Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may pick on a teacher 's mannerisms , dress , or accent and discussion of something like this can dominate a session . |
| 2 | They find themselves cover in secluded areas , adopting a temporary home which they may use on a number of occasions . |
| 3 | He also persuaded the college authorities that they ought to embark on a class project and construction was started in November 1936 . |
| 4 | people probably realize that their own circle of acquaintances is too narrow to provide a reasonable basis for estimating party chances and so they must rely on a combination of personal contacts , media comments , and especially published opinion polls . |
| 5 | They should operate on a part-time basis and attract their own television and sponsorship . |
| 6 | Now whether they 'll deliver on a Friday and not count that as a delivery day I do n't know . |
| 7 | It 's great for squashing files down so they 'll fit on a floppy or so they take up less hard disk space . |
| 8 | Since it was very hot they just put on a loincloth , but when they had visitors they might throw on a leopard skin to look more venerable . |
| 9 | There were always plenty of boys ; they might arrive on a Friday and be gone by Monday , but he wanted an enduring relationship too . |
| 10 | The greater proportion ( 33 per cent ) of people said they could function on a minimum of six hours ' sleep , though many claimed they could get by on five hours ( 23 per cent ) and four hours ( 20 per cent ) . |
| 11 | Until 1970 the foresters here say they could rely on a good sale of fir trimmings — used in Christmas decorations — to pay for the routine management of the rest of the forest . |
| 12 | Alongside , it grew other patterns of pastoral care and supervision , based upon organization by years , with year-tutors often moving up through the school with the pupils , at least some of whom they could teach on a regular basis . |
| 13 | No , not then , they all had cara well they used to have wee things they could stick on a a cart , a kind of bow shaped thing . |
| 14 | In her study of 61 white mothers conducted in London in 1983–4 , Wilson ( 1987 ) found that none relied upon their children 's grandparents to carry the main burden of child care while they themselves went out to work , but most regarded grandmothers as support which they could use on a more casual basis for babysitting , and as help in emergencies . |
| 15 | Asked how much of their weekly shopping they would do on a Sunday if all shops were open , they answered , on average , 12% . |
| 16 | The two leaders agreed that they would meet on a regular basis in the future , perhaps annually and with less formality , and Gorbachev invited Bush to the Soviet Union . |
| 17 | At a time when most German princes had small armies they would supply on a cash basis to the highest bidder who was not actually attacking them himself , the British subsidies to Frederick had a very direct effect in keeping the German campaign going and making sure that France was tied to the continent of Europe . |
| 18 | I do n't know how much machine time they would need on a daily basis , but if it 's just for updating files , I ca n't imagine it being very extensive . |
| 19 | Instead they will rely on a local cable station to provide the DBS signals . |
| 20 | Now they want from us a prediction of the fee expenditure that they will incur on a period by period basis , and we 're not sure how we can provide that . |
| 21 | More and more of us are letting the conservatory fill up with pots , urns and tubs in winter , keeping the plants safe from the cold until May , when they can be rolled out on to the terrace , wheeled on to the patio or carried to the paved squares on the lawn where they will put on a show all summer long . |
| 22 | Their group comprises Marseille , CSKA Moscow and Bruges , each of whom they will play on a home and away basis . |
| 23 | whereas they will work on a lower percentage of the house sale |
| 24 | they can organize on a product basis ( eg where high technology products are involved ) |
| 25 | they can organize on a customer basis |
| 26 | You 'll have to go into a local hostel temporarily — but that 's only so they can check on a few things . |
| 27 | The Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp ‘ Unified Unix ’ effort is now thought to be part of a much broader set of strategic discussions that the two companies are having on how best they can collaborate on a wide range of technologies , today 's edition of our sister paper Unigram.X reports . |
| 28 | Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp 's ‘ Unified Unix ’ effort is thought to be part of a much broader set of strategic discussions the two firms are having on how best they can collaborate on a wide range of technologies . |
| 29 | The effort is likely to be politically disastrous , even if they can agree on a successor . |
| 30 | The court has now told the warring couple to each keep half the ashes until they can agree on a resting place . |