Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe , I thought , Ash would be so turned on by the sounds of frantic coupling emanating from Gav and Aunt Janice in the bedroom that she 'd tear my clothes off . |
| 2 | I think was er er erm Mr Thomas , and I think perhaps hinted on by the Senior Inspector as well , er what is , what is Greater York ? to do with Sylvia , erm |
| 3 | Orwell 's socialism would reflect the democratic virtues characteristic of the English working class — ‘ the genuinely popular culture … that goes on beneath the surface , unofficially and more or less frowned on by the authorities . ’ |
| 4 | Apart from the few wives and daughters of master printers who had picked up something of the trade in the family firm , the first women compositors in Britain to receive anything like a " systematic training " were apparently taken on by the firm of McCorquodale of Newton-le-Willows in about 1848.12 It was a little-known experiment that did not last . |
| 5 | In line with this general movement came talk of installing an automatic watering scheme for greens and tees — and not just spurred on by the drought summers of 1975 and 1976 — but by the costs and difficulties of staffing a manual system and by the increasing use of such systems elsewhere ! |
| 6 | Advertising costs and any expenses incurred in hiring premises are normally passed on by the estate agents to the vendor , whether or not the auction results in a sale . |
| 7 | Expansion was further spurred on by the reduction in the meat allowance in school canteens that the Ministry of Food was forced to introduce in 1941 , owing to problems of supply . |
| 8 | It is likely that the majority of the A.A. claims related to aircraft shot down by the fighters but also fired on by the guns — possibly including some of the Hurricanes ! |
| 9 | The business is now carried on by the sons of the original proprietor who trade under the name of ‘ Joseph Wright & Sons , ’ and employ from six to seven hundred men . |
| 10 | The expression of conditions of existence , so often insisted on by the illustrious Cuvier , is fully embraced by the principle of natural selection . |
| 11 | This responsibility is often taken on by the detergent suppliers who takes care of the chemicals , dosing equipment and the minor repairs and adjustments on the machine . |
| 12 | you can even use on by the front gate , but use a restrained climber such as a large-flowered clematis , not a thorny rose ! |
| 13 | Erm the remaining seventy two percent are entirely separate from this and obviously that 's a a very important point to bear in mind when you consider the level of allocation that 's been made first of all , and secondly the likelihood that if that is successful , first of all if it 's approved , if it 's recommended by the panel and eventually taken on by the county , and secondly if happens , then it is likely that it will result in skewing of the workforce even more towards the manufacturing sector of the economy and would in our view be contrary to the aim of diversification of the economic base . |
| 14 | The normal formula is ‘ it seemed good to the Council and People ’ , indicating that the decree had been prepared for the Assembly ( ‘ the people ’ ) by the Council , and was then voted on by the Assembly . |
| 15 | Experienced advisers never respond to this question , but the unrepresented applicant often responds to the question with bizarre unsupportable allegations of bias and corruption by the employer which are sometimes seized on by the tribunal to the prejudice of the applicant . |
| 16 | The material is then worked on by the waves and built up into a ridge facing the direction from which the greatest waves come . |
| 17 | Somewhat in the same boat may be groups of younger teachers who see education in personal/emotional , or in political terms , and who are feeling their values particularly heavily trodden on by the current educational reforms . |
| 18 | It is not conclusive that the purchaser carries on work similar to or the same as that previously carried on by the vendor , especially if this work is undertaken pursuant to a contract between them . |
| 19 | In between excessive laughter I noticed that not only were SCUM CRAP at the back but they got completely pissed on by the Turkish Delights : - ) ) ) ) ) |
| 20 | But he was alert and sparkling , his motor well and truly turned on by the presence of Catherine Crane , and he probably was n't going to go home till he , or Catherine , dropped in their tracks . |
| 21 | Hain ( 1986:131 ) is convinced that : ‘ The police , publicly urged on by the Prime Minister and Home Secretary , were determined to break the strike by preventing the mass picketing . ’ |