Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [be] [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have always managed to miss the occasional pairs that nest on the Union Canal near my home and I am relying on second-hand reports when I say that the drake whistles softly to his mate who makes raucous growling noises in return . |
| 2 | And we 're running on empty . |
| 3 | The results also cover much longer periods than are possible with modern experimental field studies and they are based on direct evidence of intercomparable past conditions . |
| 4 | The king penguins , biggest in size and slowest to mature , moved into the crèche area ( off limits to visitors , but just behind the main penguin pool ) until they , too , had fledged , and they were put on public display during the summer . |
| 5 | He was taken to another hospital where a diagnosis of vertigo due to otitis media was made , and he was discharged on oral antibiotics . |
| 6 | Not too bright at all , I put just that bit of white in like you said and it 's coming on lovely . |
| 7 | Apart from being well written and a pleasure to read the overall feeling of this book is that the Author has a great deal of enthusiasm and knowledge about his subject , and it is based on personal experience . |
| 8 | ( Lighter fabric weights are quoted in the USA , but they are based on uncoated fabric , e.g. 1/2 or 3/4 oz/yd . ) |
| 9 | So the poor old boy had two major operations in three weeks , but he 's getting on fine now . ’ |
| 10 | The methods that she uses erm , and I think this needs to be done well before a disaster , unfortunately so often people only react at times like this and I think it 's such a pity that they do n't do it beforehand , but it 's working on basic assertiveness skills , communications skills like giving a language for feelings , erm building up support for each other , plus the creative work — getting things down |