Example sentences of "they [vb base] on [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JUST WHAT Arsenal might have achieved in Europe this season must remain a matter for speculation , but as they sit on top of the Premier League today manager George Graham insists on thinking ahead rather than looking back . |
| 2 | ‘ So they pick on people like Judas Priest , they go for NWA , the 2 Live Crew , the Geto Boys . |
| 3 | ‘ So they pick on people like Judas Priest , they go for NWA , the 2 Live Crew , the Geto Boys . |
| 4 | Ground floor , they say on account of your chest . |
| 5 | These are intended to go well beyond simple reading comprehension checks , and they focus on aspects of style as well as giving abundant opportunities for vocabulary work , language development , and discussion . |
| 6 | Transatlantic birds such as the Tennessee warbler and Blackburnian warbler have also turned up in Fair Isle , amazing journeys for small birds , and especially so if they depend on insects for food , as most warblers do . |
| 7 | Well not very much unless you made it yourself , you know , if you were , the factories used to have their own erm dances and the Embers , it used to be the Embers then , that 's the place in the Stow , they had danci , yes , they had dancing there and they put on competitions for different things and my son , with lots of others er , did erm a rock and roll thing which needed thirty six hours . |
| 8 | They run on batteries for up to four hours and an optional extended-life battery pack for the Eo 440 provides up to seven hours of continuous service . |
| 9 | The second case concerns a somewhat lesser man : Guillaume-Sanche de Pommiers , damoiseau , who spoke on behalf of his two co-heirs and co-seigneurs , pierre and Pierre-Amanieu de Pommiers , when he acknowledged that they ‘ held in fee , immediately from the … king of England , lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine , the castle of Pommiers with the honour , and all that these co-heirs hold in the parishes of Morizès and Escaude , and at Tremblet , and the toll which they levy on land at Garges , near La Réole ’ . |
| 10 | Massively symbolized by the uniform itself , as Douglas ( 1973 : 16 ) indicates , this obsession tends to focus on the body , for ‘ the more value people set on social constraints , the more value they set on symbols of bodily control ’ . |
| 11 | Yes well , they get on top of mountains if possible to get rid of the shimmer . |
| 12 | Mrs Jenny Somerville , Liddell 's sister , has sent a verse from Isaiah to inscribe on the granite headstone : ‘ They soar on wings like eagles ; they run and grow not weary . ’ |
| 13 | They arrive on stage in strict order of precedence , the noblest usually arriving last so that the lesser characters can look on in suitable admiration , whilst the servants ( the corps de ballet ) keep their distance . |
| 14 | More often they rely on whorls of old leaves , tightly-packed neighbouring shoots , and above all snow-cover , to protect them from wind abrasion . |
| 15 | The thing is I suppose they rely on word of mouth . |
| 16 | The children do not make a direct transition from structured signs into English written grammar ; in fact , they rely on structures in ASL they already know , and this forms the basis of their task solution of writing down English from sign users . |
| 17 | They rely on ideas from groups , individuals and companies within their area . |
| 18 | Instead , he believes , they rely on advice from teachers about whether or not an applicant would be compatible . |
| 19 | As a result , they go on tour without knowing how to produce a good live show . |
| 20 | And then they go on holiday with Ann and the old man . |
| 21 | And when they go on holiday with Ann and the old man they used to get through a hundred pounds a day and they go for a week . |
| 22 | But they go on holiday on Thursday . |
| 23 | But they go on holiday on Thursday . |
| 24 | Now they 've got pride of place in homes throughout the United Kingdom and this weekend they go on show at the Billing Aquadrome near Northampton . |
| 25 | Having been sentenced to death in the mid-Morrissey period for the hanging offence of reinventing laddishness ( see The Farm , Flowered Up ) , they bowl on stage like men released from the Tower . |
| 26 | Having been sentenced to death in the mid-Morrissey period for the hanging offence of reinventing laddishness ( see The Farm , Flowered Up ) , they bowl on stage like men released from the Tower . |
| 27 | Of course , it is necessary constantly to review policy and constantly to keep in the forefront of our thinking the need for the security forces and the police to have all the resources necessary to do the job that they do on behalf of all of us , the need for which has been so tragically illustrated again in the last 24 hours . |
| 28 | There 's a family at Stafford as well , they live on part of it and they actually bought a field off I do n't know if you know the bypass at Stafford , the |
| 29 | They reach the surface , tipped by hydraulics beneath the room , to see the can still pouring , and they rest on top of the filled glass . |
| 30 | Moreover , they come on top of an unhappy experience with foreign currency borrowing for most of the Eastern European countries during the Seventies . |