Example sentences of "be [verb] on by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only five survivors of Woking 's 1990-91 heroes are expected to feature tonight — Buzaglo , Mark Biggins , Trevor Baron and Wye brothers Shane and Lloyd — but they will be roared on by a 6,000 capacity crowd . |
| 2 | Now , when you find management — the representatives of enterprise and risk capital — standing up in public and saying that they have a responsibility to keep prices stable , or lower them , that individual prices ought to be reported on by a commission , and that profits ought to attract special tax penalties if they exceed a certain level , then it is a sign that either the millennium has arrived or else something is going very seriously wrong indeed . |
| 3 | The cash will be decided on by a special committee from the Department of National Heritage . |
| 4 | Highlights include ‘ Allergy plight of nice-girl Nicky — ‘ one sip of vodka turns me into a sex maniac ’ ’ ( News of the World magazine ) and ‘ Women could be turned on by a chunk of cheddar ’ ( People ) . |
| 5 | Anyone who needs an operation will wish to be operated on by a competently trained surgeon ; the necessary skills need to be honed over time . |
| 6 | Only one player a year from List One , and just two in any five-year period , can be signed on by a county making it unlikely that Athey would be able to move . |
| 7 | The basic divide is over whether the future management objectives can be achieved on a voluntary basis , as at present , or whether they should be taken on by a powerful national park authority , with separate funding and planning powers . |
| 8 | Sometimes they were to be found in a corner , solemnly talking to a rather battered doll whose arms and legs were always popping off , waiting to be clipped on by a passing ‘ brother ’ who was inevitably obliging . |