Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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1 | If you are working on the floor , sit cross-legged if possible or kneel on a mat . |
2 | The task is either hopeless or depends on a very bold speculation about brain differences , if one focuses only on the wink itself . |
3 | Frequently the tower had to be left unfinished or left on the drawing-board , awaiting more funds . |
4 | Cut and sew is very much easier than shaping on the machine so do try it if you have not already done so . |
5 | The more light that falls on the eyes , the more the pupils contract to vertical slits ; the less light there is , the more they open up to round , black pools . |
6 | On arrival at the theatre I was met by Mr and Mrs Alexander Heymeyer , the latter was originally Scottish and born on the Isle of Skye . |
7 | To ignore this and focus on the false antithesis of punctuation versus gradualism , with no mechanism to explain either , is to engage in a scholastic war of words largely devoid of scientific content . |
8 | Go through this and continue on the good track into the woodland , passing a ‘ crossroads ’ with a wall and gate on the right . |
9 | It was a dazzling Saturday afternoon , and the park was full of contented people : children stood knicker-deep in bliss , stroking the paddling-pool as if it were some great tame animal ; attendant mothers soaked in the sun ; lovers were prone and entranced on the grass . |
10 | Briefly , serum ( 1 ml ) was diluted with two volumes of isotonic saline and extracted on a small column of octadecysilane bonded silica at 64°C . |
11 | She 's blond , Sloaney , utterly vacuous and gossips on the phone . |
12 | I held her , trying to appear calm and composed on the outside , a shaking wreck on the inside . |
13 | Worrying about people 's comments instead of keeping calm and concentrating on the flying and on getting down safely is often the root cause of a bad landing . |
14 | A vicar has now joined the ranks of the unemployed and signed on the dole . |
15 | Slice the eggs in half and arrange on a serving dish on a bed of torn frisee lettuce . |
16 | This castle , built c. 1130 , is of stone and is about 125 feet high and based on a plan 70 feet square . |
17 | The right hand was high and rested on a vertical spear , the left is on the hip . |
18 | The columns were part of an octastyle portico , each 48 feet high and standing on a 22 feet podium . |
19 | The house was old and situated on the outskirts of London . |
20 | After all , it is about the conservation of the old and founded on a suspicion of the new . |
21 | As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’ |
22 | As the waves crashed round the hilltops the wizards ' palaces broke free and floated on the surface of the waves . |
23 | When the exercises finished for the day , he relaxed into numbness , his mind free and floating on a gently rocking tide . |
24 | He focused again on the patterns made by damp and mould on a patch of distempered mortar level with his eyes — a piece of coastline seen from a hill , headlands enclosing a bay with a wide curve . |
25 | Turning away from the commscreen , she saw Ari sitting hunched and troubled on the bed . |
26 | All of these sizes are theoretical and err on the generous side to ensure a safe and floating descent , but they can not take into account any climatic influence . |
27 | There are three pointed arm spines , the longest one located dorsally and nearly equal in length to segment , the other two much shorter and located on the ventral portion of the arm adjacent to the tentacle pores . |
28 | It specialised in producing the fusillage for A272 Coachliners , which were then transported to another of the corporation 's branches for assembling , and smaller ten-seater aircraft which were built , assembled and tested on the site . |
29 | Never mind , as long as you 're careful and tread on the drugget . ’ |
30 | The shackles , the whip and the hoe , these emblems of slavery , lie broken and scattered on the ground ; while the plough , the sickle and the flail , emblematical of improved and free labour are conspicuously displayed . |