Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It works with standard audio input devices like microphones , disks and cassette tapes , and plays back on a variety of devices . |
| 2 | This issue of Action newsletter is the first to be typeset , designed and laid out on desktop publishing ( DTP ) equipment which has recently been installed at WACC 's offices in London . |
| 3 | Their park was given over as a whole for building development , and laid out on the gridiron pattern in the middle decades of the eighteenth century . |
| 4 | There were heaps of clothing on the floor , roughly sorted and laid out on newspaper . |
| 5 | ‘ I even have my dress all ready and laid out on the bed . ’ |
| 6 | You see when Steve used to erm come down to Selby I mean there were , there were occasions when I used to go into the college with him and sit in on some of his interviews . |
| 7 | We ca n't go on paying ourselves that sort of money , we ca n't go on , and Mr I know in a minute we 'll talk about the number of people who attend committee meetings erm and sit in on them , and that 's increased considerably , erm , so I think it 's important that we do get down to this problem , we grasp the nettle , and I , I believe that will mean that we start to look seriously at reducing the number of times members come and talk here , and perhaps we let the officers get on with the action that they should be getting on with |
| 8 | ‘ Come and sit down on something more comfortable , ’ he said . |
| 9 | I get on with it most of the afternoon , and I 've still got a stack of unopened buff envelopes in my hand as I head doggedly back up the little twisting staircase and sit down on my hard box seat to get on with it again up here , a task which now looks likely to keep me here after everyone else has gone home . |
| 10 | Again , change hands , push the tiller to where you were sitting , watch for the boom , as it swings across , straighten up and sit down on the new side . |
| 11 | Three months later she joined C&R on a full-time basis , although throughout her maternity leave she had been attending meetings and helping out on special project work . |
| 12 | Stopping the pipes and stepping out on the footpath at the side of the river I walked towards the Green Berets . |
| 13 | Yeah it it means that you can point out that it makes it a lot simpler for someone to just pop over for a night and crash out on the floor . |
| 14 | Each undertook to cover paths and bridleways in the area and to report back on their state . |
| 15 | The danger of serious conflict occurring on the border was anticipated in a motion proposed by the United States and carried in the General Assembly in 1949 authorising UNCOK to observe developments on the border and to report back on clashes that could give rise to war . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , for me , I reckon I can run and swim , and make out on the shooting if I put my mind to it , but the riding — well — I do n't know about the riding . ’ |
| 17 | Their advice should probably have been to go down the High Street to a large newsagents and buy one or more magazines devoted to the PC and read up on the subject . |
| 18 | She seeks out the host queen , and rides about on her back while she quietly performs , to quote Edward Wilson 's artfully macabre understatement , ‘ the one act for which she is uniquely specialized : slowly cutting off the head of her victim ’ . |
| 19 | The ship is due to sail that day : on shore with the captain at a prize-fight , he overhears a plot to kidnap a certain American lady visiting Los Xicales with her brother , and rides out on a bicycle to warn them but also expecting that this will be the moment foretold for that second meeting . |
| 20 | RUSSIA is coming to Britain to sell space technology — including materials for hip joints , rocket sub-assemblies , superglues and remote sensing data on Earth — and cash in on what they believe to be a treasure trove of research . |
| 21 | Escape to the magic of Camelot and cash in on our fantastic offer . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | A good agency interviewer will look through it and pick up on the same gaps and discrepancies which will appear to the job interviewer but will not be looking with any one particular job in mind . |
| 24 | Clarify and summarise what 's been said and pick up on points in stories : ‘ And then ? ’ |
| 25 | He removes his parka , wrapping it around the muzzle of his Sturm-Ruger , and sits back on the step of the lectern . |
| 26 | The band failed to advise said fans , who have endured a five-year wait to see them play live in the UK , that tickets went on sale last Saturday , and sold out on the same day . |
| 27 | The crested helmet of the warrior gleamed in dawn sun and he turned and rode down on Tallis . |
| 28 | Then he climbed back into the saddle and rode off on his grey : a small , sallow man in the red , green and white uniform of the chasseurs of the Guard . |
| 29 | A white Volkswagen Beetle crawled towards me out of the fog and passed by on the left . |
| 30 | ‘ Goodnight , ’ she says firmly and turns over on her side . |