Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is probably a result of inadequate treatment and is more common in those who have been treated late on in the infectious stage . |
| 2 | Students of linguistics are taught early on about the importance of binary oppositions like this one , and are encouraged to look for two-term contrasts , x and not-x , in the linguistic data they analyse . |
| 3 | He noticed that the ink was blacker , showing how each word had been pressed hard on to the paper . |
| 4 | Aspects of these measures are considered further on in the chapter . |
| 5 | When she had been strapped back on to the bed beside a tray of sinister-looking instruments in the medical centre , Benny had tensed her muscles as best she could , before the guards had fixed the buckles and left . |
| 6 | Animals in all stages of misery are turned out on to the streets , left in remote areas , even just left behind after the family holiday . |
| 7 | Wedges of oceanic crust are thrust up on to the overlying sediments of the subduction zone and uplift ensues ( Fig. 3.16 ) . |
| 8 | Charles had been moved early on by the plight of disadvantaged young people and much of his energy had gone into that . |
| 9 | well from the rough of off road racing we 're driving back on to the fairways for the start of our action round up this week … for a success story from the Broome Manor club at swindon … |
| 10 | So you 're going straight on to the football are you ? |
| 11 | Roadworks may affect your journey if you 're travelling through on to the 423 at Bunkers Hill , there 's lane restrictions there plus some temporary traffic lights in operation this evening . |
| 12 | He had been accused early on in the play by Agydeus that he was too barbaric to offer Zenocrate any amorous discourse , yet he manages to produce a lovely speech for her where he talks about he stunning beauty and his love for her : ‘ Zenocrate , the loveliest maid alive … whose eyes are brighter than the lamps of heaven … that with thy looks canst clear the darkened sky ’ . |
| 13 | Many birds die and individuals are washed up on to the shore . |
| 14 | ‘ Could the body have been dumped straight on to the shoal ? ’ |
| 15 | She said yeah I 'll be alright , but I could see she 'd been crying earlier on in the evening , she said you always feel as if you 're |
| 16 | Well , I 'll be joined later on in the programme by David Waldon , the leader of the Conservatives , but right now Eva Barnes , the Deputy Leader of the Labour group is with me , and John Cochrane from the Liberal Democrats is here . |
| 17 | the less experienced teams might prefer to be placed early on in the programme as it can be unnerving to be left waiting ; |
| 18 | More and more of us are letting the conservatory fill up with pots , urns and tubs in winter , keeping the plants safe from the cold until May , when they can be rolled out on to the terrace , wheeled on to the patio or carried to the paved squares on the lawn where they will put on a show all summer long . |
| 19 | When records are being updated during the run , and so have to be written back on to the device after they have been read into main storage , this method involves no loss of time . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm going straight on to the Guide Hut through the West Wood . ’ |
| 21 | These estates were centred on some of the most significant places in the landscape , with all other settlements dependent on them , and may be reflected later on in the lands of old established monasteries and bishoprics , or in some hundredal arrangements . |
| 22 | The dismissals were announced the day after Girija Prasad Koirala , the general secretary of the Nepali Congress Party , had delivered a message to the King warning him that unless substantial powers were quickly turned over to the new government , crowds would be called back on to the streets of Kathmandu . |
| 23 | They 'll be calling later on in the day . ’ |
| 24 | Concrete for paths can be laid directly on to the hardcore , as some of it will fill the open surface , binding the hardcore together . |
| 25 | The gravel can be laid directly on to the firm ground , but constant walking in wet weather will pound the gravel into the softened earth and you will , after a year or two , have to lay a fresh load to build up the path again . |
| 26 | The two men had smiled and laughed and let themselves be led out on to the lake . |
| 27 | If your microscope is built from a box with a transparent lid , the drop can be put directly on to the lid . |
| 28 | If you save the scrapings from sharpening , these can be squished hard on to the paper . |
| 29 | Evaporites can then be taken directly on to the precision grinder for first face lapping using paraffin oil as lubricant , but other rocks need a further stage . |
| 30 | It does provide though , a view of the various materials needed ; others will be mentioned later on in the text . |