Example sentences of "come [adv] on a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But I quite see that you need someone to come in on a practical issue like what to do about his tenants .
2 In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time .
3 And really I 'm going to start off and then Liz is going to come in on a particular aspect of this .
4 We had come out on a broad dirt road .
5 I thought you said there 'd be no problem if I came in on a six-month permit ? ’
6 Sal sent the sack up on a bight of slack , then came up on a tight rope and the sling .
7 Upon reaching retirement age Len found that he missed the job so much he came back on a part-time basis .
8 When the Friar left the children beneath the tree he went hurriedly but surprisingly lightly for a man of his bulk through the bushes until he came out on a narrow path that twisted this way and that into a deep ravine both sides of which were dark with yews .
9 MH : Yes , we came out on a real high .
10 The words came out on a shaky laugh .
11 They were in a similar position to the person coming along on a standby basis for an airline seat as against the passenger paying a full fare , and without the full rights of a standby passenger , in the sense that the decision whether or not to accommodate them in the college was entirely discretionary .
12 ‘ But the crucial thing is to see that budget deficit coming down on a medium term basis convincingly .
13 ‘ We 've got someone coming in on a blue light , a young man who 's fallen under a train .
14 I 'd like to take up a couple of points if I may about getting some erm we were talking before mentioned children coming in on a regular basis er it 's called living .
15 But quite clearly this is a more expensive use of beds in residential establishments , when people simply come in for a matter of days or week or two weeks , rather than coming in on a permanent basis .
16 Like a shark , she 'd have to keep moving to survive … and some shark , Lucy thought as she shouldered her way through into some windowless corridor which echoed with the tinny sounds of the show playback , coming through on a cheap relay speaker .
17 Coming into it was like coming home on a bitter cold day to a bright , leaping fire .
18 I mean they , they both firmly saying they 're coming back on a full time basis ,
19 And why I mention that is that the purpose of these people coming they are commercial they are coming here on a commercial basis .
20 R r right around the country in all sorts of different locations , we 'd seen applications coming forward on a speculative basis .
21 If we 're looking at the question of services coming together to deal with the emergency erm obviously I suppose the army and that will come in on a voluntary basis which but it might be necessary to see where someone could be authority to coordinate the services and bring it whatever is required .
22 The structure of courses is flexible and if you do n't fancy multi-activity then you can come along on a specialist week concentrating on one sport .
23 Really , it 's what Blaze have always been about : we want to see every nationality come together on a peaceful level .
24 Outside of those times , there is a night-line which is on , so any calls that come into the press outside of those times will come through on a special number which will ring and anybody can pick up .
25 ‘ It is , of course , no accident , ’ he said out loud , testing to see if the words would come out on a printed page in a bound volume , ‘ that redundant theological speculation about the death of God should run parallel with an equally tedious literary preoccupation with the death of the novel . ’
26 The sort of obstacles you might come across on a typical walk include crops or overgrown natural vegetation , missing styles or gates and badly drained land .
27 It recommended that the three Belfast teacher training colleges come together on a single site .
28 Most referees will tell you that when a new directive comes out on a particular law , referees tend to concentrate on that law , sometimes at the expense of refereeing other laws .
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