Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try to avoid making instant decisions ; instead , go home and draw the proposed piece to scale on some card . |
| 2 | The second ventralmost arm spine is flattened with widened tip which may be axe shaped on some segments . |
| 3 | Membership of this club entails attending an annual dinner at which some 400 of Edinburgh 's most prominent citizens assemble to celebrate Scott 's memory , at which an admiral or general and a judge respond to toasts to the Armed Forces and the Law , and the president speaks on some aspect of the author of the Waverley novels . |
| 4 | He was staring at her as though he was piecing together bits of her personality like a mathematician working on some equation . |
| 5 | Of course this is not an absolute distinction , as historical descriptions depend on some kind of theoretical orientation , and theory depends on systematic observation and description of linguistic forms ( otherwise there is nothing to have a theory about ) . |
| 6 | His mouth opened and closed while portraits of notables revolved on some sort of belt contraption behind him and my mind strayed to Phil Collins 's story about the time he went up and asked Steve Davis for an autograph : ‘ He did n't even glance at me , just sent me off to get a pen , and then signed his name , still without looking at me . |
| 7 | This new column by AI 's Urgent Action co-ordinator reports on some aspects of UAs which show they are working . |
| 8 | When Connor threw on some clothes and left the Watermen at a run , in search of a doctor , he left his mother to hold Ruth 's hand and try to comfort her . |
| 9 | Your uncle must be years and years older than she is , and anyway , I rather gathered she 'd got her sights set on some fellow whose name she would n't tell me . |
| 10 | Both of these problems depend on some clarification of what can be legitimately called censorship , and the question of what is censorship will be examined later . |
| 11 | Wilcox turned on some lights above the board table on the other side of the room . |
| 12 | As they contain water , the first application may cause the grain to raise on some woods , and a light sanding is recommended before applying the second coat . |
| 13 | A print by Stockdale , in the year 1810 , of the rear of the Church certainly shows two figures engaged on some work , possibly carpentry . |
| 14 | The new measures , announced in September and October , included the floating of the currency and the lifting of price controls on some petroleum products . |
| 15 | On arrival , she was distressed to find only Jock Hallett working on some papers . |
| 16 | Five years ago she 'd have got the woman sacked on some pretext , rendering her harmless if she alleged anything against a reputable doctor in a famous clinic . |
| 17 | But as he goes , he passes a village where the villagers insist on some music from him . |
| 18 | Our comments focus on some issues relating to drug safety . |
| 19 | These changes meant that they needed to form a new covenant based on some understanding of their mutual fears , their tendency to split their feelings between them , and their need to respect each other 's yearnings and protests , now more readily experienced by each of them . |
| 20 | Arguments started on some fisheries when match organisers and pleasure anglers tried to fish venues usually left for freelance angling . |
| 21 | It has also been proposed that stimuli where accurate detection rests on some form of visuo-spatial ability are better perceived when projected to the right hemisphere . |
| 22 | It has also been proposed that stimuli where accurate detection rests on some form of visuo-spatial ability are better perceived when projected to the right hemisphere . |
| 23 | ‘ The assassin must have been lying on the ground or Father standing on some steps ? |
| 24 | It is immaterial that the accused uses force on some person other than the one from whom he takes the item . |
| 25 | A hybrid form of non-contingent cost based fee arrangement is to quote on a time basis for all work on the basis that the fee is payable whether or not the transaction completes in addition to arranging for a ‘ success fee ’ to be payable eg. a fixed amount on any completion and/or a sliding scale based on some monitor of performance . |
| 26 | During a shift when the men considered that very little was happening , they responded to calls concerning a house fire and an attempted break-in , calls to check on the whereabouts of a pensioner who had not been seen by a neighbour for a few days , a request to pick up and transport a prisoner , and a call to move on some youths . |
| 27 | If I can use erm an analogy of my own rather than of his , to produce erm a detailed adaptation of an organism to a specific way of life , if only large steps , large mutational changes were possible , would be a little like trying a surgeon trying to remove erm an appendix with a scalpel mounted on some kind of trolley clamp with the rule that he could n't move it less than a foot at a time . |
| 28 | The other day it occurred to me that there are maybe two kinds of intelligence in the world : one that 's very open , that tries to take on everything , and accordingly gets paralysed by choice : another kind that 's narrow , that finds strength focusing on some things and excluding most everything else … |
| 29 | ( 7 ) If the Panel 's decision touches on some novel or important issue it will often publish its findings to serve as guidance to third parties . |
| 30 | Yeah I got some work and me boys got on some post putting up , he said , but mind you , it might er dry up I do n't know , it looks a bit er , thick does n't it ? |