Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do , above all , make time to talk to your son or daughter — particularly if they want to sound you out on the subject . |
| 2 | When Swan heard that Harvey was at the Ministry of Transport , he tried to draw him out on the subject of motorways in Warwickshire , but the junior Minister in charge of roads said that this was not the time or place to discuss the subject . |
| 3 | Half-blinded by blood from his cuts , he put the plane into a dive and somehow managed to land the right side up — despite the appearance of a third enemy plane which tried to polish him off on the way down . |
| 4 | How much would Donald need to get him back on the road ? |
| 5 | ‘ It has put me back on the golf course , ’ he said . |
| 6 | They 'll accept it and put send it through on the nod if we can get his support . |
| 7 | I was looking for then features ed James Brown , who 'd phoned me up on the strength of Issue One of my fanzine This Is This ( which went on to sell in excess of 30 copies to my friends and family ) . |
| 8 | notes you have made to fill you in on the background and performance of the company : |
| 9 | You 've got to work it out on the basis of ten miles not on the basis of five miles . |
| 10 | It 's forty years old and will set you back five and a half thousand pounds — but for that you can be sure no-one will dare cut you up on the motorway . |
| 11 | Well , now that I 've tracked you down , perhaps you would n't mind letting me in on the key to all this mystery . |
| 12 | He would have been happier if the Latin American had made at least a pretence at attempting to beat him down on the charter price . |
| 13 | Such behaviour is essential when you are training your dog to run free outside as you will want to put it back on the leash at the end of the period of exercise . |
| 14 | As you recall that successful scene , whenever something comes up that you enjoyed jot it down on the sheet entitled ‘ I would like more of this ! ’ |
| 15 | Now Stacey , I remember , she used to , this is , must be mentioned within the bunk as well , cos I , for some reason I remember sitting her down on the chair to dress her by the bunk |
| 16 | Despite his strange dealings in the transfer market up to now , I 'm still one of the pro-Wilko group , and I 'm not going to start slagging him off on the basis of rumours about what he might conceivably do . |
| 17 | He referred to the policy of separate development as ‘ apart-hate ’ in his first few letters , until somebody must have clued him in on the correct spelling . |
| 18 | you 'll have to put them up on the ceiling |
| 19 | I felt disillusioned , stale and cynical and I wanted to take a break before I started taking it out on the callers . |
| 20 | If it had been left to me I would have put him out on the street long ago . |
| 21 | One biggish living room and a little back kitchen with no water and no sanitation and if you wanted to dispose of your water you 'd have to take it out on the roadside and chuck it down the main drain . |
| 22 | They preferred to sit it out on the Fosse Way . |
| 23 | Jed 's idea of doing something special was to be allowed to help her out on the estate , almost as if he was afraid that he 'd find himself abandoned if he did n't make himself useful . |
| 24 | To my mind , the excellent Ms Phillips would be able to give a much funnier performance if she were allowed to let us in on the truth from the outset . |
| 25 | Most of you did roughed it out on the back and some very quick workers who got it back in the front . |
| 26 | He had carried her along on the groundswell of his own forceful personality , but now that the ride was over she had time to wonder if she 'd done the right thing . |
| 27 | In reminding himself that his responsibilities were for the President , he recalled the way that Mariana had looked at the old man that first day when he had met them out on the dock , the President casting for bonefish . |
| 28 | It was nearly forty years since the history master had bawled him out on the pavement over there , in front of the House of Commons . |
| 29 | ‘ She told me she had made it up on the spot as soon as she saw the bloke . ’ |
| 30 | That she had n't heard of the plan was scarcely surprising , since Belinda had made it up on the spur of the moment . |