Example sentences of "on [prep] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee will rap on about this feeling of unison — he calls it the pulse — a mystical experience that arrives when the La 's all hit that special groove at the exact time . |
| 2 | ‘ Got to observe strict ARP , you see , Miss , though here we are gettin' on for five months of war and not a peep out of a Jerry plane . |
| 3 | ‘ I was getting on for thirty years of age , with the retarded emotions of an adolescent , and the only excuse I have is that I 'd spent most of my youth pursuing excellence rather than women . ’ |
| 4 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5-micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all due to arrive next year . |
| 5 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5 micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all of which are due to arrive next year . |
| 6 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 7 | On rehearsal , when our cue came through , we heard him say ‘ I am a sea-gull at the Port of Vancouver ’ instead of the ‘ Fitzpatrick Travelogue ’ script agreed on for this part of the show . |
| 8 | Is the Fiction too slight a foundation to build on for some understanding of these intermediate years ? |
| 9 | So use the opportunity , get a return , make them take a good look at you and then you know you 're alright and can go on for another couple of years and make them look at you again . |
| 10 | Is she staying on for another couple of Luxembourg performances ? |
| 11 | ‘ We were woken at 10.30pm and told to put our kit on for three hours of night-time navigation exercises , ’ says Peter . |
| 12 | But the Queen will see just about every past and present RAF aircraft a flypast which will go on for three quarters of an hour . |
| 13 | I could put another one on for any member of staff who wishes to take one to use at interviews . |
| 14 | Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’ |
| 15 | Erm , and , and I think sadly , as well the problem is that if this recession does go on for any length of time then we will be losing many of our |
| 16 | Andrew Stavanger stayed on as managing director of the shipping company , with a seat on the board of the group . |
| 17 | DONALD Fothergill has a palpable and daily reminder of the responsibility he has taken on as managing director of Stockton-based Pickerings Lifts . |
| 18 | He and Philip Burton conducted what could be looked on as some kind of elaborate courtship ritual which would result in his hurtling on to a world stage . |
| 19 | ‘ The men wo n't come in 'ere if they 're on strike , ‘ specially if it goes on fer any length of time . |
| 20 | and that 's all they were fasten on with that sort of stuff |
| 21 | with all ty I get on with all types of people , that 's why I think I like you know er I like people . |
| 22 | Place the waterlily leaves around the top of the pond cake , securing on with small pieces of fondant . |
| 23 | ‘ I applaud Myra 's loyalty , but it 's stupid to carry on with this charade of twins . ’ |
| 24 | Britain and Hong Kong want to show they are determined to press on with this way of dealing with those not considered genuine refugees . |
| 25 | But the more we go on with this type of service , this soft praying and quiet singing , and not ringing the bell or catching the Spirit , the more we realize that we ai n't solving the problem . |
| 26 | Well , I 'm not one to soldier on with this kind of treatment . |
| 27 | But I wanted to do employment , I want to get on with this kind of job , it 's going to be a major political issue , and by God I 'm gon na put it right up front . |
| 28 | how they gon na , how are they gon na go on with this sale of land that the council have sold some land to the council and the police have been looking into it |
| 29 | In 1989 the government was still pressing on with further measures of privatization , reforming the legal profession and health service , resisting moves to greater integration within the European Community , and implementing the new system of local government finance and a reformed education system . |
| 30 | I got on with some work of my own and he went back to his . |