Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] on some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when I bent down on some pretext and could see into his face it seemed possible that he was laughing at himself as well as flustered . |
| 2 | ‘ After taking off from Bermuda , I thought I could catch up on some sleep . |
| 3 | They would then find that they were hanging around for hours and the crafty ones would try to find a prop bed to catch up on some sleep . |
| 4 | Fifty miles south-west of the railway line bomb , 13 Platoon of 6 UDR reported in for duty at 0600 ; they had been hoping for a quiet day , in order to catch up on some training . |
| 5 | Anyway , I really do need to catch up on some paperwork , so you 'd be doing me a favour . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll have got my bearings by tomorrow , so you wo n't need to stand in for me , ’ she said , ‘ but tonight , I do n't mind admitting , I 'll be glad to catch up on some beauty sleep . |
| 7 | The occasional curtained litter or rickshaw sheltered its rich occupant from the sun as he or she ventured out on some errand . |
| 8 | He said , ‘ we are just at the end of the recession and we are about to come out on some sort of curve ’ . |
| 9 | For a sufficient income they depend also on some fishing and the sale to tourists of vegetables , milk and craft products . |
| 10 | Finally , I thought I 'd call Connors and then catch up on some sack . |
| 11 | ‘ If you 're tired , Miss Lea , I suggest you catch up on some sleep when you go back to the hotel . |
| 12 | Her cheeks were pink with excitement , her eyes shiny and bright , as though she was getting ready to go off on some adventure . |
| 13 | ‘ Whoever woulda thought a lad could leave such a pretty little gal to go off on some faraway adventure , eh ? ’ |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Swedish-based Norsys Technology AB is picking up full-scale distribution of Objectivity 's ODBMS in Scandinavia : the pair will also work together on some customer projects . |
| 15 | Dieters keep trying , going back on some diet or other , because they do not want to give up on themselves . |
| 16 | We told him that you had been out all night and that you were catching up on some sleep . |
| 17 | I was just catching up on some paperwork . |
| 18 | To tell us about the the little problem we reported on , reported on something we want to look at , we can home in on some activity . |
| 19 | If one 's intervention is not based directly on some need for sexual assistance , how can one raise these delicate topics without provoking a defensive or offended reaction ? |
| 20 | A bit intoxicated , he thought , as she leaned away from him , pulling the dress up on her fat shoulders , and began again on some exploit of an uncle ( to him an ancestor ) already recounted during the fish course . |
| 21 | " Yeah , they have to spend so much of the galactic year out of the Milky Way or the galactic tax federation hammers them for gigacredits , but instead of paying for expensive inter-galactic travel they camp out on some backwater planet still in the galaxy and just hide , see ? |
| 22 | He could of course simply walk out on some pretext — visiting a friend . |
| 23 | Jock set up an old aircraft wing with a tin of petrol inside to simulate a fuel tank , which he propped up on some oil drums . |
| 24 | Patrick escaped from the party on the excuse that he needed to check up on some security arrangements . |
| 25 | You could also try introducing greenfly on some rose twigs ( Chapter 4 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's the price that has been pulling them out as well as the thought of missing out on some paperwork . |