Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We go downstairs and sit side-by-side on the sofa . |
| 2 | Concentrate rather on the walking itself . |
| 3 | And significantly , her boss and colleague sit in on the trial , revealing their emotional investment in what 's at stake . |
| 4 | sit in on the public |
| 5 | Erm it was actually somebody who came for an interview and you know how you sit in on the presentations when you do the group presentations ? |
| 6 | I sit down on the edge of the chair and put my arm around her . |
| 7 | Right , sit down on the bed and give me your legs . ’ |
| 8 | I sit down on the floor next to Marie and look round . |
| 9 | I sit down on the bench and look up at the sky . |
| 10 | She sit down on the chair but she 'll want to stand up a little bit cause we got bins underneath and she wants to put her feet on the bins |
| 11 | Come on , sit down on the step . |
| 12 | Mandy rushed over , and made her sit down on the couch . |
| 13 | Have your partner sit down on the mat , extending one leg and flexing the other . |
| 14 | You can buy those things that you push down on the top like that , and you |
| 15 | If we push down on the canvas by putting a heavy object on it we create a dent . |
| 16 | Professional conjurers who do complicated and difficult tricks practise until they can totally forget the technique and concentrate entirely on the audience . |
| 17 | In previous years the banks have been lined with marquees offering hospitality as riverside farmers cash in on the regatta … even though they have virtually nothing to do with it . |
| 18 | He said the key to SmithKline 's success was its ability to market and sell brands and cash in on the potential of new products . |
| 19 | For goodness sake crack down on the use of the word potager , which does not appear in my dictionary ( Concise , Oxford ) . |
| 20 | What I am suggesting is that I think if you if you concentrate only on the question of who are the chief officers that 's very important and that 's very indicative , but it 's not the whole story . |
| 21 | As such it is difficult to do more than introduce some issues and concentrate only on the subset of issues that have figured most prominently in the public finance sub-discipline . |
| 22 | If he was to become the Asian Superman of Nietzsche 's teachings , he must cast aside all thought of pleasure and sensual gratification and concentrate only on the task before him ! |
| 23 | I mean obviously on the whole he ca n't guarantee what sort of priest we 're going to get , but the whole meeting was quite positive . |
| 24 | At Crackington Haven , flanked by the soaring cliffs of Cambeak and Pencannow Point , Atlantic rollers crash in on the tide . |
| 25 | For the producers of material X , for example , although not currently selling X to exporting firms , can argue that , if they were not supplying firms that sell only on the home market , those firms would have to buy imported supplies of X , and that , if the firms that now supply X to exporting firms were unable to do so , they would be able to take their place . |
| 26 | Yes , you mean literally on the corner ? |
| 27 | If it is a view you are after , then better to go to the top of the Pic du Midi than remain down on the col , for from there the prospect has for long been famous , especially to the north over the plains and , on a good day , westward to the Atlantic . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sorry to interrupt , ’ they say politely on the phone , and I sit up straighter and always feel guilty . |
| 29 | Reporters and feature writers wore a path through the pastures of Low Birk Hatt , and now they knock constantly on the door of Belle Vue Cottage , Cotherstone . |
| 30 | And we always home in on the cost of a full page . |