Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it occurs on open land , bird species characteristic of open country are replaced by those which prefer the limited cover afforded by young trees and are in turn replaced , as the forest matures , by those species which are forest dwellers ( Bibby 1987 ) . |
| 2 | She leaned forward and tapped his hand where it lay on the coverlet , supporting his weight . |
| 3 | ‘ It will be a stormy night , ’ Michael said , and Crane , leaning forward , took Allen 's dagger from his belt and flung it outside where it clattered on the stones . |
| 4 | where it belongs on Whitehall and not the Town Hall . |
| 5 | This is hard enough in our own lives but it is doubly hard in public work where it calls on people devoted to different ideals to work together in mutual acceptance , and that means not just tolerating one another but respecting and understanding what the other is talking about . |
| 6 | She looked at him , touched his hand where it rested on her shoulder . |
| 7 | He drew it out where it rested on his palm . |
| 8 | If she stretched out her hand just the tiniest bit , she would be able to touch his where it rested on his knee . |
| 9 | He drew a fine panoramic view for his great book Itinerarium Curiosum , where it appears on P1. 14 , ii , Vol. ii ( fig. 12.1 ) . |
| 10 | One very small point of procedure is worth noting : at a first glance at this example there appears to be a redundancy of the indication pp , but on closer examination it is seen that it has never been used unnecessarily , for where it appears on the same line of the score in two successive bars the first of the pair of instruments whose parts are written on that line enters alone , and the second joins him in the next bar . |
| 11 | 15 years ago MOVIES were a major part of the schedules although the film of Up Pompeii starring Frankie ( Please yourself , missus ) Howerd was on back where it started on the small screen . |
| 12 | Its native habitat is southern Europe , where it grows on rocky hill and mountainsides , from the most inhospitable soil . |
| 13 | In Asia , the dolphin is confined mainly to mangroves , where it feeds on shrimps , whereas it is more likely to be found around rocky shores in other parts of its range . |
| 14 | The Scarlet Ibis comes from forested wetlands of Central America , where it feeds on invertebrate animals containing the pigment carotene , which gives the birds their gorgeous plumage colour . |
| 15 | It was a logical evolution of the Dino family but the adoption of the three-litre V8 engine in place of the V6 meant the end of the Dino name , although it features on Pininfarina 's original styling model of the 308 . |
| 16 | Sadly Mr 's proposal fell on a technicality , but I think he put his finger on something which I felt the assembly was , was responding to , that we are not finished with this issue and although it fell on a technicality about money , perhaps without making any addendums and motions we might er refuse this addendum and keep our minds on the baptism issue and hope that the Board of Practice and Procedure and the panel on doctrine will pick up the substance and the , the essence of what Mr was asking for and pursue this matter until as a church we can get it sorted out to the satisfaction of all the groups within the church . |
| 17 | Moreover , under 1020 the death of Archbishop Lyfing is given first , although it occurred on 12 June , after Cnut 's return to England and the Easter meeting at Cirencester . |
| 18 | It seems that official confirmation may not have been forthcoming , for the German O.K.W. records noted only a single Hurricane shot down during this day , while Müncheberg 's claim was apparently classed as a ‘ probable ’ , although it remained on his personal list of successes . |
| 19 | It was after the Second World War that the class distinction in station facilities disappeared , although it remained on the trains . |
| 20 | But , owing to the fact that on the ebb tide water movement is confined to the depressions , the sediment deposited will not accumulate in the depressions to the same extent that it accumulates on the ridges . |
| 21 | The Training Agency frequently claims that it insists on non-discriminatory practices , but ‘ all the evidence points to widespread exclusion of Black trainees from prestigious employer based schemes … most likely to lead to full-time jobs , top-ups to the allowance and higher quality training ’ . |
| 22 | One tries to explain that it happens on the odd occasion , at Question Time , which is not a great parliamentary occasion , and that is what the media pick up . |
| 23 | She reached forward and overturned the plate so that it landed on his lap . |
| 24 | But a sense of the epic driven to such histrionic pitch that it verges on Velvet 's White noise and viola hysteria . |
| 25 | It 's tempting , when fitting a permanent substitute for the battery , to rewire the existing on-off switch so that it operates on the mains supply to the transformer primary . |
| 26 | The thick canopy of leaves and branches disperse the rainwater so that it falls on the ground softly and evenly , avoiding floods . |
| 27 | This first capacitor is then connected to the second one in the chain via a buffet stage so that it passes on the sampled voltage . |
| 28 | Chair , I 'd like to challenge standing orders on motion three O one , an example being in the part-time workers ' qualification into it was done by a recommendation of and we therefore request that it stays on the agenda . |
| 29 | Cathay Pacific , for instance , will have to wait until 1995 before it can fly the first of the Airbus A330s that it ordered on April 3rd . |
| 30 | So rattled has LT become that it rounded on paying customers last month and blamed them — for damaging carriages , vomiting , breaking windows , and falling under trains . |