Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will also fit the 6 cylinder 109 if the bell housing is changed and the engine mounts are moved back on the chassis . |
| 2 | Oh no , look buns are going off on the floor everywhere ! |
| 3 | Decompression times are scrolled through on the display for repetitive dive planning . |
| 4 | A trio of local drivers are closing in on the Autoquip North Western Rally title as the final four rounds in the series are approached . |
| 5 | Yeah you 're going on as if , you started off on the fact that you do n't think we 've got any fear of them cos their kids are running round on the street and now all of sudden you say we have because they 've got nuclear weapons you say . |
| 6 | So the discharge itself is wiped away , and a small platinum loop or a cotton-wool-tipped orange stick is gently inserted into the urethral meatus , and samples from the urethra are plated out on the relevant culture media while others are smeared onto a microscope slide for staining and examination . |
| 7 | Some of the wealthier natives brought picnic hampers in the European manner , and their servants would unroll splendid carpets on the green sward ; while their banquets were spread out on the carpets they could watch what was going on through telescopes and opera-glasses which they had had the foresight to bring with them though what they saw , as they swept the ramparts of the Residency and banqueting hall can hardly have looked very impressive to them : just a few ragged , boil-covered skeletons crouching behind mud walls . |
| 8 | All the computers were cracking up on the factory floor this morning . ’ |
| 9 | I can recall on one occasion the league programme being snowed off on the fifth Saturday in March . |
| 10 | Eliot 's presents were laid out on the table , and there was champagne and a birthday cake : when Rupert Hart-Davis lit the candles on the cake , Eliot knelt down and blew them out . |
| 11 | The thirteenth victim of The Fox was photographed on a beach with her skirt hitched up , arm-in-arm with her boyfriend ; their eyes were masked out on the photograph , which was captioned' … rebuilding their romance ’ . |
| 12 | Having established that they had no signs of any fatigue cracks on the rear spar chord , the left and right stabilisers from two different aircraft were set up on the test rig . |
| 13 | Although there is no written evidence to substantiate this , no major repairs or maintenance were carried out on the machinery , and it is evident that it performed well from the start . |
| 14 | Books were spread out on the ground . |
| 15 | This custom continued , the telegram being sent off on the morning of the shoot and the telegram of thanks being read out at lunch . |
| 16 | Once a disk is put into the disk drive ( see Figure 1.8 ) , a command is typed in on the keyboard , the microcomputer takes a copy of a particular program from the disk and puts it into its memory . |
| 17 | RINGO Starr is going back on the road , but unlike his fellow former Beatle , George Harrison , his performances will have nothing to do with Transcendental Meditation , writes James Delingpole , Arts Correspondent . |
| 18 | But it is imperative to ensure that research is carried out on the value of screening for gestational diabetes in those hitherto neglected settings . |
| 19 | It is safe to push backwards , moving down wind with the nose into wind , provided that the airbrakes are open and weight is applied down on the nose . |
| 20 | Marie 's sitting up on the bed with a packet of fags . |
| 21 | Another very common action is pushing down on the legs to propel the body upwards . |
| 22 | Well , United started in fine style as early as the twentieth second ; Martin Foyle was brought down on the edge of the penalty area and Paul Simpson 's free kick was headed away for a corner . |
| 23 | ( At their first overhaul , this batch were given full internal bulkheads and an extra seat was squeezed in on the top deck . ) |
| 24 | While taxi-ing the crew received an airways clearance and the aircraft was lined up on the runway without delay . |
| 25 | Research was carried out on the stability of such ferries , which took some time . |
| 26 | Highfield came back strongly and should have scored in front of the posts but lost possession their hooker was held up on the line , their only reward was a penalty from their captain Terry Dillon . |
| 27 | Mrs Wright was sitting down on the bank , the gun across her knees . |
| 28 | The engine was started up , revving violently as the car was turned round on the narrow road . |
| 29 | The boat was mooring up on the River Severn when it rolled over , trapping two of them underwater . |
| 30 | The quay was deserted ; soon the Black Pig was floating out on the falling tide , and for once as they hoisted the mainsail the crew were well pleased to be going back to sea . |