Example sentences of "and [verb] on [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We welcome that and will do all we can to sustain and build on it in the future . |
| 2 | He brought the screaming Gilera four to the North West in ‘ 55 , and won on it at 97.60mph over the old course . |
| 3 | ‘ You attacked me and tried to force yourself upon me , you wanted to blackmail me , you followed me around and spied on me in Helmsley — and you say I 've nothing to fear ! ’ |
| 4 | It had come from Chessington Zoo and trodden on nothing but concrete all its life . |
| 5 | Both the New Criticism and Scrutiny were products of the modernist literary revolution , and drew on it for their methods and their assumptions . |
| 6 | The ombudsman claims that the jurisdiction and duty to investigate conferred and imposed on him by the scheme enables and requires him to investigate and determine complaints in relation to valuations made by employees of a building society of properties to be charged to the building society to secure further advances to an existing borrower from that society . |
| 7 | ( a ) Meetings and their conduct Whatever may have been agreed as to the taking of decisions by unanimous or majority vote , as much a matter of good management as of good faith is the need to ensure that all relevant information is given to all the partners before a vote is taken : the requisite majority of partners should not purport to take decisions and act on them behind the backs of the minority unless such has been expressly authorised or the need for immediate action precludes the convening of a partners ' meeting ; and even then there should be no delay before all partners are acquainted with the circumstances and invited to ratify any decision taken in their name . |
| 8 | Deminex UK , which has secured another Liverpool Bay licence , has been exploring fields since 1972 and operating on them since 1977 . |
| 9 | The boy was holding a magnifying glass over a postcard and writing on it in the tiniest hand . |
| 10 | We are now facing the most serious challenge in our history and depend on you for support . |
| 11 | He ran a shrewd brown eye over the formidable ramifications of Isambard 's favourite castle , and speculated on which of the stony holes under it held young Harry . |
| 12 | Honey magazine recognized this and acted on it in an extraordinary way with the launch of the ‘ Honey boutiques ’ in the major conurbations , so that the groovy styles portrayed in the magazine could be had by hitherto deprived readers in whatever part of the sticks they had the misfortune to live , with no more trouble than a Saturday day return fare . |
| 13 | But in the real world , where most of us enjoy our horses and look on them as part of the family , pony power can really score . |
| 14 | Although this involves the use of rather advanced techniques compared with the running of simple transfers and dubs , many enthusiasts believe that this type of editing is essential to the making of ‘ real ’ movies , and look on it as the key creative element in their video activities . |
| 15 | Our native common holly is not in the least fussy about soil and grows on everything from acid loams to chalk , and species from China and the Himalayas are equally hardy and reliable . |
| 16 | The following proposed amendments to the Constitution are for your careful consideration so that you can comment and vote on them at the A.G.M. on Friday , 19th March 1982 . |
| 17 | I misunderstood the cause of his mood and remarked on it in a letter . |
| 18 | And stuck on it for life I think . |
| 19 | There is considerable evidence that starting oestrogen therapy within two years of the menopause , and staying on it for at least five years , can reduce your risk of fracture by 50 to 60 per cent . |
| 20 | Len , as he was known to his legion of friends , was elected to Selkirk Town Council in 1956 and served on it for 18 years , as well as on the then county council for 14 years . |
| 21 | Lucker lights a cigarette now there is less chance of blowing the Isle up , and pulls on it like a pair of bellows . |
| 22 | When snow many feet deep blankets the land and the lake is covered with ice , the beavers are able to swim out from their lodge beneath the ice , retrieve the green branches and feed on them throughout the winter . |
| 23 | The wording of the administration no longer referred to the body and blood of Christ but emphasized instead the commemorative significance of the sacrament , the minister declaring : ‘ Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee , and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving . ’ |
| 24 | ( Grimmitt 1973 ) , which advocated the dimensional alongside the existential approach to RE , advised intermingling the experiential , mythological and ritual dimensions and focusing on them in the primary school , adding the social and ethical together for lower Secondary , and finally bringing in the doctrinal with the upper forms of Secondary schools , as this dimension is the most difficult to cope with ( pp. 50 , 92f ) . |
| 25 | Gav — who probably epitomised thick-skulledness , though admittedly would not be amongst one 's first fifteen when it came to offering proof of heavy traffic within the central nervous system — opened one bleary eye and focused on me with the same accuracy one has grown to expect from security forces aiming baton rounds at protesters ' legs . |
| 26 | It was thought that Green took his large prepared copper plates out into the landscape and worked on them in front of the actual view , but when one looks at a print of a recognisable location the image is not reversed as would have been the case if a direct drawing onto the plate had been made from nature . |
| 27 | In 1963 she joined the BBC and worked on everything from Steptoe and Son to That Was The Week That Was , before reaching her real ambition to work on Playschool . |
| 28 | I think I 'll go and call on her after supper . ’ |
| 29 | The idea was of staking out the estate and counting on someone at the appropriate moment . |
| 30 | In this Report we draw these comments together , and expand on them in chapter 11 . |