Example sentences of "on at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these ‘ emotional bindings ’ go on at a level below the surface of normal awareness . |
| 2 | Although twilight had not yet come , the lights of the fair were switched on at a quarter past six , and the first strains of music from the roundabout spread the news that Mrs Curdle 's annual fair was now open . |
| 3 | The best way to see the City is from the canals and we have included a ‘ Canal Bus ’ Pass , valid for the whole day around the famous canals ; this pass allows you to get off and on at a selection of stops for you to explore the city . |
| 4 | Yeah but they , will they , they wo n't sell you on at a discount will they ? |
| 5 | Nicholson wanted to loiter with the man who — in his eyes — could pluck with ease a flower he could only look on at a distance . |
| 6 | Instead he stayed on at a factory . |
| 7 | ‘ You do n't half keep on at a girl , ’ said Dolly . |
| 8 | Two were carrying on at a polytechnic , and one was training to be a teacher at a college of Higher Education . |
| 9 | Well , you could have put that scene he made on at a theatre in the West End and charged for tickets , I reckon . |
| 10 | He had had enough of carrying on at a snail 's pace . |
| 11 | The first time she wore it , Nigel kept his coat on at a party so that he could hold the side out and cover the vision . |
| 12 | ‘ And , you know , I have n't the faintest idea of what actually goes on at a baby farm . |
| 13 | The problem for Galileo was that , once suspicions were aroused , the machinery of censorship could be switched on at a moment 's notice . |
| 14 | Still they waited , as the Scots came on at a canter . |
| 15 | The expressive exuberance of marks is noted along with the predominance of red , with the paint ‘ … rasped on at a stroke or teased into fuzzy blotches ’ . |
| 16 | The foundry 's most famous loco was the Derwent of 1845 , which worked on the S&DR until the 1860s and soldiered on at a colliery until 1891 . |
| 17 | Only one of these ten l.e.d.s is on at a time , the position changing to the following l.e.d. with each successive input pulse . |
| 18 | They 've seen the introduction of performance related pay , personal contracts , new working practices , pay freezes , pay cuts and always the fear of redundancy and all of this has been going on at a time when increasingly companies are withdrawing from national collective agreements , are establishing separate bargaining arrangements , restricting the activities of trade union officials and increasingly de-recognizing trade unions . |
| 19 | Although it was a large fire , she had never known it have more than one bar on at a time . |
| 20 | She caught the reins or bridle in her hands , and there hung suspended for a second as Anmer rushed on at a speed of over thirty miles an hour . |
| 21 | I well remember a young man who aroused special interest one weekend because he had been taken on at a place which had a certain reputation . |
| 22 | ‘ I should be taking you on at a week 's notice . |
| 23 | ( By the ‘ original pattern ’ I mean the pattern as designed for single bed knitting , not as punched out for double jacquard ; the double jacquard card is of course moving on at every row . ) |
| 24 | He refused to talk about his businesswoman wife who often followed his rounds wearing bright , tight dresses and cheering him on at every green . |
| 25 | The good thing about cruises is that you always have the ship 's staff to help you if you have a problem and there are always guided tours laid on at every port of call . |
| 26 | In Ontario , cities are colourful , sophisticated , vibrant and friendly — there 's something going on at every street corner . |
| 27 | Turning to the subject of handwriting , this has been touched on at the beginning of this chapter . |
| 28 | 1 What is going on at the beginning of the poem ? 2 What do you think has happened before the poem begins ? 3 Do you think the boys are afraid ? |
| 29 | The price of 36s. has thus some claim to be called the true equilibrium price : because if it were fixed on at the beginning , and adhered to throughout , it would exactly equate demand and supply ( i.e. the amount which buyers were willing to purchase at that price would be just equal to that for which sellers were willing to take that price ) ; and because every dealer who has a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the market expects that price to be established . |
| 30 | A short distance further on at the foot of the side-valley of Deepdale and snugly sheltered by a background of trees , is the Methodist Chapel of Deepdale , a survivor amongst the many Methodist chapels in the district that have ceased to provide services and been sold . |