Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , embittered pigeons have a great tendency to come home to roost at a later date , wreaking merry havoc as they zoom in on perceived injustices and ensure that all and sundry realise the iniquities of their previous employer . |
| 2 | Nicolas Tredell has said of some New Accents contributors , ‘ despite their ostensible Gallic sympathies , they crash down on French jouissance like a ceiling-full of cold showers . ’ |
| 3 | This has involved finding him venues for walkabouts and group discussions , where his staff think Mr Middle-England will come over well on television , even as they cut down on those wearisome charades , campaign ‘ photo opportunities ’ . |
| 4 | ( First Edition ) Two senior council officers were suspended on full pay pending an inquiry into a chain of consultancy companies they set up on public health , waste management , food hygiene and urban renewal . |
| 5 | They set out on 8 April , stopping first at Prague . |
| 6 | They set out on 23 January , Jordan heading straight for Gabes , and Stirling some twelve hours behind , having carried out a recce on the way . |
| 7 | They set off on 17 January , carried by Captain Hunter 's LRDG patrol and navigated once again by Mike Sadler . |
| 8 | As soon as they set off on separate duties , they both visibly relaxed . |
| 9 | On the other hand , Jim Smith , ex-manager of Birmingham City Football Club , believes that black players make only limited use of intellectual abilities when playing soccer : ‘ They seem to use very little intelligence ; they get by on sheer natural talent most of the time . ’ |
| 10 | " Yeah , they have to spend so much of the galactic year out of the Milky Way or the galactic tax federation hammers them for gigacredits , but instead of paying for expensive inter-galactic travel they camp out on some backwater planet still in the galaxy and just hide , see ? |
| 11 | They stock up on financial assets such as government bonds , and the government realizes profits by spending its borrowings on buying commodities . |
| 12 | They often go into the attack basing their arguments on , say , sales data , and if that fails , they fall back on another tack , perhaps new product development . |