Example sentences of "you [vb base] on [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You mean on account of Ebenezer ? |
| 2 | You sit on rows of stacking chairs . |
| 3 | you walk on crutches for the rest of your life . |
| 4 | I mean one thing that 's mentioned before is about tag questions , which is where you put on question to the end of your sentence , as in Oh do n't you agree or Is n't it or you know you know the sort of thing I mean . |
| 5 | ‘ That half-hearted performance you put on back at the police station wo n't be enough to convince her , not after what she witnessed last night … all your near-hysterical ramblings ! ’ |
| 6 | I say we , for I feel that you look on things in the same way … |
| 7 | I think it 's rather an island in in the middle of the ermerm cultivated land so if you stand on top of the Ridgeway and look down you can see the Harwell site standing out as a a green treed area erm compared with the corn all round it . |
| 8 | In general as the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth noted in 1980 , ‘ the more you earn the more you get on top of pay ’ . |
| 9 | You know , it 's a funny thing , when you get on stage in front of an audience — you become a different person and I think everybody experiences that . |
| 10 | If you decide on avoidance of the food , bear in mind that the child 's sensitivity may disappear in time . |
| 11 | One/two sentence preamble — at your discretion — as you arrive on stage after being introduced by [ probably ] the question master [ possibly a brief word to thank the people who put the night together ? ] |
| 12 | Once you feel on top of this example sequence , experiment and find your own applications . |
| 13 | And so that you keep on top of it so you know that you 've got all the ones that start with K. |
| 14 | For example , what happens when you go on holiday for a few weeks , or you are bedridden with influenza , or you change job or move house ? |
| 15 | If you go on holiday for a month , you want another pay cheque going in at the end of the month . |
| 16 | Here are three items to take with you when you go on holiday with your camcorder . |
| 17 | Being over-logical e.g. it 's only fair that you go on holiday without me , as you work and I do n't worry anyway ! |
| 18 | Er a lot of people give the impression that we should all be more interactive , that we should go abroad and speak languages to many of these people , but the people you come into contact with when you go on holiday in Spain , the only Spanish people are likely to be the waiter who served you and he 's serving you as part of his job . |
| 19 | You go on back to bed . ’ |
| 20 | If you click on Article for example , a pop-up box will appear with a list of related articles , or clicking on Photo will bring up a picture . |
| 21 | The good thing about being in the scrum is when you push over and they all collapse and you fall on top of them . |
| 22 | It 's like the adverts that you see on TV for things like sanitary towels . |
| 23 | Q. You work on projects for major companies . |
| 24 | Peter Field at the Post Office is producing 1″ of the three films you have on VHS from him . |
| 25 | The prospectus is almost a written specification of what you have on offer at school and its preparation deserves a great deal of careful thought . |
| 26 | When you broadcast on behalf of a client you represent him and must work within the references and parameters that have been set for you . |