Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [adj] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why he decided to come down on one player 's side against another is beyond comprehension . |
| 2 | Current levels of consignment are running below budget with analysts lowering fourth quarter aggregate estimates to $460 down from previous estimates of $500 million and down on last year 's figure of $493 million . |
| 3 | The charitable world as a whole , as I 'm sure many of you know , has been severely hit by the recession er our donations received this year are dramatically down on last year 's and we operate on a shoestring but the provision of teams to go round the world , the provision of training , even with all the help we get from the R Y A still costs a lot of money . |
| 4 | Output will grow by only 2.2% this year , well down on last October 's prediction of 3.6% . |
| 5 | She 's brought it down on enough people 's heads in the past . |
| 6 | We always get lots of punters in on New Year 's Eve . |
| 7 | Yeah , I just Like cashing in on other people 's misery . |
| 8 | Old time pro Brad Bowman drops in on this year 's comp and shows good stylish skating , unlike Davross who amazed visiting US skaters Lance Mountain , John Lucero , Steve Keenan and Spidey with his unstylish but entertaining hang-ups ( yeah Jase ) . |
| 9 | I fancy DEEP SENSATION , not disgraced when runner-up to King Of The Lot on his seasonal debut and well in on last year 's form . |
| 10 | LEEDS are poised to cash in on last season 's championship win by signing a multi-million pound sponsorship deal with a German company . |
| 11 | The backs have breath-taking pace out wide and both wingers have looked hungry for ball , turning up on each other 's wings regularly to create the extra man . |
| 12 | I mean , pardon me , it 's not my habit , you understand , to pick up on other people 's phone conversations , I was just coming down the stairs here , I could n't — ‘ |
| 13 | He said well from my point of view anyway at least he said just disregard that completely he said and we will do it on what you earnt , so he said all I can is erm just put in as many hours as you can to get your wages up on that side erm and then by the time we look at that he said , the end of February obviously you 'll have December , January and February which will be good months there , I said yeah so he said well then you know erm a hundred pound here and a hundred pound here he said , it all helps to keep the figure up for you so he s |
| 14 | If I could just pick up on one point erm and that was related to the the two different types of inner relief road that that was proposed . |
| 15 | She was exhausted , she was close to tears or laughter , she was probably getting drunk , topping up on last night 's alcohol . |
| 16 | While many brewers are bemoaning over-capacity and falling sales , Wood 's are trading 33 per cent up on last year 's summer figures on their Parish , Special and Wonderful brews . |
| 17 | The final dividend should be 10 per cent up on last year 's payment . |
| 18 | up on last year 's figure . |
| 19 | Reported car crimes in Oxford are running at 600 per month ; car crime has doubled in the past four years , constituting one third of all crime reported in the city , and this year 's figures are one third up on last year 's . |
| 20 | Shareholders were told at the Bournemouth-based group 's annual meeting yesterday that January reservations were 9.4 per cent up on last year 's and that this month , a 41-unit development was sold to a housing association . |
| 21 | I ended up on three years ' probation . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Galerie St Etienne follows up on this year 's National Gallery retrospective with ‘ Käthe Kollwitz in celebration of 125th anniversary of the artist 's birth ’ with working drawings and proof states of prints . |
| 23 | If he had been pensioned off then , he would have missed out on all Rovers ' glory days of promotion , Wembley and Europe . |
| 24 | I was going to take you out — you never go out on New Year 's Eve . ’ |
| 25 | Patients ‘ missing out on better drugs ' |
| 26 | It 's already going out on this month 's Crimewatch . |
| 27 | Without a victory for over four years and bitterly disappointed to miss out on this month 's Ryder Cup , Brand Jnr held a four-stroke lead over Swedish rookie Olle Karlsson , with struggling Welshman Phillip Price a shot further back . |
| 28 | He was concerned that residents missed out on last year 's winter warming cash because they came under the Whitby weather station where temperatures are warmer than in Boosbeck , Lingdale , Stanghow and Moorsholm villages . |
| 29 | If by any chance you DID manage to miss out on last months ' issue , fear not ! |
| 30 | Colleagues , the C E C statement report told er considered trade unions and its conclusions recommended that preliminary discussions for Transport and General on the feasibility of a merger with a report back on next year 's Congress . |