Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went red to the temples as he forced a ff on the last phrases , and shyly stuck a hand on his heart in emphasis ; while all fell silent and lowered their eyes , wondering at that excruciating delight which Alfredo experienced -Rosalba especially , Cati indifferently . |
| 2 | Secondly , there were restrictive covenants affecting land and so imposing a burden on the land rather than on any person . |
| 3 | I think if we had a if we if we tried , as you say , labelled the leads and tried to keep the leads together with the video recorders and perhaps stick a think on the video recorder saying which leads belong to this particular thing then the problem would be 'cos this would provide you with a checklist whenever you lent it out as to whether it was coming back , or provide the leads in other words |
| 4 | If I had to describe her , I would say that she was a sensible , down-to-earth woman , dressed plainly and cleanly , understanding what I was experiencing , yet sighing at my folly and patiently keeping an eye on me till I was in a stronger state again . |
| 5 | On Sept. 1 Qian Qichen and Eduard Shevardnadze , the Foreign Ministers of China and the Soviet Union respectively , met in Harbin [ see pp. 37713-14 ] and apparently reached an agreement on the mutual cessation of arms supplies to their respective , and opposing , clients in Cambodia . |
| 6 | It 's a cruel thing and especially to hit a boy on his right hand and then expect him to write with it . |
| 7 | Benedict looked at the hand , and pointedly took a chair on the other side of the room , lounging in a stance of deliberate contempt . |
| 8 | I 've got a big thick sweatshirt on and underneath I 've got a polo neck jumper on an'all and foolishly put a coat on |
| 9 | If your hospitalization is sudden , say , you are struck down with appendicitis at work , ask your work colleagues to telephone the neighbour who keeps your spare key and ask him or her to check that your home is all right , look after your pet or take your pet to a local kennels or vet to be looked after , water your plants , and generally keep an eye on things . |
| 10 | In order to break these lengthy causal chains and thus put a cap on liability by devising a test of personal responsibility , interests theories invoke such criteria as a voluntary act , consent , acquiescence , a duty of care and foreseen or foreseeable consequences . |
| 11 | Why should they have to facilitate what is , in all its aspects , an anti-social form of life and thus impose a loss on rate and charge payers , who then have to put up with such sites in their neighbourhood ? |
| 12 | And just put a mark on the line to indicate the strength of the preference . |
| 13 | To continue descend from the shoulder , on well-defined path with wall on left ; where wall bends right , keep right alongside it , and soon ignore a stile on left . |
| 14 | Tess went on her way , feeling upset , and soon met a man on the road . |
| 15 | She got drunk a lot and once did a strip on top of the piano in a local pub . |
| 16 | I made toast from left-over bits of baguette and always kept a kettle on the hob . |
| 17 | He studied with Barthes in Paris when Barthes was unknown in England , and later wrote a book on him in French ( ‘ Barthesian French ’ Hough has observed ) . |
| 18 | He contributed stories to the Armagh Observer as a teenager and later got a job on the Dungannon Observer . |
| 19 | They had left her at school as long as they could , because they did n't know what to do with her ; but now she was to take this course and later get a job on a newspaper . |
| 20 | Mother was born into a Quaker family living at Lathbury , a hamlet near Cotherstone , went to a Society of Friends boarding school and later attended a course on dairy work run by the North Riding County Council at Helmsley . |
| 21 | The two leaders will meet again at the end of January , and later to sign a treaty on co-operation and good neighbourly relations by next spring which is to cement what is being described as a ‘ Treaty-based relationship . ’ |
| 22 | Blackwell was the first woman doctor , graduating in New York in 1849 and later opening a dispensary on New York 's lower east-side . |
| 23 | When using slabs as treads , it 's usual to allow a slight overhang of not more than 25 to 50mm ( 1 to 2″ ) : this stops you scraping your heels on the tread behind as you descend the steps , and also casts a shadow on the step below , defining each step that much better . |
| 24 | In the Gold Coast the last sentiment was potentially practical politics , for mass politicisation had begun among two important sections of the people of the coast , the cocoa farmers and the ex-servicemen : indeed , the cocoa farmers had first flexed their muscles in 1937 when they refused to sell to the European firms who bought 98 per cent of their crop ( fixing the market ) and also imposed a boycott on European imports . |
| 25 | To make a speech , propose a toast , or write a manifesto is to take on a role and also to impose a role on the receivers . |
| 26 | Puzzled and furious , he frisked the entire room in search of the culprit and practically committed a felony on the tie when he found it . |
| 27 | The way is then clear for an astute outside agent to purchase shares , realizing their potential and current values are far apart , and subsequently to make a bid for the remainder , with the eventual aim either of realizing the company 's assets , or putting in new management , and hence getting a return on the investment . |
| 28 | This burnt down in 1791 but had a dramatic effect on milling in London and clearly had an influence on the Gloucester Docks scheme . |
| 29 | One royal observer says : ‘ He was the envy of fellow officers and inevitably developed a crush on the princess . |
| 30 | He adored Perdita , but Ricky was his great love , and gradually as the ugly little dog limped after him , barking encouragement during practice chukkas , and even hitching a lift on the back of a pony in order not to be separated , Ricky succumbed totally to his charms . |