Example sentences of "[vb base] on " in BNC.

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1 On reflection , though , she doubted if she 'd got enough crocks or cutlery and ‘ what was they going ter sit on ? ’
2 It is completely parallel and can intelligently farm bits of itself and applications across multiple processors , or alternatively sit on just one .
3 ‘ There 's a certain self-perpetuating establishment core of goody-goodies who sit on [ the records ] , even extract and destroy files .
4 It is completely parallel and can intelligently farm bits of itself and applications across multiple processors , or alternatively sit on just one .
5 " I do n't think I 'll ever feel anything ever again with the region I sit on , " grinned Chuck as he continued to bounce up and down on the plank bench .
6 Even the stones we sit on
7 I 've just asked him about the collaborative review the focus is apparently on national curriculum so that means maths , English and , but they want to look ge more general issues and because they 're in on a Wens Tuesday and a Wednesday he said that they would go in a look at , three of them would go in a look at taught tutorial lessons they will want to talk to me about the tutorial programme I would hope that that would involve somebody else cos I 've got the bit of the fence that I sit on and ask one or two of you to give your opinion if , if you 're available .
8 Sit on maybe thirteen or fourteen eggs .
9 Me me mo sit on .
10 Sit on here .
11 Sit on there .
12 Yeah , that 's it , or sit on there or get
13 If you sit on
14 That 's right you sit on there and I 'll get the kiddies together
15 Go on go and sit on
16 Go and sit on there , go on !
17 When federalists bleat on about how interdependent the world is , one wonders what world they live in .
18 I persisted , rather surprised that somebody who really had done something was so reticent , when there are people , like me for instance , who bleat on about the most tawdry experiences .
19 In the end he settled for a rather Egyptian standing pose with both their faces front on and the bodies half turned away .
20 Its aftershocks rumble on .
21 Food , of course , remains a topic of passionate concern — the focus of minor complaints and disagreements which rumble on for long periods — and outbursts of contentment which are extremely short-lived .
22 He wants to go back to the base camp before we push on towards Finland .
23 It would be far better to take the risk and push on . ’
24 Tethlis insisted that they push on but first , drawn by some irresistible influence , he must make a pilgrimage to the Altar of Khaine .
25 Push on to work .
26 These trays take four or six PP3s ( depending on the model of detector ) which push on to snap terminals in the bottom of the tray .
27 Realizing the importance of schemas and scripts is the first step , but that in itself gets us nowhere unless we push on to consider how a manager can discover what schemas actually exist and , if they are inappropriate , how to change them .
28 But the scent was so fresh , it was obvious the beasts would be unwilling to leave for a while , so Grant decided to ignore them and push on with the next stage of their operation .
29 While police in Strathclyde push on with their high-profile weapons amnesty , Operation Blade , the Lothian force has adopted a lower key approach in keeping with the scale of the problem .
30 So , we bang on about the play and the staging and the big themes , and , if there 's any space left , then , as the chairman of Critics ' Forum wearily intones , ‘ I suppose we ought to say something about the performances . ’
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