Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three months later she joined C&R on a full-time basis , although throughout her maternity leave she had been attending meetings and helping out on special project work . |
| 2 | Of those that did turn up at their parish churches , a good number behaved in a manner that was anything but reverential : talking , joking , spitting , arguing , and catching up on lost sleep . |
| 3 | Am I right in saying Women 's Institute , do n't they go round and checking up on sorry erm footpaths ? |
| 4 | By keeping double taxation to a minimum and cracking down on phoney transfer pricing , these international arrangements have helped boost the efficient allocation of capital worldwide . |
| 5 | Chrysler has already suspended production at one of its main assembly plants and cut back on managerial staff . |
| 6 | Stop smoking and cut down on sugary snacks . |
| 7 | They are tailing unmarked police cars to stake outs and listening in on secret frequencies . |
| 8 | Well the first thing is to make sure that the magistrates and the police use their licencing powers to crack down on illegal drinking , that is to say under age drinking , and to crack down on unruly pubs and the hours that discos are open and that 's beginning to happen . |
| 9 | From the bridge there is a rack curving right ; deep flow starts on the right and ends up on left then there is steady flow curving round a long left bend for ½ mile to S bend left , right , left , all grade I/II rock gardens with plenty of water and routes . |
| 10 | The world number two saw a splash after topping his drive on La Moraleja 's 414-yard fifth hole , but the ball had only skimmed the surface and finished back on dry land . |
| 11 | The rest of us use this time to make or mend kit , and to read up on possible areas to visit come the Spring . |
| 12 | At the same time the government is rushing ahead with non-economic reforms which it knows will be popular , such as tightening up the conditions for acquiring French citizenship and clamping down on illegal immigration . |
| 13 | In addition carers often reported further expenditure related to disability and caring which had resulted in using savings and cutting down on normal expenditure . |
| 14 | This means concentrating on fish , poultry and vegetarian dishes and cutting down on red meat ; avoiding creamy , cheesy or buttery sauces and fried foods ; and eliminating salads with fattening ingredients such as bacon , nuts , cheese and egg . |
| 15 | Additional proposals include setting up an emergency fund to save buildings or sites for the nation and another for historic gardens ( two proposals which have met with approval ) , and cutting back on conservation grants , principally repair grants made to local authorities , amounting to £9.5 million annually , half of which has been on a pound-for-pound basis . |
| 16 | Something that you , perhaps kept in a box , almost , and brought out on certain occasions . |
| 17 | As they flew over the house and looked down on colourful gardens she could see a pool of some considerable size , glittering greenly in the sun , tubs of geraniums around it . |
| 18 | Make good use of your local needle exchange or chemist and stock up on new works . |
| 19 | It is not the looming tyranny of prefab structures , square and scowling down on treeless roads of cracked cement , strangled shrubberies and dull-hued minis all in a row . |
| 20 | He sat down on the rug in front of the Anywhithers and leaned back on straight arms , gazing up at the sky . |
| 21 | Those too young for sailing still enjoy pottering around the beach and paddling around on old windsurfers , though a parent should stay to look after them and keep them from the nearby road . |
| 22 | While the preparatory drafts , drawn up in Rome before the Council opened and very largely rejected by the fathers , had made heavy use of scholastic terminology and not much of Scripture — as was generally characteristic of pre-conciliar theology — the Council almost systematically reversed this , eliminating scholastic terms again and again and falling back on biblical ones . |
| 23 | For Louis , Antoinette had kicked off her buttoned high-heeled shoes by the wine racks and lain down on gritty sand . |
| 24 | The British ambassador in Washington was consulted on a number of occasions by Kennedy , and sat in on top-level sessions of the US National Security Council . |
| 25 | Inanna made a bitter sound and sat down on tapestried coverlet . |