Example sentences of "[adv] on and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now this does n't alter for one moment my recommendation of this as a superb performance , but I can well imagine a non-violinist , with less understanding of the extraordinary soloistic skill involved , homing in on and lambasting the accompaniment , giving only an average rating as a result . |
| 2 | The contributors here seem instead keen to zoom in on and ferment nihilistic tendencies , through bleak but listenable insights . |
| 3 | Are you also saying that soap operas , in particular — it may be other programmes as well — are picking up on and creating a space for discussing topics that really are preoccupying people , and rendering conscious a lot of issues that are ‘ out there ’ already ? |
| 4 | When he did get up to go to the room he looked like someone who had lost the train of thought he had set out on and had emptied himself into blankness , aware only that he was still somehow present . |
| 5 | It approached sideways on and flung up its head , eye rolling . |
| 6 | The Leeds boss pointed the midfielder back on and had to be restrained by reserve official Brian Hill as he furiously remonstrated with referee Joe Worrall . |
| 7 | I doubt he gave her a second thought , once he 'd pulled his trousers back on and ushered her into the first available taxi . |
| 8 | Prentice put his shoe and sock back on and got to his feet , obviously in some pain when he stood . |
| 9 | Cross and sore , I got straight back on and trotted him into the fence again . |
| 10 | Michael wrote ‘ Faith ’ and we put our trousers back on and returned to our places of work . |
| 11 | Occurring spontaneously with this was the creation of what man , millions of years later is able to look back on and recognise as myriads of units of ‘ goodness ’ being produced from those ‘ good ’ events which were controlling evolution , and which he can now understand as being the origins of his well-being . |
| 12 | Nutty put her hat back on and coiled up her lunging rein . |
| 13 | My hat 's fell off so I stick it back on and look round . |
| 14 | Surgeons at nearby Stoke Mandeville Hospital were able to put it back on and have restored some movement . |
| 15 | You fell off the horse , you got straight back on and did it again . |
| 16 | I decided to put some clothes back on and investigate . ’ |
| 17 | He put his glasses back on and rallied , with dignity . |
| 18 | They planned to go back on and complete their set with vocals from Cressa of The Stone Roses , who had been on the whole tour and knew most of the songs . |
| 19 | They planned to go back on and complete their set with vocals from Cressa of The Stone Roses , who had been on the whole tour and knew most of the songs . |
| 20 | Charlie put his cap back on and turned to go , the box under one arm , a brown paper parcel under the other and a ticket to London in his top pocket . |
| 21 | He put the spectacles back on and examined her again . |