Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | How did the company benefit from having me on the staff ? |
| 2 | The rouble became progressively stronger and in 1897 foreign confidence was ensured by placing it on the gold standard . |
| 3 | PCBs are so difficult to destroy , that Rechem 's emission-monitoring systems are geared to detecting them on the grounds that if you destroy PCBs you destroy everything . |
| 4 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that although an adult patient was entitled to refuse consent to treatment irrespective of the wisdom of his decision , for such a refusal to be effective his doctors had to be satisfied that at the time of his refusal his capacity to decide had not been diminished by illness or medication or by false assumptions or misinformation , that his will had not been overborne by another 's influence and that his decision had been directed to the situation in which it had become relevant ; that where a patient 's refusal was not effective the doctors were free to treat him in accordance with their clinical judgment of his best interests ; that in all the circumstances , including T. 's mental and physical state when she signed the form , the pressure exerted on her by her mother and the misleading response to her inquiry as to alternative treatment , her refusal was not effective and the doctors were justified in treating her on the principle of necessity ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's order had been properly made ( post , pp. 786G–H , 795B–F , 796F–H , 797B–F , 798A–B , E–G , 799B–G , H — 800B , E–G , 803C–D , F — 804B , F–G , H — 805B , F ) . |
| 5 | ‘ We thank the Government for relaxing these but this is rather like thanking somebody for refraining from hitting you on the head with a heavy stick , ’ said Brendan Burns , the federation 's Scottish-based UK vice-chairman . |
| 6 | At twilight it is most important to be kind to animals , to refrain from throwing anything on the ground , from riding either horse or camel over the desert , for you might injure a rising djinn and they are vengeful spirits . |
| 7 | Cornered , he resorted to patting her on the shoulder , while across his face flitted the craven smile of a man dealing with an unpredictable pet that yet might turn on him . |
| 8 | So this I thought about doing something on the erm , the new schools ' group what we when we finish the . |
| 9 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 10 | Mungo felt like patting him on the back to show him that they sympathized , but the moment passed , and anyway Mr Zamoyski might not have understood . |
| 11 | Wycliffe felt like patting him on the head , but he thanked him and saw him off with his samples , then he went back to his little office and sat staring at the wall . |
| 12 | I felt like hitting him on the back of the head with a rock . |
| 13 | if they come for a win , itll be a win gained from getting us on the break . |
| 14 | She finished breathlessly , and Greg refrained from enlightening her on the history of New Zealand . |
| 15 | ‘ Why , you 'll start by asking everyone on the Woodfield Estate , and if we still have n't found him , we 'll work our way through the rest of town . |