Example sentences of "[vb pp] on the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | A union of Baptists or of Methodists could be based on shared theological foundations ; a union of Nonconformists could only be based on the one thing they shared , their nonconforming status as English Protestant Christians outside the established church of the land . |
| 2 | These are not at all original or exotic but are based on the ordinary things that most people tend to eat . |
| 3 | This show was based on the same thing . |
| 4 | He wore an open-neck shirt and trousers that needed pressing , but he 'd apologized for his ‘ unkempt ’ condition when he 'd first greeted them , explaining that he 'd been decorating at home and had pulled on the first things to hand in his haste to get to the waxworks . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll get her started on the other thing . ’ |
| 6 | When he had finished piling the boxes up , Charles looked once more round the room and his eyes lighted on the very thing he needed at that moment — a torch . |