Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] on [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The door of the grocer 's shop was flung open with a ‘ crash ’ and a small rotund figure , angry as a bee that has sat on its own sting , buzzed past the rubber merchant and accosted the sedan-chair operator . |
| 2 | You ca n't use extra national insurance contributions in one year to make up a shortfall in another ; each year has to stand on its own . |
| 3 | For example , written language typically has to express things more explicitly , because it has to stand on its own . |
| 4 | The result is that Dublin has to stand on its own constant , as well as temporary , merits . |
| 5 | Total prize money in 1975 was just £700,000 a figure that Nick Faldo has exceeded on his own this year . |
| 6 | For his part in a week-long happening at Glasgow 's Tramway Theatre in early May — ‘ an exploration around the body , halfway between theatre and sculptor ’ — he has drawn on his own private nightmare . |
| 7 | But , as I told the House on 20 November , if Britain needs to act on its own , it must be free to do so . |
| 8 | This is one of the reasons she works well with tasks she has to achieve on her own . |
| 9 | Erm , comment was made of c thirteen , we do when we design our roads , actually already put catchment areas in , so that if a lorry load of diesel happens to split on it that , that there are drains to hold it . |
| 10 | With dependent work , the worker appears to work on his own but , in reality , he is dependent on a firm or group of firms for some vital part of his work , such as premises , equipment , supplies , or outlet . |
| 11 | To start with , none of the themes seem to link in with a previous theme or rheme ; each sentence seems to stand on its own in a sort of vacuum . |
| 12 | This , they argued , was the antithesis of their definition of development , the process whereby a community learns to stand on its own feet . |
| 13 | It 's the hold he 's got on me that 's the trouble . |
| 14 | Er I think she used to sing with a group and I think she 's gone on her own and I do n't know which one to go for . |