Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] on [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even after the scene with El-Jorr , Hurley did nothing to tighten up on security for the NARCOG operation . |
| 2 | I hate to disillusion you , but I 'd have been hard pressed to come out on top with those odds ! ’ |
| 3 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 4 | NEW penalties to crack down on adultery in Malaysia include … six strokes of the cane . |
| 5 | And I think it 's time I slipped off to my own room for a while , to look in on Rainbow via the remote . |
| 6 | However , the meeting agreed not to walk out on strike in protest at the 1,600 job losses , 67 at Glasgow , announced by the company 's receivers on Friday . |
| 7 | Progress to go up on top of AllBase/SQL database |
| 8 | I asked Kim to put down on paper in a few sentences how she felt about her new shape . |
| 9 | They say you 're as young as you feel and I 'm certainly not going to give up on life for a long time to come ! |
| 10 | Portadown have lost Adele Sloan , who is pregnant , but Susie Kinley is back and Violet McBride will hope to go out on top in her last season . |
| 11 | Students in the USA had to go out on placement to firms for training , and thus had a good grounding in practical embalming . |
| 12 | Thank you President and Congress for granting me the honour to report back on behalf of the ten G M B Members in the European Parliament . |
| 13 | Yet he acknowledged that ‘ any thorough examination … would be an extremely difficult thing to carry out on account of the prejudice of the men ’ . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , the mummies of the pharaohs , removed from display by President Sadat in 1970 , are to go back on show in the Cairo museum in May . |
| 15 | As other departments , such as Visual Effects , joined in the unofficial boycott of Doctor Who ( see Chapter Five ) , Verity Lambert , Mervyn Pinfield and their team had to fall back on ingenuity from their Designers and Directors , plus backing from Sydney Newman and Donald Wilson who both maintained great faith in the prospects of the show . |
| 16 | The council has already been forced to fall back on accommodation in the town 's Arts Centre in a bid to keep people off the streets . |
| 17 | The council has already been forced to fall back on accommodation in the Arts Centre to keep people off the streets . |
| 18 | Hundreds of funeral guests were beginning to filter in on foot from the outlying corners of the kingdom , bringing sacrificial fighting cocks , pigs and magnificently decked-out water-buffalo . |
| 19 | VERIFONE AND SAUNDERS JEFFRIES SEEK TO CASH IN ON NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS |
| 20 | Today 's sticker is from the French Grand Prix he won to get back on course for the title with his sixth superb victory . |
| 21 | Short aims to get back on course in chess battle |
| 22 | But unless you are absolutely certain that you will be able to get back on top of things within a very short period of time , do n't do it . |
| 23 | but unless you are absolutely certain that you will be able to get back on top of things within a very short period of time , do n't do it . |
| 24 | From this point , Witney knuckled down in search of the equaliser and began to get back on top of the game , and eventually on sixty nine minutes reduced the arrears . |
| 25 | ‘ We are fighting to get back on par with the rest of the world , and squaring the series in France was a big boost . ’ |
| 26 | The A.A. defences continued to take toll of attackers , 9/St.G 1 having a Ju87B so badly damaged over Valetta that the crew were forced to bale out on return to Sicily , while a second aircraft from this Staffel failed to return , Uffz . |
| 27 | Had Ross Brown been able to touch down on completion of his powerful break ( or Nick Penny been able to cleanly gather his pass ) off a Derrick Lee snipe after Scotland had levelled at 8-8 in the second half , then a steal might have materialised . |
| 28 | Joe , I 'm not seeking to close down on discussion about item er , three , one and three , three but in view of the discussion we took this morning , you took this morning about the capital building programme and referring it to er , P A G , may I suggest that they both go that way , unless you have any particular comments to add to . |
| 29 | Yet it 's easy to cut down on fat without changing your diet completely or giving up all your favourite foods . |
| 30 | Lower fat alternatives to everyday foods allow you to cut down on fat without changing your diet or lifestyle |