Example sentences of "[adj] it [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't sink darling it floated on the top , so we really need that one in there but I tell you what we 'll do , because you 've tr , written it so nicely we 'll put a little arrow and we 'll put there , that means that goes in there , alright , that 's smashing now all you need to do now is write your name on it |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm just glad it landed on the stage and not on the audience . |
| 3 | Er I not really sure it depends on what you mean in that particular context . |
| 4 | Amoeba-like it pulsated on the racks , changing shape from week to week , gaining sections then cutting then reinstating them , switching typefaces and altering the magazine 's format , this last at a cost of £1.8m . |
| 5 | Arguably , the Club has set the standards for other to follow — and very healthy it looks on them too . |
| 6 | And of course being on the air current it went on its way back and what was waiting for it here ? |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Falkirk , West ( Mr. Canavan ) has shown how divided it remains on the nuclear deterrent . |
| 8 | But bearing in mind the people Ford says the car is aimed at , the greatest surprise is just how cumbersome and unwieldy it feels on everyday journeys . |
| 9 | Freud writes , for example , of the ego 's ‘ wish to sleep ’ , although while asleep it stays on duty' to protect against the worst emanations of the unconscious , ‘ guarding ’ the sleep of the dreamer … |
| 10 | At Ibrox on Wednesday night we heard the usual rammy of an unco-ordinated band and throng ( and a pipe band , I regret to say , only compounds the offence ) , and pretty awful it sounded on the radio . |
| 11 | In particular it relies on estimating the final cost of the investment , the amount and timing of returns , the rate of return on the alternative investment ( the ‘ hurdle rate ’ ) and the rate of real deterioration of items of productive capital . |