Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [coord] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that something you can easily forget , pulling a man 's trousers on when he 's got handcuffs on and lying on his front ? |
| 2 | She had once explained that slaughtering animals secretly and trading on the black market was simply bending the law a little and not really stealing at all , but real thieves were as bad as liars . |
| 3 | Nobody remarked on it because all the students are foreign and occasionally take trips home or go on sightseeing tours . |
| 4 | Praxis says it is well down the development road of getting an ANDF installer up on another RISC , possibly the Inmos Transputer , whilst there are known to be several other key players keen to get installers up and running on their kit too ( UX No 385 ) . |
| 5 | It is a simply a question of reassuring partners or close companions , rectifying the mistakes made approximately six months ago and capitalising on property or other assets . |
| 6 | At this point in his writing a white pigeon which had been fluttering round the swimming-pool alighted on the table , took two steps forward and excreted on the ‘ Jottings ’ , no doubt in the interests of historical accuracy . |
| 7 | Arty closed his eyes again and concentrated on the music . |
| 8 | He yawned , closed his eyes again and turned on his side . |
| 9 | Choose one of the ideas below or decide on your own Thinking Day theme . |
| 10 | The best hope for Buckingham Palace must be that the couple can avoid divorce , put their disappointments aside and agree on a distant but reasonably amiable working partnership . |
| 11 | Anil Gadre , Sun Microsystems Computer Corp 's vice president of systems product marketing , told Unigram last week that it has a 64-bit part that it is playing with , but there is no operating system or applications up and running on it , yet . |
| 12 | Control Techniques was founded 20 years ago and floated on the Stock Market in 1985 , when the annual turnover was £6.8m . |
| 13 | It is here that you can try things out and work on your whole repertoire of turns ( refer to previous Pocket Clinics for inspiration ) . |
| 14 | Bringing 7 visiting teams here and putting on the matches will cost almost quarter of a million pounds . |
| 15 | We hope our politicians pull their fingers out and negotiate on our behalf , ’ says March . |
| 16 | Where our competitive position is weak , we have continued to divest assets to help fund more profitable ventures elsewhere and build on our areas of strength . |
| 17 | She pulled the thin green curtains together and sat on her bed . |
| 18 | Usually though , to make far-reaching decisions correctly and capitalise on opportunity , vital intelligence is essential . |
| 19 | Feeling nervous , she clasped her trembling hands together and perched on the edge of the couch , her eyes fixed on the doorway . |
| 20 | I was never conscious of pain , even with a torn ear , a broken nose and split lips , but I do remember occasions of desperate tiredness , and of effort to keep my hands up or stay on my feet . |
| 21 | The two girls sometimes exercised the horses together and seemed on amiable terms . |
| 22 | Burn said that immediately after the assessors were appointed he proposed that each judge should examine the schemes separately and indicate on them which he considered to be the best . |
| 23 | Douglas McDonald , 41 , of Kirkstone Place , was committed by Sedgefield magistrates yesterday and released on conditional bail . |
| 24 | Even if not in any way competitive , STACK membership is advantageous for the individual stunt flyer , not only for the informative manual , but also for its newsletter with a regular calendar of activities worldwide and tips on team flying . |
| 25 | She just wheeled her dolls around and played on her swing . |