Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Sadly for them , their response to it works against them and encourages the very behaviour they fear most .
2 On reflection , though , she doubted if she 'd got enough crocks or cutlery and ‘ what was they going ter sit on ? ’
3 It is completely parallel and can intelligently farm bits of itself and applications across multiple processors , or alternatively sit on just one .
4 ‘ There 's a certain self-perpetuating establishment core of goody-goodies who sit on [ the records ] , even extract and destroy files .
5 It is completely parallel and can intelligently farm bits of itself and applications across multiple processors , or alternatively sit on just one .
6 " I do n't think I 'll ever feel anything ever again with the region I sit on , " grinned Chuck as he continued to bounce up and down on the plank bench .
7 Even the stones we sit on
8 I 've just asked him about the collaborative review the focus is apparently on national curriculum so that means maths , English and , but they want to look ge more general issues and because they 're in on a Wens Tuesday and a Wednesday he said that they would go in a look at , three of them would go in a look at taught tutorial lessons they will want to talk to me about the tutorial programme I would hope that that would involve somebody else cos I 've got the bit of the fence that I sit on and ask one or two of you to give your opinion if , if you 're available .
9 Sit on maybe thirteen or fourteen eggs .
10 Me me mo sit on .
11 Sit on here .
12 Sit on there .
13 Yeah , that 's it , or sit on there or get
14 If you sit on
15 That 's right you sit on there and I 'll get the kiddies together
16 Go on go and sit on
17 Go and sit on there , go on !
18 Six or seven has the same effect if you land right , leaving you with an aching crotch and bruised joints if you 're lucky .
19 When federalists bleat on about how interdependent the world is , one wonders what world they live in .
20 I persisted , rather surprised that somebody who really had done something was so reticent , when there are people , like me for instance , who bleat on about the most tawdry experiences .
21 The beams are reflected at M 1 ( M 2 ) , return , recombine coherently at M again , and are detected by a photosensitive device .
22 Well then I went to a private school on Road , two maiden ladies kept that , and we were taught to er walk properly , sit properly , dance , music , learnt the piano there , and embroider , and erm chiefly the educational side of schooling was almost non-existent .
23 Susie , 41 , has suffered from multiple sclerosis for 20 years and knows from first-hand experience the difficulty in finding facilities geared up for those who actually gain most from regular exercise .
24 Taking notes is one of the best ways to stay alert and gain most from lectures , but how many notes and what sort ?
25 A key fact about the tax benefit welfare state is that those on the highest incomes gain most .
26 In the end he settled for a rather Egyptian standing pose with both their faces front on and the bodies half turned away .
27 Drexel successfully pioneered a mezzanine layer of financing between equity and bank debt for medium-sized American companies .
28 Ribose ring puckers are not well defined at this resolution , and were not specifically restrained during refinement , but deviate little from their original C2'- endo conformation in the initial model .
29 He claims these reptiles make superb pets as they sit incredibly still for hours and then go on the rampage — very much like Pest Control staff !
30 It is the custom , you understand , for the bride and groom to slip away from the wedding during the evening celebration , and hide somewhere — at a friend 's for example . ’
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