Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | and these people , you know , er had a deputation and all this business and I think some of that rubbed off on the children and , and you 've |
| 2 | In the absence of much to shout about on the score sheet , Leeds fans reverted to taking the mick out of Arse fans ' feeble singing by doing antiphonal ‘ red army , red army ’ chanting in high-pitched silly voices . |
| 3 | Tessa first of all sat down on the edge of the bed , with her knees together , her feet crossed and slightly to one side , her back straight , and her cup and saucer at chest height , as she had learnt in Social Situation Training . |
| 4 | As rapid economic and social change has worked its way through the countryside , however , the farm worker has found himself increasingly separated from the local village community both socially and — for those living out on the farms — geographically . |
| 5 | It tells us what happens at the edge of a capacitor and can also give a numerical estimate of the scattered capacitance ( by which the capacitance of a real capacitor differs from that worked out on the basis of the infinite-plate model ) . |
| 6 | However , Jacques Etienne never forgot his Hebridean origins and in 1826 set off on the long , difficult journey to his father 's home at Howbeg . |