Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [conj] [vb -s] on " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone laughs and bangs on the table . |
| 2 | ‘ I guess that depends on what you 're offering , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Basses like this Hohner offer greater versatility , which may or may not always be a good thing — I suppose that depends on how you view your playing style . |
| 4 | A possible taxonomy of deictic elements and terms follows , which modifies and builds on previous attempts by linguists such as Levinson ( 1983 ) . |
| 5 | This alternative model moves away from the conventional idea of a child with learning difficulties to one which recognises and builds on the child 's learning achievements . |
| 6 | Despite their manifest differences , all five views that I have just sketched out are united in that none of them hangs or falls on the notion of critical abilities . |
| 7 | It 's pretty good knowing someone who lives and works on a big Highland estate if you want to sort out your attitude to the big debate on stalking and access . |
| 8 | Harris , who lives and works on a farm , pleaded guilty to speeding at 62 mph in a 30 mph zone . |
| 9 | How do you suppose that reflects on me ? ’ |
| 10 | Otherwise you see that helps on my pension today . |
| 11 | Daughters are losing because their parents , perhaps especially their mothers , are investing preferentially in their sons , and we know that happens on a quite vast and astonishing scale in , in societies . |
| 12 | For example , if we seek a document on the economic history of Germany and we know that works on history are arranged first by country , then by social process and then by period , it will be easier for us to find this document than if the subdivision was less systematic . |
| 13 | The cat er likes it there , it goes and sits on the top of it . |
| 14 | ( He goes and sits on the floor to one side . ) |
| 15 | It pitches and bobbles on some roads , and bounces over the potholes driven fast . |
| 16 | It stands or falls on this one event . |
| 17 | ‘ It stands or falls on the quality of its detail , ’ says Winston . |
| 18 | THE time has come round in the European Commission 's calendar ( see page 5 ) when another set of committee meetings will set out to define yet another ‘ framework ’ programme , the commission 's name for the programmes of largely applied research which it plans and administers on behalf of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 19 | I stand listening for a moment — crying could ruin everything — but there 's only the rhythmic suck-suck , suck-suck , suck-suck as it breathes and sucks on the medicine . |