Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In episode three , the script required this seasoned gourmet to turn to his wife with the wide-eyed enquiry : ‘ Annie , what exactly IS a truffle ? ’ before scampering to open a reference book on the kitchen table so that the camera could zoom in on the illustration . |
| 2 | George Bush could now cash in on the country 's post-war confidence by launching another war on the black home-front . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't cash in on the fact that you know I — I 'm susceptible to you . |
| 4 | Lucy Lane said : ‘ I wonder he did n't cash in on the journal . ’ |
| 5 | Elsewhere there are Breughels ; walls covered with Delft tiles ; a medieval belfry with 366 steps from which you can gaze down on the town 's steep , red tiled roofs ; holy blood brought back from the crusades . |
| 6 | Not a muscle of Nan 's face moved , her stroke never faltered as she brushed and watched the flakes fall down on the newspaper she had spread beneath . |
| 7 | I 'm surprised you did n't fall over on the way here . ’ |
| 8 | The heat shields were still intact and the computer assured him that they would not crack or fall off on the journey through the atmosphere . |
| 9 | Some caterpillars possess the markings of small venomous snakes and , when approached too closely , will rear up on the branch and wave their fake snake-heads at the attacker . |
| 10 | We 'll tie up on the island and stretch our legs a bit . |
| 11 | ‘ You can catch up on the reading in-flight . |
| 12 | You 've got a long and full life ahead of you , chum , so you must now stop worrying and go back to sleep and catch up on the strength you 'll need for living it up when you 're better . ’ |
| 13 | It 's J 's birthday on April 2nd & they are having a party ( at last ! ) so I 'll catch up on the news then — they are v. seldom at Gayfield St these days , so I never see them . |
| 14 | To that individual 's horrified disbelief , the animal then proceeds to rub around his or her legs and may even jump up on the person 's lap . |
| 15 | ‘ There was I , feeling flattered at the attention you were paying me , when all the time you were just testing me out to see that I would n't dry up on the air ! |
| 16 | However , where negotiation fails , the parties must fall back on the law , and their rights and liabilities will then be governed by the terms of their contract . |
| 17 | does it make any sense , like you could at least sort of fall back on the toilet or something . |
| 18 | She let her head fall back on the pillow , her body arching in swift sensuousness , inviting and inciting the continuation of his caresses . |
| 19 | If we ca n't see anything more unusual suppose we could always fall back on the bubble baths or the anyway I think that 's a bit more than but there you go . |
| 20 | To measure sincerity in weapons proved very difficult , and so , from time to time , the American delegation would fall back on the mantra of peace , peace to which only Iraq was the obstacle , peace in which all these obsessions about the latest arms and the best would be redundant . |
| 21 | If his education were below that of his audience he could not fall back on the validity of the Sacraments he administered for support . |
| 22 | ONE-TIME movie hunk Ryan O'Neal lets it all hang out on the beach . |
| 23 | Realizing I could n't hang around on the dole forever waiting for the Tate Gallery to offer me an exhibition , and also that my boyfriend , also on the dole , was not likely to be able to support me , I decided to go for further training . |
| 24 | He can doss down on the couch . ’ |
| 25 | They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground . |
| 26 | So then you we can tighten in on the site to not only a place actually on the site but how far down they came from as well . |
| 27 | This way they they could tip over on the grass verge could n't they ? |
| 28 | We would say to workers that if there has been penetration or an exchange of bodily fluids , then the subject may crop up on the agenda . ’ |
| 29 | This made it all the harder for the mother to treat the ailing youngster and she might give up on the treatment for this reason . |
| 30 | They might as well give up on the spot . |