Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bill to reform what was seen as an unjust system has made a speedy passage on to the statute book after cross-party agreement to support the move . |
| 2 | So I 'll explain how we want to do a three-page feature on , for the sake of argument , the literary genius of Melvyn Bragg . |
| 3 | What I want to spend a few minutes on again this is something we 'll test tomorrow , right so I 'm giving you , training 's all about doing what do you think ? |
| 4 | Because they 'd got a tremendous struggle on , they 'd got a tremendous struggle on , they were struggling against tremendous odds , they were struggling against er er all sorts of er er of er of trickery , that er was being conducted by quite a quite a few of the er quite a few of the major powers . |
| 5 | Because they 'd got a tremendous struggle on , they 'd got a tremendous struggle on , they were struggling against tremendous odds , they were struggling against er er all sorts of er er of er of trickery , that er was being conducted by quite a quite a few of the er quite a few of the major powers . |
| 6 | No half day Saturdays , half day Saturdays , yes and then er I , I used to stay waiting for mother to come and my sister er to do the shopping in Willenhall cos they would n't shop anywhere else , and then erm my brother used to come with his cycle and er I used to carry a lot of the shopping back and my brother used to push a lot on his , on his cycle and mother and my sister used to stay down and have another walk around , but we 'd got to walk it back I 'd come back on the wagonette so or just after the buses started but er I 'll never forget the first time the bus ran it was pouring with rain and my sister was standing in front of me and she 'd got a new mac on and of course we were getting very wet and there was a scramble to get on the bus and the lady in front of her had got a bag of flour and of course the bag burst and went all down her |
| 7 | ‘ The magnitude of the changes we are seeing introduces a fundamental unpredictability on to the situation in Europe . |
| 8 | well he 's got to fix a proper roof on I suppose |
| 9 | The thing that worries some people is that as it 's come at this particular time that some of the things that might have been done five years ago by Local Education Authorities to improve their whole education for children with special needs may now , either through other competing financial pressures , or through inertia or whatever , the whole spirit of Warnock could be lost , and I think it 's a thing that , you know , one will have to keep a careful eye on . |
| 10 | Cos the man said to me , look you 've got a new flue on ! |
| 11 | After his apology to her , Richard stops in anecdote and says to Melanie , ‘ You 've got a polite jumper on . |
| 12 | You 've got a white coat on . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Seems to me you 've got a man-sized job on , judging by that lot . ’ |
| 14 | I 've got a funny hat on , ah that 's fair enough is n't it ? |
| 15 | Now , as you all know , we 've got a big job on , and we 're going to have to work every hour there is to get The Hooded Owl up to the standard I know it can reach . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've had a few numbers on . ’ |
| 17 | But Mandy 's gift for drama and her change to a quavering old voice had brought a reluctant smile on to Charity 's lips . |
| 18 | Oh he 's got a nice shirt on . |
| 19 | A budgie found found this morning in the Bobsmill area it 's yellow and green , two nine three eight two five two nine three eight two five can you call after four o'clock and er last one a cat found in Standhill Road in Carlton found last night it 's black and white and it 's got a pink collar on , five two six six seven one five two six six seven one . |
| 20 | He 's he 's got a striped apron on . |
| 21 | Hello — this one 's got a funny stamp on . |
| 22 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |