Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
2 | ‘ Did you , as a matter of interest , happen to see me on The Human Angle last week ? ’ |
3 | If you did , if you failed them on a regular basis , you would n't be here , right ? |
4 | They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave . |
5 | Certainly , according to Hardie , ‘ in the case of allocating insurance premiums on particular lines of cover when setting individual budgets for the following year , head offices could look at their operating units ’ past claims records and load them on the poor performers while even awarding the equivalent of no claims bonuses to the good ones . |
6 | Made from the latest in Polymer technology Asics Gel has the unique ability to absorb vertical impact forces and disperse them on a horizontal plane . |
7 | Pa sits me on the wooden bench he has built facing the altar , and himself sits down next to me . |
8 | You 'll want them on a long-line sweater or jacket , or else on a kind of Jolly Roger jumpsuit . |
9 | For example , the snake uses its forked tongue to gather scent particles from the air and tastes them on a special membrane , called Jacobson 's organ , at the back of its mouth . |
10 | A health clinic has stepped in to help patients who ca n't find a dentist to treat them on the National Health Service . |
11 | They say they ca n't afford to treat them on the National Health . |
12 | The terms of the contracts in this category are rarely negotiated ; instead , they are prepared by or for one party who effectively imposes them on the other party to the contract , saying " If you want to do business with me , you must use my terms " . |
13 | It should out-point them on the rough stuff , too , for the Range Rover is still king of the wild frontiers . |
14 | When he spied his guests , he jumped to his feet and called a greeting , straightening the chairs and holding them one after the other to steady them on the uneven gravel while they sat down . |
15 | And carry them , either carry them , or push them on a two-wheeled trolley , all through the round the lace market to 's , and various other And if I were lucky , and the 's van was going round the lace market , and I 'd got three or four parcels , I used to go with little Tommy and his horse and van , round the lace market , and he was delivering dress goods then . |
16 | As I panted in the thin air , a herdboy passed me on the broken steps which zigzagged up the mountainside , joining the smooth terraces with their retaining walls of stone . |
17 | A van passed them on the other carriageway . |
18 | A car passed them on the single track road , heading north ; they stood aside to let it pass , waving at the single occupant when he waved at them . |
19 | So massive a change of emphasis must be of fundamental significance , not only to the anthropologist and the social historian , but to the child psychologists , psychiatrists and psychotherapists whose very existence as a group depends upon the climate of opinion which regards their professional skills as valuable and necessary , and which places them on an equal footing in social esteem with the more anciently respected callings of the paediatrician and the pedagogue . |
20 | Place them on a flat surface and look at the heel counter from behind . |
21 | Place them on a sandy layer over seed compost in trays , adding more sand to cover all but the tips . |
22 | Their phone call came to my home in Hampstead inviting me to come to Toronto to meet them on the following Sunday . |
23 | ‘ Then perhaps you can assist me on a minor point of methodology ? ’ |
24 | ( Hartman has shown that the average person has one or less nightmares a year ; and only one person in 500 has them on a weekly basis . ) |
25 | ‘ I think I caught everyone on the wrong foot at Ayresome Park when I increased my shareholding to 48 per cent earlier in the season . ’ |
26 | You also get to know them on a personal basis too … |
27 | ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day . |
28 | The potters decorated cups with closely set vertical stripes , painting them on a wet slip , deliberately causing the edges to blur . |
29 | Manchester United wait on Bryan Robson 's decision on his fitness for the Rumbelows Cup Final against Nottingham Forest today , and hope to use the match to launch them on the final leg of their title procession . |
30 | Remove the stitches from the standard gauge machine with the garter bar and replace them on the chunky machine . |