Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see when Steve used to erm come down to Selby I mean there were , there were occasions when I used to go into the college with him and sit in on some of his interviews . |
| 2 | Press the rice into the tin , cover it with foil and press down on all sides until it is compressed . |
| 3 | Chrysler has already suspended production at one of its main assembly plants and cut back on managerial staff . |
| 4 | Stop smoking and cut down on sugary snacks . |
| 5 | Listen to the Ink Spots , watch Paris , Texas for the eighth or ninth time , shut the doors and lie back on those same damp pillows . |
| 6 | The Scottish Mountaineering Club 's Munros book had warned of a false summit cairn , and if I had longed to see the view from Beinn Dorain , and look down on that road from which the young Gray had gazed upwards 25 years ago , I was going to be disappointed unless the mist lifted . |
| 7 | you can get th I 've seen people spend sort of quite a few minutes going round in circles and give up on that when they 're nearly at the answer . |
| 8 | It took me five minutes to put up the inner , which is erected first and another five minutes to fit the flysheet and peg out on one wild and windy night . |
| 9 | Make good use of your local needle exchange or chemist and stock up on new works . |
| 10 | The first thing she would do , she decided , was take a walk into the little village and stock up on some foodstuffs . |
| 11 | ‘ I am aware of these people who are professionally famous and turn up on all these clever panel shows , but I think Have I Got News For You is watched by a really wide spectrum of people and that is a big part of its appeal . |
| 12 | One or two ladies from the village come up and help out on these occasions , so that the Spanish couple do n't have to do all the work . |
| 13 | " And miss out on all this ? |