Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rub is the general conviction , based on the man 's record , that the same pragmatism , unencumbered by ideology or ethics , that leads him to sign an agreement one day will lead him to renege or cheat on it the next . |
| 2 | Loosely , a policy is said to be time-inconsistent if , once it has been adopted , there is an incentive at some later date to renege or cheat on it . |
| 3 | There would have been little room to work or store on the gallery , but it could have been a convenient place to display finished work for the approval of the merchants riding round the countryside in search of stock , as the main road passes nearby and upon which the main flow of riders would have travelled . |
| 4 | For a start his mother had always taught him that it was a sin to work or play on the Sabbath . |
| 5 | It is only in the specific circumstances defined by the statute ( when it is either impossible or inappropriate to obtain or to rely on breath specimens ) that it is either necessary or permissible to require the driver to provide a specimen of blood or urine . |
| 6 | ‘ I am willing to stand or fall on this one , ’ he had said — but when he was proved wrong he did not fall , he rose yet higher . |
| 7 | The CEGB 's case is likely to stand or fall on the economics of the project . |
| 8 | There have to be some standards but a track record is more important than spending three weekends away being taught something you already know , and I 'm quite happy to stand or fall on my personal record . |
| 9 | Getting the cut hay fit to cart or put on tripods may take anything from two days ( in ideal conditions ) to several weeks . |
| 10 | And you do n't need to be Italian to know that insisting on bringing a car in this mess is n't very bright . |
| 11 | Those who think of Pound as a great liberator from stiff and hidebound conventions will be disconcerted to find that Newbolt on the contrary treats him as an academic formalist . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's foolish to try and manage on your own . ’ |
| 13 | And this is what I am going to try and do on this course . |
| 14 | ‘ I am working hard to try and build on this and so far we have about 16 corporate members . |
| 15 | He says we are still talking — we have a meeting in February to try and agree on a final solution . |
| 16 | There has always been this tendency over here to try and save on public spending , ’ says Professor Greve . |
| 17 | Everyone 's so busy looking at it they 're not even bothering to try and get on the roundabout . |
| 18 | ‘ Aye , but he were a nice fellow And what a worker … he worked every hour that God sent to try and keep on top of that place . |
| 19 | Clubs like ours have to try and survive on the crumbs washed from bread tossed in by the business world , to feed the mallards of the Football League . ’ |
| 20 | Instead , they sensibly decided to avoid disputes and differences by jointly employing one average adjuster to advise them on how the loss should be apportioned and agreed to accept and act on his advice . |
| 21 | But if you change your mind , feel free to come and knock on my door . ’ |
| 22 | We invite you to come and eavesdrop on their story . |
| 23 | " Do you mean that he expects to come and stay on Grace ? " |
| 24 | Now it seemed to come and go on the wind . |
| 25 | She should be prepared to come and stand on her own two feet and say , er this happened to me , I 've survived it , I 'm proud that I have survived it . |
| 26 | The secret for any cat-phobic individuals who want to keep their distance is to lean towards a cat , stare fixedly at it with wide-open eyes and make agitated hand movements , asking the cat in strident tones to come and sit on their laps . |
| 27 | well just leave it there because it wo n't matter , but daddy does n't want me to see you see before it comes out , it makes it more exciting that way , want to come and sit on my knee ? |
| 28 | we finished the story and we got onto the rhymes I presume and a little body sidled in through the win through the door and he sort of sat there looking pathetic you know , I said would you like to come and sit on my knee ? |
| 29 | But the mere fact that he 'd left his own bed to come and check on her made her feel warm and cherished and oddly weepy . |
| 30 | Conway , who prudently forbade Taylor to dedicate any of his works to himself , eventually persuaded him to come and live on his estates in Ireland as a ‘ lecturer ’ , which was a more acceptable title to the authorities than ‘ chaplain ’ . |