Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the heads of government of the five ASEAN countries held their first meeting for eight years in February 1976 in Indo-China they failed to agree on regional security and the communiqué of the meeting did not mention neutralisation . |
| 2 | The prison authorities see this flexibility as the principal benefit both for the deliverer and the candidate and they intend to build on this in future . |
| 3 | Instead , they tend to focus on formal job descriptions , as these are key to performance appraisals . |
| 4 | They appear to rely on temporary work schemes that will be rewarded by a ’ proper rate for the job ’ . |
| 5 | Better-heeled passengers penned a succession of sad descriptions of the flotsam and jetsam of Europe they encountered beached on many an American station . |
| 6 | And what do they expect to grow on these hills ? ’ |
| 7 | They seemed to thrive on this and some of the females soon looked pregnant . |
| 8 | They seemed centred on one particular grave , so the Doctor stepped over to it for a closer look . |
| 9 | They 'd seemed on close terms since the night he overheard them quarrelling . |
| 10 | While the major political parties are at each other 's throats over most areas of policy , they seem to agree on one idea to aid innovation — probably it is from an independent body . |
| 11 | CLIFTONVILLE — The acquisitions of John Poole ( Bangor ) and Mark Wallace 's return from England strengthens skipper Jonathan Rose 's team as they look to build on last season 's consolidation . |
| 12 | As soon as they were taken from shelter , they began to slide on locked wheels over the yard , and then to tilt . |
| 13 | They hung drying on short loops of black thread suspended from lengths of string stretched across the walls from corner to corner , and dim shadows turned slowly on the walls behind them . |
| 14 | Th they 're our largest exporter er there 's inter-company sales which would gen can generate quite useful profits since they get sold on both of er Penguin companies er and Longman of course has a high content of erm er of er non-U K sales and Addison Wesley also er I mean Camco was the most international , but it 's erm not er it 's not an exporter in sterling denominated terms . |
| 15 | They get picked on more than white drivers . ’ |
| 16 | As they started to walk on that first day the temperature increased dramatically and continued to do so . |
| 17 | If a 75 per cent majority of creditors present in person or by proxy at a meeting of creditors agree to the proposals , then they become binding on all creditors and the insolvency practitioner who assisted the debtor or another such practitioner nominated by the creditors supervises the implementation of the proposals . |
| 18 | How … by balancing the boat with moving arms … and adding weights in the bottom … everyone is equal when they go sailing on this … |
| 19 | How far they progress depends on many factors , but they will not progress unless given a chance . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , at one point the Phoenix was very nearly shot down ; the new Labour Prime Minister ( Jim Callaghan ) and the Chancellor of the Exchequer ( Denis Healey ) decided that a transfer ‘ from wallet to purse ’ was a certain vote loser , and they managed to play on old trade union antagon-isms and Cabinet confusion such that the benefit was seriously delayed and nearly abandoned ( Land , 1977a ; Field , 1982 ) . |
| 21 | ( They managed to come on last year 's Central Wales Line trip . ) |
| 22 | Such models do not give perfect answers , but they do improve on common sense . |
| 23 | They do appear on many of the precedents commonly used by practitioners . |
| 24 | But I do n't , the fact that they 're not included does not mean that they ca n't have it , because that would be disastrous , because they do rely on that |
| 25 | It was a real rearguard action by Boro as they battled to stay on level terms before the interval . |
| 26 | overlap with auction house chatter in that aristos are always selling the contents of the servants ' hall if they 've fallen on super-taxed times , or buying things if their grandfathers went offshore . |
| 27 | because what they 've done on that pattern , why they 've got so many different colours , where it mixes so you 've got your red and your |
| 28 | And now that they 've retired on half pension , they 're a damn sight better off than they would be in Sydney or Auckland , let alone London . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Many are perfectly normal — except that they 've hit on hard times . |
| 30 | Varnish stain but erm In in this particular light now I can see where they 've put on thick blodges that run down . |