Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bet it , bet it goes flat on you though |
| 2 | So , normally the boiler will malfunction on the D6 roll of a 6 , but if the Steam Tank has sustained 1 wound it will malfunction on a 5 or 6 , if it has 2 wounds it goes wrong on a 4 , 5 or 6 and so on . |
| 3 | Sounds foul , but it tastes good on meat . ’ |
| 4 | And it ignites all on it 's own ! a terrible state ! |
| 5 | When ‘ playing possum ’ it lies limply on the ground and can even be bitten hard by an attacker without showing any response . |
| 6 | The concert hall capacity is 320 , filled nearly to that figure at weekends or on special occasions but usually it stands empty on weekdays . |
| 7 | It looks better on your record than being made redundant |
| 8 | The manager can say this and that and it looks good on paper and there may be great reasoning behind it . |
| 9 | ‘ The collection 's called ‘ Owo ’ , Nigerian for ‘ person ’ — it looks good on both men and women , whether they 're on open Swiss ski-slopes or in a cramped British club . |
| 10 | So that erm , it does you good to have a job , it looks good on a C V , and they would do as little as possible , and if you , if you disciplined them , then one of them says oh well , I 'll leave , me dad will give me the money anyway . |
| 11 | Now , the reason why we 're getting a fairly high test statistic is that er , that distribution , although it looks normal on the left hand side , it does n't look particularly normal erm on the right and that we are missing some observations , we are missing some values of the residuals er in one area of the graph , nevertheless if we had a larger sample , right we probably erm , right it does n't look , that looks quite encouraging in actual fact , those residuals do seem to be er normally distributed er what the test statistic is doing er it 's saying it 's performing a , it 's a kiescraper two test , it 's making two restrictions , one of which is saying , is the distribution of these residuals symmetric er and also it 's testing whether there 's one of the tails is a lot larger or a lot longer than the other tail of the distribution and er test statistics fairly high but we would n't reject the null of normality at the five percent level so our test statistic is four point zero eight and the critical value is five point nine nine and that the five percent significance level , so we 've got reasonably er robust residuals . |
| 12 | I think it looks awful on boys ! |
| 13 | Anyway if you 're late it looks bad on you anyway straight away do n't it ? |
| 14 | I wonder whether that 's what er , I wonder i you see it looks damp on the top does n't it ? |
| 15 | It looks alright on the surface , you 're not going through a hassle at the moment , and our memories are short , fortunately and once we come into a calm patch the hassles of yesterday are quickly forgotten . |
| 16 | No , but Donna , Donna , it looks alright on Donna , but Kelly just looks Been going Georgie 's lately getting all posters off of him . |
| 17 | ‘ It seems it has more on its mind than a pee . ’ |
| 18 | It depends first on what you 've been doing in those 29 years , whether you 're willing to get new skills if necessary , and finally , how persistent you are in your job search . |
| 19 | A large bustard whose backward-pointing crest gives it an outline more like the African Kori Bustard A. kon than the Great Bustard , like which it shows white on the wings in flight . |
| 20 | It appears likely on the facts that the duty would be broken . |
| 21 | When the farmer is such a personally kind and considerate individual who recognizes his social responsibilities to his workforce , it seems churlish on the part of the farm worker to complain about low wages and poor working conditions . |
| 22 | It seems clear on principle that the technical distinction between rights and privileges should not be determinative of the applicability of procedural protection . |
| 23 | Enthusiasm and commitment radiates outwards until it touches those on the edge of the circle and draws them in . |
| 24 | Gordon Smith , Caledonian 's sales director — the company is increasing its sponsorship though it remains coy on an amount — said it viewed the association with Currie as long term . |
| 25 | The expectation that the new borrowings will be available , if required , must have existed at the balance sheet date and this expectation should be reviewed in the light of any post balance sheet events to ensure it remains reasonable on the date the financial statements are approved by the directors . |
| 26 | But for the glass in its windows , which originally would have been in small leaded panes , it remains unaltered on the outside . |
| 27 | Although it bases this on American experience , my colleague at SPRU , Steve Thomas , has recently shown that Westinghouse 's PWRs above 1000 MWe ( the relevant group for comparison ) have not , on average , achieved annual load factors of 60 per cent even after 7 or 8 years of operation . |