Example sentences of "[verb] on " in BNC.
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1 | On reflection , though , she doubted if she 'd got enough crocks or cutlery and ‘ what was they going ter sit on ? ’ |
2 | It is completely parallel and can intelligently farm bits of itself and applications across multiple processors , or alternatively sit on just one . |
3 | ‘ There 's a certain self-perpetuating establishment core of goody-goodies who sit on [ the records ] , even extract and destroy files . |
4 | It is completely parallel and can intelligently farm bits of itself and applications across multiple processors , or alternatively sit on just one . |
5 | " I do n't think I 'll ever feel anything ever again with the region I sit on , " grinned Chuck as he continued to bounce up and down on the plank bench . |
6 | Even the stones we sit on |
7 | I 've just asked him about the collaborative review the focus is apparently on national curriculum so that means maths , English and , but they want to look ge more general issues and because they 're in on a Wens Tuesday and a Wednesday he said that they would go in a look at , three of them would go in a look at taught tutorial lessons they will want to talk to me about the tutorial programme I would hope that that would involve somebody else cos I 've got the bit of the fence that I sit on and ask one or two of you to give your opinion if , if you 're available . |
8 | Sit on maybe thirteen or fourteen eggs . |
9 | Me me mo sit on . |
10 | Sit on here . |
11 | Sit on there . |
12 | Yeah , that 's it , or sit on there or get |
13 | If you sit on |
14 | That 's right you sit on there and I 'll get the kiddies together |
15 | Go on go and sit on |
16 | Go and sit on there , go on ! |
17 | When federalists bleat on about how interdependent the world is , one wonders what world they live in . |
18 | I persisted , rather surprised that somebody who really had done something was so reticent , when there are people , like me for instance , who bleat on about the most tawdry experiences . |
19 | The play tottered on like this for a quarter of an hour . |
20 | In the end he settled for a rather Egyptian standing pose with both their faces front on and the bodies half turned away . |
21 | Jean-Paul looked down at his own oiled body , then spat on to his palm for added lubrication . |
22 | WE were spat on , sworn at and manhandled , but victory at the end of the day was ours . |
23 | In a fiery encounter , he claimed that on five occasions his players were grabbed by the testicles and , on more than one occasion , were spat on by their opponents . |
24 | Returning soldiers were spat on as they walked off their planes and the Death Valley sized rift that ensued still causes tensions among many . |
25 | As they passed through the town of Isserre , spots of rain spat on to the windscreen . |
26 | They pay thousands and thousands for the Van Goghs and Modiglianis they 'd have spat on at the time they were painted . |
27 | In fact the Governments " minute of appointment " in 1961 set as the Committee 's terms of reference to report on and review the pattern of full-time higher education in Britain " in the light of national needs and resources " . |
28 | to re to report on , er in all course work to take five percent of our |
29 | And I 've nothing adverse to report on either the buses or the trains . |
30 | And I 've nothing to report on either the trains or the buses . |