Example sentences of "and [vb base] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Go and sit on a mountain . ’ |
| 2 | Using exactly the same technique , I encouraged her to imagine doing just this and to practise for a further fortnight , after which she was in fact able to go to the local park and sit on a bench watching the children at play . |
| 3 | I take a camera and sit on the edge of the water . |
| 4 | Jenna slept badly , waking with a throbbing pain in her head , and it took a great effort to swing both her feet from the bed and sit on the edge . |
| 5 | I ca n't remember where they go , but Peter tells me to bring them too , so I go and sit on the sofa next to him . |
| 6 | You switch on the kettle and sit on the stool . |
| 7 | Apart from anything else , his working day did not begin till seven or eight , so that he was often there during the day , and always ready to listen ; but there were times when his customers left early , at two or three in the morning , and then Maurice , somewhat exhilarated with whisky , would come over to Grace , magically retaining his balance on the gangplank , and sit on the gunwale , waiting . |
| 8 | ‘ You can go to distant planets and sit on the rings of Saturn , ’ says Lanier . |
| 9 | in our house if one of you 's in the bathroom in the bath like if Russell 's in the bath I go and sit on the toilet and talk to him and the dog 's in there as well and you ca n't move . |
| 10 | College staff often contribute to the management of local enterprise agencies , to small business clubs and sit on the committees of Chambers of Commerce . |
| 11 | I go and sit on the floor by the mattress and watch her . |
| 12 | I mean the rope and sit on the chair . |
| 13 | Why do n't you move this Zimmer and sit on the seat ? |
| 14 | She had half a mind to put him back in his box and sit on the lid . |
| 15 | The stop sign at Low Level Station was inscribed ‘ Last Stop before the Crystal Palace ’ and on passing here , the driver would set his controls to climb the hill and sit on the stairs to consume his repast . |
| 16 | The kids from the houses up there- ’ she waved her arm in the direction of home — ‘ will come and play on the grass-the old people from the council place will come pottering down and sit on the benches by the flowerbeds . |
| 17 | I was so tired I had to get off my bike twice on the way up to Creeting and sit on the side of the road in the snow for a spell before I could go on . |
| 18 | They took turns to walk around inside and sit on the bunks and then George left to go home for tea . |
| 19 | I go and sit on the bench in front of the Christmas tree and stare at it . |
| 20 | I go back and sit on the bench by the Christmas tree . |
| 21 | ‘ I take half the coke and my boy gets to be water boy for the Flamingoes and sit on the bench . ’ |
| 22 | A director from each of the new companies would acquire shares and sit on the SUPPLYKITS board : as Miranda owned the entire company , these inducement shares would reduce her holding , but Adam had convinced a reluctant Miranda that by relinquishing fifteen per cent of her shares , she was exchanging a hundred per cent of a small orange for eighty-five per cent of a crateful . |
| 23 | All householders living below the line were to be charged a local drainage rate , and this line still dictates the area of jurisdiction of internal drainage boards , whose annual expenditure is considerable and influence on the environment profound . |
| 24 | Then get a terminal on your desk and capitalize on the investment immediately . |
| 25 | In the meantime , central and local authorities have been told to take ‘ immediate ’ steps to stamp out vandalism and sabotage on the railways . |
| 26 | Emecheta followed its success with Second-Class Citizen and The Bride Price but when her publishers , Allison and Busby , went broke , she decided to publish the hardbacks herself and sell on the paperback rights . |
| 27 | what , pick up the phone and sell on the phone ? |
| 28 | Equally , the speculator may identify a site without planning approval , enter into an option agreement with the vendor , and sell on the option once planning has been obtained . |
| 29 | Yet the record of Charles 's actions demonstrates the very opposite : his determined pursuit of his own right to a kingdom in Francia set him and Lothar on a collision course . |
| 30 | Henry was forced to use the surplus on his ordinary revenue , to sell monastic lands , debase the coinage , and borrow on the Antwerp exchange . |