Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] on [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They 'll also get more local capability to off-load host processing , including a new Motif-run VT320 emulator , a local host chooser client , a local command shell and the ability to run local processes and display them on remote X displays .
2 Being able to pick up a colour and press it on coloured paper was all very exciting .
3 Roll the mixture into small balls about the size of walnuts and place them on two large baking sheets .
4 Then split the cards face down into three different piles and take a card from the middle pile and place it on one side of the outside piles .
5 It remained for the Spaniards to connect them in extended compositions and base them on secular songs as Cabezón did on the ‘ Canto del Caballero ’ and ‘ Guardame las vacas ’ or play them as so many Mass-movements and motets were even more incongruously played — on the lute .
6 Pour off the pulp , strain the seeds and spread them on absorbent paper to dry ; then store in a cool , dry place .
7 Bliss combined this with 5 000 litres of waste oil , and spread it on several commercial horse arenas to control dust .
8 You know you can , you can work a bit of a flanker and put something on that 's more or less acceptable to them .
9 ‘ I put all the ingredients together and put them on individual plates , but lots of people helped get the lobster out of their shells , and Alfred made the mayonnaise .
10 and put them on one side .
11 Well I used to the grindstone was in the cart shed , you see , and er I used to turn the handle whilst he ground his knives down and then he 'd take them in the slaughterhouse , after he got them ground , and put them on this stone to get them smooth , to get a fine edge on the knife .
12 And you did that with them and then laid it down , you see , and then you gathered your sheaf and put it on that and turned it round and gave it a twist like that and then And that was how it was done .
13 Catch weights , so do n't matters what it was but that man who was weighing them he got no brains , if one was overweight and go down , the next one got ta be underweight and he 'd take that off that and put it on that , he was so quick , wh that 's what he , he was a good checker , they were good men then
14 Could you open my greenhouse and put it on that
15 I think she should mentally wrap him in a parcel , tie it tight with string and put it on one side for the moment .
16 These fellows for fun would pinch one and put it on another step , and do this going all down the road .
17 Do n't try and do any sums on it and think ooh I 'll square one and add it on half the other .
18 Sun will be getting parallelising technology from KAI that will decompose code and run it on multiple processors .
19 Ensure that the initiating member is kept informed of the progress of the engagement and copy him on all relevant correspondence .
20 Remember , that unless you have inspected the wedding list and know everybody on both sides of the family you can never be sure who is in a large audience .
21 There is another huge difference between pop and film , in that it costs little to set up a band , play in community venues , make a record and get it on local radio , whereas film remains largely the preserve of big business .
22 This might give vital stimulation to others and set them on new lines of discovery .
23 Chicherin ( with benefit of hindsight ) described the challenges which lay ahead as follows : [ Alexander ] was called upon to execute one of the hardest tasks which can confront an autocratic ruler : to completely remodel the enormous state which had been entrusted to his care , to abolish an age-old order founded on slavery , to replace it with civic decency and freedom , to establish justice in a country which had never known the meaning of legality , to redesign the entire administration , to introduce freedom of the press in the context of untrammelled authority , to call new forces to life at every turn and set them on firm legal foundations , to put a repressed and humiliated society on its feet and to give it the chance to flex its muscles .
24 He was indeed fortunate in his local friends who recognised his ‘ propensity to Botanicks ’ ( Benjamin Franklin , Pennsylvania Gazette , 1742 ) , encouraged expeditions and subscribed ‘ to induce him and enable him wholly to spend his time and exert himself on these employments ’ .
25 ‘ He said I was just to keep her warm in bed , and feed her on soft broth .
26 They will contact a special poisons information centre and advise you on first aid and medical treatment .
27 I thank my hon. Friend for those revealing figures , and congratulate him on all his efforts to rehouse the homeless .
28 Soak a piece of bread in water and dab it on both sides of the cloth .
29 Keep your top people and keep them on top form
30 First crack the whole code and keep it on one side .
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