Sentence examples for they break on from inspiring English sources

The leaves are considered ready for plucking when they break on being bent.

"We will be able to fix things when they break on a timely basis," said Joseph Wuensch, the deputy police commissioner for management and budget.

He concludes, "And always it is the same: the slender palm trees leaning over the white sand, the warm sun sparkling on the waves as they break on the inshore reef, the outrigger fishing boats drawn up high on the beach.

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Because you can print parts for it quickly using almost any 3D printer and it weighs only a few grams, you can carry a few of them and not worry if they break on transport.

They are too hard to transport, and they sometimes don't break on impact.

"We played OK, but they broke on us twice.

"That was the defining moment when they broke on the counter," he said.

They broke on some important subjects like welfare, labor and trade issues, and their ties suffered from the competition for recognition typical of senators from the same state.

They broke on many issues, but most recently over an investigation by the Haitian Parliament into whether senior government officials held dual nationality, a violation of the Constitution that would disqualify them from their jobs.

The visitors had been the more threatening team in the opening 20 minutes here, when they broke on several occasions and Arsenal looked both sloppy and a little vulnerable.