Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case of the chartered accountant who has just been found guilty of a serious reckless driving offence only came to the Institute 's attention by chance , when an Investigation Committee member heard about it on the radio . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm surprised I have n't heard about you on the grapevine . |
| 3 | But , Father , I never meant to kill , when I slipped out alone , and went to wait for him on the path by which I knew he must return . |
| 4 | At rehearsals , Les Cox agreed it would be wiser not to practise falling down the stairs as it was a skill which took months to acquire — better just to go for it on the night . |
| 5 | That goes for everyone on the mainland as well . |
| 6 | I 'll think about it on the way home . ’ |
| 7 | In short , Labour and the Liberal Democrats will have the argument won for them on the ground — and as long as they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation , rather than punitive redistribution , the current election election result has given them a platform from which effectively to challenge for power next time round . |
| 8 | Max Gate , the house Hardy designed for himself on the edge of town , is stranded behind a new roundabout and it is difficult now to imagine him setting out from there to ride along the lanes with Kipling or H. G. Wells . |
| 9 | If there 's a traffic jam anywhere the new information unit will let you know about it on the hour as well . |
| 10 | It beat about them on the wind as men shook their fists and shouted , faces shining . |
| 11 | His prosperity is shown by the ‘ magnificent dwelling house ’ which he built for himself on the north Thames frontage immediately to the east of the Fleet canal . |
| 12 | ‘ I can leaf through them on the train , and they might give me something to go on . ’ |
| 13 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 14 | It really was a quite extraordinary sight to see this giant Headmistress dangling the small boy high in the air and the boy spinning and twisting like something on the end of a string and shrieking his head off . |
| 15 | D' you reckon mom will agree to come with us on the skiing ? |
| 16 | I had an Abaya ( the long black gown ) which I had carried with me on the plane and a scarf to cover my hair , so I was able to enter the Ministry of Health without shocking the men too much . |
| 17 | Knitweave can be thought of as a stocking stitch fabric with the weaving yarn caught into it on the purl side . |
| 18 | ‘ They disagreed with him on the size of the tax reduction . |
| 19 | In any proceeding in which no pre-trial review has been fixed , the district judge may nonetheless give notice to the parties requiring them to appear before him on the day named in the notice , so that the question of giving directions may be considered ( Ord 17 , rr 10 and 11(4) ) . |
| 20 | He looked at me as if I had trodden in something on the way in . |
| 21 | She thought of the times she had put her hand into Nick 's , how she had sat beside him on the grass only half an hour ago . |
| 22 | Yeah , so she 's going to come to me on the bus on the twenty third . |
| 23 | When Blanche and Dexter arrived he was mumbling to himself on the side of the bed , hands clasped in the lap of his dressing gown . |
| 24 | Once a month we reported to them on the editorial , marketing and financial developments of the magazine . |
| 25 | He knelt beside her on the hearthrug . |
| 26 | The idea of starting an airline had come to him on the demise of Laker Airways in February 1982 . |
| 27 | Julia went to stand beside him on the minute balcony and stared down across the valley . |
| 28 | Because it would have been childish to refuse she stepped out and went to stand beside him on the snow . |
| 29 | Yes , I have n't brought the modular things I mentioned to you on the phone the other day but I think it would be very useful to sit down and look at structuring that |
| 30 | Mount Patrick appeared to have the race sewn up after he collared Radiant Monarch two out , but he stopped to nothing on the run-in and Ovac Star swept past . |