a value based on an assessment of what the property could earn if it were let out on the open market . |
| 30 | A covering note would detail tasks which would have to be carried out on a regular basis and which agent is responsible for these tasks . |