Example sentences of "on [coord] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Well you either put one bar on or the lot is on or it 's very dim like this is low and you ca n't see it at all .
2 Anyway , life must go on or the terrorists will terrorise us into changed patterns of living , bastards that they are .
3 ‘ Where the processes carried on or the machinery installed are such as could be carried on or installed in any residential area without detriment to amenity of that area by reason of noise , vibration , smell , fumes , soot ash , dust or grit ’ .
4 An election under para 21 , Sch 9 , FA 1981 to avoid a clawback of stock relief on a deemed cessation was not applicable , since neither the trade carried on nor the stock of that trade were the same before and after the dissolution of the partnership .
5 he built this on and the country pub was just coming into the , you know , people were getting out in their cars and that , there was no breathalyser or anything and the
6 Over the last fourteen years forty two million pounds and if they go on the way their going on and the way they 're talking it 's all gon na be for nicks nowt .
7 track , because it it , no other transport business er has er does has to have a business , which op owns both the track it 's operating on and the operating er facilities themselves , so the we 're not doing anything new here , what we are actually doing , and incidentally the German government and other governments are going down the same route now because it 's not true to say that others are n't privatizing , what we 're doing is saying that we are having a separate track authority , and there are a variety of reasons for that , er but the an and that means actually less investment by the franchisee himself , but he will have control over the th the track operations , because he will have a contract , with Rail Track , to deliver certain services , and if Rail Track does n't deliver them then he 's able to claim penalties so
8 Two years on and the faces smile a little more , but thy 're still dirty , like their clothes .
9 A beaver hit the log that a turtle was sitting on and the log flipped over from the shock .
10 The sledger shouted and kicked , he cursed the dogs and swore at the television crew The dogs slept on and the race went past him .
11 On a hill , the petrol pump is switched on and the gas valve is switched off .
12 Yeah , but you got the radiator on and the gas fire !
13 Cornelius noticed that the lights were on and the curtains drawn .
14 ‘ A British shell dropped short during the bombardment earlier on and the explosion knocked out the mortar team .
15 So the funeral went on and the person was lowered into the grave that had been dug and the grave digger was asked to stay behind and they quickly got it put where it should be .
16 The alarm may go off at the wrong times and this can be very irritating but the fault can be capitalized on and the child encouraged to get up and go to the lavatory anyway .
17 And me being a silly idiot , see if I 'd realized I did n't think you do n't think that there 's three parts of the tank , you think it 's a tank and you just turn your tap on and the water comes out or
18 In edit mode a red LED comes on and the pedals select individual effects , in the same way that you 'd switch between a row of compact effects pedals .
19 Until the Annan Committee knocked BBC and ITV heads together and made them run a joint system of audience measurement , ITV relied mainly on counting the number of sets switched on and the BBC used sample surveys and audience ‘ diaries ’ .
20 As time went on and the primitive physically competitive urges were becoming supplemented by the more devious mental ways in which one being could gain ascendance over another , the opportunities to use those beliefs were exploited by the more skilful members of the society .
21 The fat seemed to heat up more rapidly than she expected so she put in the steak and a great sizzling and searing went on and the air became full of blue smoke .
22 But he said there is a gang going round , and some are putting the chimneys on and the others are going in and doing the flues .
23 And although the er , the causal relationship is not completely established , it is a very helpful way of remembering that one of the principle distinguishing features of this organism which separates it from other members of the genus staphylococcus it pr it produces this enzyme to coagulate things on and the effects of this enzyme are illustrated here as against the control preparation , you see a clot form due to the action of this enzyme on clotting practice which has been put into this test tube serum .
24 Certainly give them , yeah and I said Joan will tell you not only does her but the table that he sits on and the wall around it ,
25 I had to be escorted because the curfew was on and the village was heavily guarded .
26 The talk went on and the fruit tray became a pile of peelings , the cottage cheese bowl emptied and all was removed .
27 If you feel , ladies , that when you put your moisturizer on and the skin is still feeling quite dry , put another application of your moisturizer on .
28 To return to the point made by the hon. Member for Islington , South and Finsbury ( Mr. Smith ) , this is all about transparency and opening up the process to much greater public scrutiny , so that the public can see what is going on , the taxpayer can see what his or her money is being spent on and the customer can see the standard of service being contracted to be provided .
29 Essentially the profit-making activity was carried on and the services , being the provision of the rights , were rendered outside Hong Kong .
30 The Court of Appeal were in error in stating [ 1991 ] 2 H.K.L.R. 215 , 218 , that ‘ the profit-making activity was carried on and the services , being the provision of the rights , were rendered outside Hong Kong . ’
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