Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winners Many cashed in on their success by exiting just before the current recession began |
| 2 | This dust , and a , what 's it a hundred and fifty cars all piled up on top of one another |
| 3 | Some collectors used to visit the museum weekly to check up on how the art they lent was being shown , or if it was shown at all ’ , says one long-time curator . |
| 4 | Other acts quick to cash in on the latest sensation showed equally becoming maidens shedding their clothes prior to bathing , being examined by a doctor , or sun bathing . |
| 5 | Most trips involve a certain amount of walking and most people can walk , with 97 per cent of the population able to go out on foot . |
| 6 | If one knight became separated from the rest of his team he might find five or six opponents all bearing down on him at once , and one of them might strike him in the back . |
| 7 | By July 1959 , the station has almost disappeared , but an atmospheric background was still provided by Grassmoor Colliery as B1 No. 61111 ran through on a Nottingham-Sheffield local . |
| 8 | The nurse had n't been round yet to close the curtains and Charles Paris and Harry Chiltern looked out on galvanized frames of blackness . |
| 9 | No. 20056 runs through on its way to Deepcar to collect a failed diesel shunter . |
| 10 | Following a dramatic rise in the US dollar exchange rate on the black market , from 6,000 intis at the end of October to 11,200 on Nov. 21 ( and to 14,000 intis by May 1990 ) , transit through the Tacna border with Chile and border points with Ecuador and Bolivia was restricted for 15 days as from Nov. 21 to crack down on smuggling and illegal trading in US dollars , particularly in the Chilean free zone of Iquique . |
| 11 | Crawford , David Hemmings , Susan George , Judy Geeson , Olivia Hussey and Francesca Annis all started out on their film careers with the foundation . |
| 12 | Volume IV catches up on student work and the expressive , figurative work of the 1950s , while Volume VIII deals with a hybrid group from the 1980s which harks back to this earlier preoccupation with the body . |
| 13 | When the two partners first set up on their own — according to Byrne , with only $5000 capital and giving up a secure future — they did so under the guise of an employment agency , so that they would not appear to be in direct competition with their ex-employers . |
| 14 | Vauxhall 16-valve four loses out on power to supercharged VW engine , but matches its 137mph . |
| 15 | Although workers tended to stay with one firm most of the time , fluctuations in trade meant that it was by no means unknown to move about on a short-term basis . |
| 16 | From a height of 90 metres one looks down on an emerging pattern of roads , lakes and gardens , which will shortly be lined with pavilions from over a hundred countries . |
| 17 | Stone felt a moment 's irritation , but with luck , and following the roundabout route that they had worked out the evening before , Chrissie should make any tail difficult to pick up on her . |
| 18 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 19 | ‘ Are n't you and Charles due to go off on holiday soon ? ’ she queried , when tea and biscuits were duly dispensed to Lucy and she could sit down on a wicker-backed chair and sip her own . |
| 20 | ( The Number one left hard light must be on Silver or Knitmaster electronics and the Number 6 switch down on Brother electronics ) . |
| 21 | Number 3 started out on the left wing with Nicholson again . |
| 22 | Well back in September a few weeks after the quarry men first came out on strike a few of us went up to the picket line , a few of the women . |
| 23 | With its operations obliged to shut down on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays , the carrier losses more than 60 flying days a year . |
| 24 | The Pineapple Spa was built in eighteen o seven to cash in on the craze for spring water and its healing properties . |
| 25 | We 've been out here too long and risked too much for Earth Central to give up on us now . ’ |
| 26 | The Church , the vicar and the Archdeacon and the Bishop all weighed in on Gray 's side so it was quietly dropped and he got his parish here a year later . |
| 27 | London share prices closed slightly lower , recouping early losses which sent the FT-SE 100 Index of leading shares 31.7 points down on fears of recession . |
| 28 | An external 2-pole 5-way switch will then be needed and the circuit shown in Fig. 13 built up on a small board . |