Example sentences of "and [vb base] on [art] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | I go and sit on the floor by the mattress and watch her . |
| 10 | I mean the rope and sit on the chair . |
| 11 | Why do n't you move this Zimmer and sit on the seat ? |
| 12 | She had half a mind to put him back in his box and sit on the lid . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I go and sit on the bench in front of the Christmas tree and stare at it . |
| 15 | I go back and sit on the bench by the Christmas tree . |
| 16 | ‘ I take half the coke and my boy gets to be water boy for the Flamingoes and sit on the bench . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Then get a terminal on your desk and capitalize on the investment immediately . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | what , pick up the phone and sell on the phone ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Lord Forte will become president and remain on the group 's board . |
| 24 | Irrationally , as a man about to be beheaded notices every scratch and stain on the executioner 's block , Rincewind saw that they had overlarge tails that were bluish-white and , he realised , throbbing alarmingly . |
| 25 | The libel laws should be changed to provide a ‘ fast track ’ system allowing victims of media falsehoods to correct them quickly without having to wait a long time for their cases to go to court and gamble on the result . |
| 26 | ‘ Go and bang on the door , ’ she directed Finn . |
| 27 | And rub on the back of your sock ! |
| 28 | A more recent reappraisal took place in the early 1980s when the decision was taken to shed the foods side of the business and concentrate on the confectionery and soft drinks divisions . |
| 29 | Personally , I wished Bellamy would quit trying to be reasonable and concentrate on the wrestling . |
| 30 | During testing the important thing is to ignore what everyone is saying and concentrate on the bike and the new season . |