Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the lack of wind , over the past hour a swell had built beyond the reef — a strange , almost oily swell that rose in long humps only to collapse back on itself as if exhausted by the effort . |
| 2 | If the company does prove its case , it is still not clear whether it would escape the sanctions threatened by the US against European telecommunications products and services — mainly because the US has not firmed up on what action it will take . |
| 3 | McKeown has not given up on the north 's hope for next year 's Classic , who was found to have a temperature after finishing last in the Somerville Tattersall Stakes . |
| 4 | He has not given up on health care . |
| 5 | But the reason I have sat down so quickly is because the old man has just popped out on the northbound platform . |
| 6 | He does feel sad about it , that is why he dressed in black , but he has already set out on what he believes to be his destiny , and so he wo n't allow these emotions to stop him . |
| 7 | And Clough has also cracked down on a similar plea from right back Brian Laws . |
| 8 | China has now tightened up on the access of social scientists to rural areas . |
| 9 | IBM Corp has now fallen back on the reliable method of pre-announcement for its OS/2 promotion campaign . |
| 10 | YOUR article suggesting the Queen has now given up on Charles and Diana being the next king and queen of England was fascinating . |
| 11 | The Wall Street Journal has now picked up on that story we reported last month that Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc are working together to build the Macintosh System 7.1 look and feel atop Novell 's MS-DOS-compatible DR DOS to run on Intel Corp iAPX-86-based machines ( UX No 429 ) . |
| 12 | Meantime the Wall Street Journal has now picked up on that story we reported last month that Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc are working together to build the Macintosh System 7.1 look and feel atop Novell 's MS-DOS-compatible DR DOS to run on iAPX-86-based machines ( CI No 2,133 ) . |
| 13 | He has n't shown up on any of the ferry company computers , or any of the airline ones , for that matter . |
| 14 | It 's the first time in his career he has n't come out on top . |
| 15 | The second has caused much confusion , some of it deliberate , which has plainly rubbed off on Mr Dalyell . |
| 16 | Swales might , at last , have made a wise decision — if he does not go back on it at the first sign of failure . |
| 17 | The second reason why God does not give up on you as a hopeless case is because he can see the future . |
| 18 | Sometimes this yarn does not catch in on R1 , but starts its work . |
| 19 | Yet had the question gone on , And what if she does not turn up on the waterfront tonight ? |
| 20 | It is a complacent researcher indeed who does not look back on the research findings and wish that some things had been done better . |
| 21 | There is n't much ( if anything ) left at the end of each month for any luxuries — like a night out or any new items of clothes — will always come first to make sure that he does n't miss out on anything . |
| 22 | The first nine days of instruction ( there were no days off — ‘ Communism does n't stand down on Sundays ’ ) were devoted to desk learning . |
| 23 | You 're looking at a lady , ’ she added sparkily , ‘ who does n't walk out on a job half done . |
| 24 | It is confusing , perhaps it does n't pay out on immediate diagnosis , only when one of the other illnesses takes over |
| 25 | Okay , but it does n't pay out on redundancies , it 's just a sickness and accident policy . |
| 26 | Well it does n't go up on the wall it , it kind of goes around so it 's not like public knowledge in there all the time . |
| 27 | Paul spends most of the rest of his letter dealing with the problem in Corinth ; he does n't come down on the side of being totally separate or of being totally indistinguishable in lifestyle — but you 'll have to read that for yourself . |
| 28 | If there 's slime , I do n't care , as long as it does n't come off on me . |
| 29 | He does n't hang about on skis either … |
| 30 | Nominally a deputy to the chancellor ( for whom he or she does sometimes stand in on ceremonial occasions , such as graduation ceremonies ) , the pro chancellor does have a substantial role , as chair of the council of a university , with overall responsibility for its financial and other non-academic affairs . |