Example sentences of "they [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , she could put up with that until they got on board . |
| 2 | Talking of exotic locations , our lucky fashion department have been off to colourful Morocco , to see how they got on turn to page 37 . |
| 3 | Obviously , if they did n't shoot someone every ten minutes they got on edge . |
| 4 | They remain on display today in the Crown Room of the Castle , the very room built for them in the reign of James VI . |
| 5 | They lived on success and despair . |
| 6 | Otherwise they lived on Harvest Crunch bran cereal and chocolate . |
| 7 | They lived on East Broadway where they had been able to afford property . |
| 8 | Indeed , the Ravenna Annals seem to suggest that the court did not recognize the barbarians as a significant problem ; they concentrate on recording and depicting the failures and executions of usurpers . |
| 9 | Although Browne says that the bulk of suppliers follow market leaders , Hoskyns Plc , AT&T Istel , and Electronic Data Systems Corp , he believes that unless they concentrate on niche markets or certain technology sectors , such as personal computers and distributed systems , they face high risks and low margins . |
| 10 | The trouble with our research and development programmes in information technology ( IT ) today is that they concentrate on technology push . |
| 11 | JUST WHAT Arsenal might have achieved in Europe this season must remain a matter for speculation , but as they sit on top of the Premier League today manager George Graham insists on thinking ahead rather than looking back . |
| 12 | Nottinghamshire County Council wo n't confirm what the latest allegations are about but it 's been reported that they centre on fraud and sexual harassment at Redoaks . |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire County Council wo n't confirm what the latest allegations are about but it 's reported that they centre on fraud and sexual abuse at Redoaks . |
| 14 | They insist on loyalty . ’ |
| 15 | From daytime feeding grounds up to twenty miles away , they converge on Abbey Park to roost for the night . |
| 16 | They arrange crews , sailing one per three beginners for the first week ; for the second week they coach on request . |
| 17 | Perhaps the most fundamental characteristic of financial reports is that they are produced by management , they report on management but they are addressed to owners and others external to the reporting organization . |
| 18 | They concentrated on observation of people in their ‘ natural habitat ’ , watching , listening , talking , taking life-histories , and recording . |
| 19 | The business continued to produce flour up to 1932 , after which they concentrated on flour factoring and the preparation of animal feed . |
| 20 | Whilst drawings , sketches and designs are all protected because they appear on paper or in some visual and tangible form , the concept or idea for a work is not in itself protected . |
| 21 | Unfortunately the jagged beams and stepped curves print out exactly as they appear on screen . |
| 22 | They drew on government legislation , park plans , guidance from statutory bodies , such as the Countryside Council for Wales , and common sense in presenting their opposing cases to the full conference on the last day for a decision . |
| 23 | Transactions differ in the strains they place on decision-making ability , the scope they give for opportunism , and the degree to which they involve human dignity . |
| 24 | but when they came to put into the new concrete support cradles , they found on average there was 30 feet of peat on top of the bedrock , so it could easily have been done . |
| 25 | They bounced on stage , played two numbers with professional skill and disappeared . |
| 26 | And only sometimes do they focus on legislation . ’ |
| 27 | How can they concentrate on career priorities when so many biological and social changes are occurring ? |
| 28 | And it is good coffee , and the stuff they provide on Maternity is revolting ! ’ |
| 29 | Oh they changed on account of all containers you see . |
| 30 | I mean basically he 's put that into account and then it 's how much will they need on top of that so he total that he would need would be three hundred and seventy thousand pounds of which there is a hundred seventy thousand so the shortfall 's twenty thousand , or two hundred thousand . |