Example sentences of "[to-vb] on a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My nightmare is trying to concentrate on a guest while really wondering at what point I can break off the conversation to same some dish or saucepan from being welded to the oven forever . |
| 2 | I was once advised that the best way to avoid jumping the gun during intercourse was to concentrate on an image that offered the minimum in erotic possibilities . |
| 3 | Sampson had no damn right to appear on a Tuesday and fuck everything up . |
| 4 | Others may be surprised that he found time to work on a feature while promoting a top ten hit in ‘ Groovy Train ’ . |
| 5 | He used to work on a farm and wanted to be buried in a country church . |
| 6 | Erm , it would be unsafe , I think , to work on an assumption that what we 're going to er one post becoming available through natural wastage per year , and even that erm , highish I think . |
| 7 | There has been some suggestion that parents are more likely to argue in front of their sons than their daughters ; that a disturbed parent is more likely to pick on a son than a daughter ; and that mothers may transfer negative experiences with their husband into negative expectations of their sons . |
| 8 | You may be able to get someone to talk on a topic that also features in the textbook so that the video recording would introduce listening comprehension work that linked to a reading task . |
| 9 | The panel technique is where a number of people are asked to serve on a panel and to give their views on questions put to them . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , pressure groups are variously encouraging retailers to open on a Sunday or urging local authorities to prosecute the law breakers , and labour MP Ray Powell 's Private Member 's Bill ( supported by the Keep Sunday Special Campaign ) is due for its second reading on 22nd January . |
| 11 | Christmas is a good example of this : ten weeks before Christmas arrives , the shops start to fill up with goods which obviously encourage us to dwell on a day that is far ahead in the future . |
| 12 | This may not be an accurate assessment of the family dynamic , but the re-labelling of the problem does enable the family to focus on a problem that might not otherwise be considered , the effect of one caring relationship on another . |
| 13 | At a time when one feels tempted to join in with the celebration of rugby as expressed by England and Ireland in the recent magnificent international match , it may seem churlish to focus on a theme that is no cause for euphoria by a source of concern for the future of sport — and rugby in particular . |
| 14 | My feeling is that while focusing on those we should attempt to focus on a solution as well . |
| 15 | Mass mobilisations by the so-called ‘ pro-life ’ forces in Buffalo are designed to focus on an issue that puts liberals on the defensive : abortion is to the US Democratic Party what taxes were to Labour . |
| 16 | He listened — at first with a curious air of detachment , as if he was an observer from another civilisation , or someone whose own experience had come to an end , someone who was waiting to embark on a journey and looked at the world with vacant eyes , his mind already in transit . |
| 17 | Non-career golfing ladies still comprise a majority of lady members and it probably does not make much practical difference to them not to be able to play on a Saturday or Sunday morning since they have access to the courses at all other times . |
| 18 | Its genesis perhaps was the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas and his walking companion Jesse Berridge , on the journey that became In Pursuit of Spring , to collaborate on a fiction that would include a passionate youthful love , courtship , and marriage . |
| 19 | Biggins is regarded as the GM Vauxhall Conference 's most gifted midfielder , and with Brighton sliding down the Second Division and £2.5 million in the red , the 29-year-old says he is determined to put on a show that will humiliate the home side . |
| 20 | Watkin would have pride of place as St George while Ranulf the rat-catcher eagerly agreed to put on a costume and act the role of the dragon . |
| 21 | Above right and below : Children find it difficult to balance , so — like Clare — they 'll often sit on the floor to put on a skirt or trousers |
| 22 | The climax came when a show of hands was asked for to vote on a proposal that the evening 's raffle prize , a cuddly soap dish , be replaced by the manager 's job . |
| 23 | The often surprising results of the January Old Master drawing sales in New York revealed that it is just as easy to overspend on a drawing as it is on a painting , and conversely , that despite high prices for a few grand names , drawings still remain a little understood and modestly priced field . |
| 24 | well we always had entertained friends but we 'd never been in a position to put them up so that erm most of our friendly visits were from people who did n't live very far from us , it meant that families , nieces , nephews etcetera were difficult to accommodate because they had to sleep on a couch or a settee in the living room with all its diff difficulties , especially when it meant in the morning for breakfast you had to get them up and dressed before you could start thinking about breakfast , and I think that those sort of things are things that er people ought to take into consideration when thinking about new housing . |
| 25 | Eleven o'clock , there were n't restrictions then on , they could keep open as long as they liked , no restrictions on , on time , and er as I say their own place you know it really it was picturesque , I thought in since erm I contacted you I 've been thinking how , what I could help with and er what I could still think about , and er it was really a sight because to walk and it always used to be crowded , well it was one of the best markets round here and er people used to go off and from Bloxwich and er although there 's a good market at Walsall there was n't a Bloxwich market then sadly for years and years , but erm and then if you went to Wolverhampton you got to walk through Windsfield you got to er walk everywhere you went then and except on a Saturday night when the wagonettes used to run on a Saturday but it was amazing to see the girl behind the range now controlling |
| 26 | You must agree that you need talent and persona to wait on a table and wit , tact and conversation to serve at a bar . |
| 27 | There has been coverage with such as yourselves and er the local papers , and we are getting word of mouth enquiries now , but we , we have said it 's for the newly qualified driver and since we 've started this scheme , I would put newly qualified in inverted commas , because we 've had two or three ladies ring us up who 've had four and five years driving experience as such and they 're frightened to death to go on a motorway and have n't been on a motorway . |
| 28 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 29 | No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ? |
| 30 | We used to go on a tram-car and have a smoke , and a councillor was on there once , and noticed us having a smoke . |