Example sentences of "on [prep] [art] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was quite capable of building a locomotive as I have a working steam model threshing engine , on about the same scale , that also came from the old office . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm on on about the same subject . |
| 3 | The authority had coincidentally tested the water for toxins on about the same day as the officer cadets had used it . |
| 4 | But you must have , you know , do n't ramble on about the same thing , right , cos , for , for , for any more than a couple of sentences , cos then , you know , you c start entering into sort of diminishing marginal returns very , very quickly on these short answer questions , what you want to , do is sort of say a sentence about as much as you can rather than go into in depth discussion about erm , any particular aspect . |
| 5 | Later on during the same meeting I was attached to another working group whose task it was to revise the standard format of what was then called the ‘ Summary of the Report ’ . |
| 6 | To ensure you get a full charge , just leave on for a half hour or so longer than normal . |
| 7 | Extra midwives had been taken on for the same reason . |
| 8 | It is usually noticeable that when a masochist has for years felt hard done by , often over-controlled by their partner , and then for some reason the tables are turned , he or she metes out punishment as if this has to go on for the same length of time that the masochist 's suffering was endured . |
| 9 | Mm , it carries on of the same account there then he said to the army officer you see |
| 10 | Position on with a little water . |
| 11 | The next day , place the black fondant tiles all over the roof , in neat overlapping rows , securing them on with a little water or royal icing . |
| 12 | Position this on the drum , fixing on with a little water . |
| 13 | Cut out a small black rectangle to form the ‘ Jolly Roger ’ and , using a little white fondant , cut out a skull and crossbones and stick on with a little water . |
| 14 | It is possible to go on with the same therapist to deal with the problems which caused you to need the regression experience in the first place . |
| 15 | Following on from the former Premier Zhou Enlai , Deng began an ambitious programme of economic reforms . |
| 16 | The society-s proposal to convert the church into dwellings followed on from the same sponsor 's conversion of a similar local and redundant Anglican church , St James 's , Knatchbull Road , Stockwell Park . |
| 17 | A grant from the Theatre Trust should ensure plays put on in the former church now Saltburn 's Community Centre no longer literally bring the house down . |
| 18 | These issues I touch on in the latter part of the chapter . |
| 19 | Sebastian went on in the same vein for quite some minutes . |
| 20 | Leith snapped angrily — and realised she could go on in the same vein until she was blue in the face and it still would n't dent him . |
| 21 | And , going on in the same vein before Fabia could gently state that she would n't dream of going to Czechoslovakia without her , ‘ It 's about a four-hour crossing so you 'll have time for some shut-eye and a rest before … ’ |
| 22 | It went on in the same tone for several excited paragraphs and ended in an even heavier and blacker print . |
| 23 | He said he just carried on in the same direction . |
| 24 | However this hold upon her does not seem strong , as later on in the same scene she launches into song , cleverly making the first three lines rhyme with lead ! |
| 25 | So I started to write a variation on the first bar and told her to go on in the same way and to keep to the idea . |
| 26 | This way of thinking is not reasonable , yet we carry on in the same way , generation after generation , never learning by our past mistakes . |
| 27 | All that memory can provide contributes already to our feeling that in calling this sensation ‘ pain ’ we are going on in the same way , following the rule . |
| 28 | Fast on its heels came MacPublisher and Ready-Set-Go but somehow neither caught on in the same way . |
| 29 | Ordinarily , learning allows us to go on in the same way , to repeat what has been learned , whether it is a matter of fact ( that London is the capital of England ) or an action ( driving a car in familiar circumstances ) . |
| 30 | erm So now we started up the long term survey , and we 've now got 10 schools taking part , and they 're starting next week , and they 'll be carrying on in the same way as they were the pilot survey , taking the same measurements . |