Example sentences of "they [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is overladen with tear-jerking moments , most of them centred on a big eyed calf that Crystal , roped in as mid- wife , delivers onscreen in the film 's only spot of blood and gore . |
| 2 | No disrespect to my conveyancing brethren but I would n't let them loose on a guilty plea of going the wrong way round a keep left sign . |
| 3 | One longs to give a copy each to ten assorted bus company managers ( leavened with the occasional politician and academic ) and make them wait on a cold dark wet night in a vandalised bus shelter for an unpredictable R registered banger . |
| 4 | These are ancient divisions of the territory , recognized for centuries past as distinct pays , but you are unlikely to find them entered on a modern map , so I should apologize for introducing what will seem like obsolete names . |
| 5 | There are a few places in the States , but there 's no federal policy to get them organised on a big-money basis and all the little local pressure groups keep them harassed and staying small . |
| 6 | Stranded in the middle of a threatening black neighbourhood , he is rescued by a tow-truck driver , Danny Glover , and the two of them embark on a tentative , rather sweet black-white buddy relationship . |
| 7 | The act of producing the video helps to impart courage , self-confidence and a sense of interdependence to the group and encourage them to focus on a clear articulation of their situation . |
| 8 | The dreams contained a series of fighting manoeuvres , all of them based on a complete yielding to attack . |
| 9 | Labourers were found in the docks , railways , factories and domestic spheres , many of them employed on a casual basis . |
| 10 | Led by Siemens and Philips , they agreed on a co-operative research and development programme , half-funded by the EC . |
| 11 | Still less at lectures which , Rosengarten recalled they avoided on a regular basis . |
| 12 | These four varieties are ideal small garden plants , as they grow on a single stem and do n't need pruning . |
| 13 | They stopped on a straight stretch of upland road blatantly obvious and since there was a can of oil in the boot Maxim opened the bonnet to give them a cover story of the oil warming light having come on . |
| 14 | We are very flexible and try to offer the staff what they want on a day-to-day basis . ’ |
| 15 | They build on a grand scale . |
| 16 | They depend on a curious ethical absolutism , in which the guaranteed end of history serves , rather unclearly , as an ethical guide to the practice of the present . |
| 17 | In the third term they embark on a general survey of the History of Medicine and Science which allows them to put other subjects which the study into their historical context . |
| 18 | In the meantime , they embark on a European tour visiting France , Germany , Holland and Belgium . |
| 19 | The Barbarians are to break new ground when they embark on a three-match tour of Russia at the end of May — playing in St. Petersburg , Krasnoyarsk and Moscow . |
| 20 | Following the European stint , they embark on a ten-date British tour on May 15 , details of which will be announced at a later date . |
| 21 | Together they embark on a perilous ascent . |
| 22 | These are important questions for people who want to monitor the amount of alcohol they consume on a regular basis and perhaps replace their standard consumption with products that are reduced in alcohol . |
| 23 | The ubiquity of Unix means they run on a wide range of platforms , but there is still only a minimal amount of interoperability between them . |
| 24 | The ubiquity of Unix means they run on a wide range of systems , but there is still only a minimal amount of interoperability between them . |
| 25 | They jump on a passing bus and head towards a new life . |
| 26 | But there 's a whole range of behaviours which one can include in sexual harassment , going from fairly mundane every day things which just grind people down and which grind people down because they happen on a constant basis , to very serious once in a while sorts of behaviours , and to try and categorise them as major or minor does n't really get us very close to being what the issue is about . |
| 27 | They landed on a sandy , gravel beach ; above them rose cliffs which ran along the entire coast . |
| 28 | With the help of teachers and parents , they embarked on a major clear-up operation to restore the Cylla Brook to its former glory . |
| 29 | As it was imperative that they get to Paris as quickly as possible they embarked on a slow train , hoping to arrive in time for their turn at the theatre . |
| 30 | Because they show different forms of art , between them they draw on a wide range of interests . |