Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | John says government has promoted the message that people should become more self-sufficient and rely less on the community . |
| 2 | Did you know it 's a replica of one of the charms said to be over a thousand years old and dug up on the island of Bornholm ? ’ |
| 3 | Under the old community the harvest was the climax of the rural year , not merely an incident in the more mechanical and depersonalized round on the farm as it has become today . |
| 4 | ‘ And if one man did just what you say is impossible and slipped in on the darkside ? ’ |
| 5 | For the accelerated basic education programme teachers received an extra payment in kind ( afa — see page 133 ) but popular teachers doing literacy work were unpaid and relied heavily on the commitment of young people . |
| 6 | Rosalba felt that if only she could stop blinking and concentrate totally on the sweet and grieving countenance of the Madonna of the Spasm , she would catch the fleeting flutter of her eyelids and twitch of her lips as she granted Rosa 's prayer . |
| 7 | Secondly , the gift must be made upon the condition that it is to be absolute and perfected only on the donor 's death , being revocable until that event occurs and ineffective if it does not . |
| 8 | Keep refrigerated and use liberally on the arms and legs for gardening scratches and abrasions . |
| 9 | The times of retiring and getting up on the next morning were noted on the diary sheet and marked electronically by pushing the appropriate buttons on the recording unit . |
| 10 | In keeping with the book 's leitmotif , however , let's ignore all that and focus instead on the rich images of Lamb in shock at the lunch interval after weathering 22 bouncers among the preceding 24 balls ; of Dexter losing interest after fielding all day in 90 degrees at Karachi ; of the normally taciturn Peter May sounding off about the regime which followed him as chairman of selectors ; of the ‘ terror of spin ’ and the West Indian ‘ throat-theory ’ reign of terror , attributed in part to the meatiness of their backsides . |
| 11 | Rachel was very tired and paused now on the monumental steps of her museum . |
| 12 | We smoke a bit of skag , feel better and nod off on the tweedy settee before the heater . |
| 13 | They were prints from some medieval Book of Hours that William had had framed and stuck up on the walls . |
| 14 | Van Gogh 's life has so often been made the subject of literary treatment that the art historian is strongly inclined to leave the biographical matter severely alone and concentrate exclusively on the artistic aspect . |
| 15 | ‘ I have decided to get even fitter , to practise more and to cut down on the weight . |
| 16 | One hot night he came home drunk and lay down on the flower-bed in the garden just outside the studio and fell fast asleep . |
| 17 | They came out of the circuit one by one and bore down on the SE5s , each of which was now heading for the balloon from a different quarter . |
| 18 | The reduction in the numbers visiting the gardens has allowed the grass to remain green and cut down on the amount of litter dropped and graffiti scribbled . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said softly , a hand at her eyes to shade the glare of the sun as they lay naked and wrapped together on the hot , deserted beach . |
| 20 | Gila monsters and beaded lizards are generally nocturnal and hunt mainly on the ground . |
| 21 | Looking around the bedroom , she saw that it was almost exactly as it had been in the photograph , although now there was a book open and face downwards on the patchwork quilt . |
| 22 | Constantly at war with my vertigo , I decided not to be pathetic and strode off on the flat , step-like slabs that top the crest of the ridge . |
| 23 | Day after day the bitter weather continued and sliding and slipping home on the frozen snow through the blackout was a nightmare . |
| 24 | ‘ I even have my dress all ready and laid out on the bed . ’ |