Example sentences of "on [noun] do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For only on foot does one detect the subtle rise and fall of ground to which the earliest settlers were so sensitive , or alignments in the town scene that may throw light on some fundamental change of plan : or the names of streets and lanes that set the mind working at once . |
| 2 | Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox . |
| 3 | All these species ( except Woodlarks and Red-backed Shrikes ) breed in other habitats , for example Stonechats in downland scrub , and Nightjars and Tree Pipits as commonly in young forestry plantations ( many of which were once heathlands ) ; but only on heathland do they form a distinct community , which is rapidly declining . |
| 4 | The Secretary of State is anxious to concentrate on rebates to do something for those who will by hit be the property tax , but the Minister has scorned property taxes and is determined to weight the tax in favour of the better-off . |
| 5 | So we 'll keep you on Dianette Do you smoke ? |
| 6 | All these trees had been growing on peat do you see , and the peat was dry . |
| 7 | The one three six three goes out through the Sutton on Forest on Forest does it ? |
| 8 | The onus was not on God doing something , but on them receiving . |
| 9 | Which of the alternatives on offer do I choose and why ? |
| 10 | Try and Is she playing on Wednesday does anybody know ? |
| 11 | Then if there 's anything in our line that wants following up quickly , he 'll be on hand to do it . " |
| 12 | When you updated er the combat analysis using the latest data on Eurofighter did you again compare er Eurofighter with alternatives such as an updated F sixteen or F fifteen er previous combat modelling showed that an alternative aircraft er apart from the F twenty two , did not approach the capability of Eurofighter . |
| 13 | In Darcy 's Utopia each man will attempt to read the mind of God and not rely on others to do it for him . |
| 14 | An example is the injunction on magistrates to do everything possible to keep people under 21 out of custody . |
| 15 | Did she do it on purpose d' ya know ? |
| 16 | Erm I think we 're asking the panel on doctrine to do something that is not really within their remit at the moment . |
| 17 | He should have remembered because always walks down there on Fridays to do his badminton class . |
| 18 | When he 's finished his ballet routine — ‘ Lots of people come to see what Joe Mangle is going to do , and when I appear on stage doing my best arabesque , you can feel people thinking ‘ Oh no , he 's really lost the plot ’ — he throws out a few one-liners . |
| 19 | Does protectionism have an affect on volatility do you think ? |
| 20 | One could n't rely on Canaris to do anything about it . |
| 21 | They had not Because the ground was on fire do you see , and they were bolting out . |
| 22 | The perennial question for television executives is : how on earth does one make arts programmes interesting to an audience with little or no enthusiasm for the arts ? |
| 23 | How on earth does one decide which are the best — and choose only ten ? |
| 24 | How on earth does one set about devising a convincing measure of something as impalpable , though nevertheless real , as the degree of trades union militancy ? |
| 25 | What on earth does she know about real life ? ’ she would demand when Constance had quoted something her friend had said . |
| 26 | ‘ How on earth does she cope with running this place ? ’ |
| 27 | What on earth does she think has powered her to the top of her sport and put millions of deutschmarks into her bank account ? |
| 28 | ‘ What on earth does it do ? ’ |
| 29 | The question is , what on earth does it mean ? |
| 30 | Sounds ominous … what on earth does it mean ? ’ |