Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] on " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It ai n't th'belly th'would be walking on .
2 The government took the view that this was not possible : ‘ vendors of land , like vendors of any other commodity , will always get the best price that they can , and the development charge , however small , would in effect be passed on , in whole or in part , to the ultimate user of the land ’ .
3 The United States declared that all non-humanitarian US economic support would be withheld " until the democratic process is restored " ; nor would action be taken on Romania 's bid to regain " most favoured nation " trade status , which would allow low tariffs for exports to the USA .
4 The grounds acted as a kind of olfactory barrier should the boat be searched and sniffer dogs be brought on .
5 Do n't let the body and legs pull the club , but instead try to make the club get there first on the right path and the body be pulled on through into the finish .
6 Will your transport be laid on or
7 I think that a chief , or perhaps a leading group would after a while be decided on and priorities set in a way more mature than the boys , but girls would be less imaginative when it came to building shelters and lighting fires , and also less physically able to lift heavy objects and build things .
8 Can a person be counted on to do what they agree to do ?
9 Evidence can be freely taken by agents acting on behalf of foreign litigants ; but no compulsory processes may be used , nor may the evidence be taken on oath .
10 What medium will the text be held on after capture :
11 Anything that you design in the ORIGINAL shaping section can of course be saved on to disk for future use .
12 Coalition , Baldwin told Chamberlain , ‘ must of course be stamped on ’ ; he went on to say ‘ that if R.M. did approach him he would reply that there was no occasion for a Coalition .
13 Should the rational expectations hypothesis be grafted on to a ‘ correct ’ model which is basically the Keynesian theory of economic activity ?
14 WHEN will the much-vaunted reduction in bank rates be passed on to people struggling with mortgages ?
15 Sir Arthur Nicholson , a contemporary observer noted : ‘ should the peasants excited by socialist and anarchist agitators be led on … and should the working classes simultaneously rise in the towns there will be a catastrophe such as history has rarely witnessed ’ .
16 Could a related business activity be carried on within one area of the shop by any of the family members without registering for VAT ( the turnover of this activity is expected to be low ) ?
17 I would like to see the scheme be taken on , and done properly .
18 So on , on that basis , I would hope you feel that we could support 'em , to make up the shortfall in rent , which will in actual fact be paid on by them in rent , to keep the place occupiable .
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