Example sentences of "strike [adv prt] on their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stories of entrepreneurial heroism , come from across the economy and across the country : professors who create whole new industries and become instant millionaires when their inventions go from the laboratory to the marketplace ; youthful engineers who quit their jobs , strike out on their own , and strike it rich . |
| 2 | Young people striking out on their own for the first time frequently do not have transport and colleges or universities are not always situated in city centres . |
| 3 | In nearly every street in Whitechapel there was a Levy or a Cohen , an Abrahams , Moses or Grossman — sometimes living together in one area , sometimes striking out on their own . |
| 4 | The disabled who choose to strike out on their own can , of course , turn to their local social services department for help and advice . |
| 5 | The time was finally ripe , they decided , to strike out on their own . |
| 6 | Jardine and Johnstone guessed that they had decided to strike out on their own now , no doubt reluctant to have to share any of their gleanings with others . |