Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hope you 're coming to see me on the first night , Georg . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | ‘ Did you , as a matter of interest , happen to see me on The Human Angle last week ? ’ |
| 4 | They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave . |
| 5 | The importance of locational specifications in general can be gauged from the fact that there seem to be two basic ways of referring to objects — by describing or naming them on the one hand , and by locating them on the other ( Lyons , 1977a : 648 ) . |
| 6 | One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent . |
| 7 | Pa sits me on the wooden bench he has built facing the altar , and himself sits down next to me . |
| 8 | The flight was successfully undertaken to the area of Kerkenah Island , where two 22X Squadron Sunderlands met the Hurricanes and led them on the last leg to the island . |
| 9 | A health clinic has stepped in to help patients who ca n't find a dentist to treat them on the National Health Service . |
| 10 | They say they ca n't afford to treat them on the National Health . |
| 11 | 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 " . |
| 12 | It should out-point them on the rough stuff , too , for the Range Rover is still king of the wild frontiers . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A van passed them on the other carriageway . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ I rang the airport straight away — they 've booked me on the first flight out . |
| 21 | Remove the stitches from the standard gauge machine with the garter bar and replace them on the chunky machine . |
| 22 | You ought to find someone on the same wavelength , who knows your mind , your love of freedom , who thinks of you the same instant you think of him . |
| 23 | Finally , helped by a rope suspended from the cliff top , we found ourselves on the central plateau . |
| 24 | Detectives say someone on the main road most have seen the rope being tied in place at about 8.30 p.m. last night . |
| 25 | Conflicts with his superiors deprived him of the prospect of promotion , and at the age of twenty-five he found himself on the retired list , reduced to half pay in 1812 . |
| 26 | Asked what he would feel like if , on Sunday night , he found himself on the 18th tee tied for the lead , he replied that it could only be a ‘ shattering experience ’ . |
| 27 | That they were left to themselves is evident , for Eusebius of Nicomedia , who was close to Constantine , found himself on the losing side in the debate about the relationship between Father and Son , defeated by a group led by a mere deacon ( though soon to be a bishop ) , Athanasius of Alexandria . |
| 28 | The original score — the two movements completed by Mozart , and the rest added by Süssmayr in a hand almost indistinguishable ( deliberately so ) from Mozart 's — was given to Count Walsegg , who for once found himself on the receiving end of a little deception . |
| 29 | John Stork — when in his mid-30s — became aware of headhunting when he found himself on the receiving end of a headhunter 's call for the first time ; in due course he became the successful candidate , but did not take the job , staying on as a member of the international Board of Masius Wynne-Williams advertising agency , where he had earlier been head of research . |
| 30 | Paul Way found himself on the receiving end of a £100 fine for a breach of the P.G.A . |