Example sentences of "on [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always try to make it look as if someone is in the house — leave a light on or a radio playing . |
| 2 | When you 've got a Mel Smith on or a Michael Caine or a George Melly , then you know it 's going to be all right . |
| 3 | Nearly all the pupils interviewed used counting on or a mixture of subtraction and counting on methods . |
| 4 | Anyone with any information is asked to contact WSR Managing Director Mark Smith on or the police in Taunton , Williton or Minehead . |
| 5 | Further details on their tour are available from Riverside on or the Arena on . |
| 6 | He imagined a policeman with nothing more to go on than a tiny , once brightly embroidered , label , a square inch of bloodstained , earth-stained , half-rotted cloth , hawking it round boutiques in Kilburn and West Hendon , narrowing the field , finally coming to an importers ' warehouse … |
| 7 | On his first day , Monday , 1 February , Terry arrived at the building — which was recently opened by Sir Ralph Robins , chairman of Rolls-Royce plc — to find there was more going on than a usual day 's work ; they were cleaning up in the aftermath of a fire . |
| 8 | The second question is easier to speculate on than the first . |
| 9 | But we can see that he had something more to work on than the Roman thirst for gold . |
| 10 | you 've commented on that every sodding time you 've |
| 11 | Erm yea , i I 'll come back on that a couple of points , erm regarding Mr Donson erm and the Southern Ryedale and York greenbelt local plan inquiry . |
| 12 | What were they on that the rest of the nation was n't ? |
| 13 | In the show — on until the 13th — you can discover works , rarely seen , by Rebecca James ( Mrs Paul Strand ) , Gwendolyn Knight ( Mrs Jacob Lawrence ) , Katherine Schmidt ( Mrs William Glackens ) , Helen Farr ( Mrs John Sloan ) , Marjorie Organ ( Mrs Robert Henri ) , Esphyr Slobodkina ( Mrs Ilya Bolotowsky ) , Sally Michel ( Mrs Milton Avery ) , Bernarda Bryson ( Mrs Ben Shahn ) and Dorothy Dehner ( Mrs David Smith ) — among ten Others . |
| 14 | However , this increase in speed must not be relied on if the launch is too slow and the pilot wants more speed , because the cause of a slow launch may be the beginning of a power failure , in which case steepening up in the hope of creating more speed would be dangerous . |
| 15 | In fact , we did n't have to have our fire on if the other three had theirs on — three hot walls , which was very nice . |
| 16 | To compensate , she took a secretarial course : ‘ So that meant I had something to fall back on if the athletics failed . ’ |
| 17 | Lucy had her serious office-work glasses on and a sheaf of papers . |
| 18 | She 's got this cute little duffle coat on and a bobble hat with her hair sticking out the bottom . |
| 19 | The journey ended , six days on and a world of difference at Chepstow Bridge , just below the walls of the castle . |
| 20 | Suddenly she realised that another pair of hands was piling rugs on and a pair of feet treading them down . |
| 21 | In summer an artificial grass rug comes out of the garden shed for the children to roll about on and a wooden sandpit , brought in Germany , keeps them happy for hours . |
| 22 | He nodded benevolently at Miss Harker , sitting at the front with white gloves on and a new bonnet . |
| 23 | A meeting spot of note for lovers , but they , those lovers , were all gone now ; just her and the closing night , the street lights on and a soft rain falling . |
| 24 | Despite Ferrari , the race went on , and a memorable race it was , with thunder-clouds overhead , a wonderful high-speed circuit to urge drivers on and a hugely combative field in which Hunt , who held pole position , went into an early lead , was swept aside by John Watson in a Penske , with Ronnie Peterson in his March coming up almost right alongside the leaders , eventually overtaking both . |
| 25 | Just instinct , because I had my painting clothes on and a bit of water would n't have done any harm . |
| 26 | Then he slapped the speakers on and a solid weight of noise crashed against her head : the pilot 's amped-up voice thundered , ‘ Back to your positions ! |
| 27 | It has a built-in oven to keep the food warm , two side shelves and front shelf to prepare food on and a removable grid and hearth for quick and easy cleaning . |
| 28 | The shy ten-year-old did not want to take it because she had her new skirt on and a clean blouse and was intent on the fair . |
| 29 | She spun the tape on and a polite Scottish voice informed her that her services were required by an independent television company about to start work on a drama based on the oil business , to be set largely around Aberdeen . |
| 30 | She had a long , loose dark brown skirt on and a cotton shirt and waistcoat . |