Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] [pers pn] on [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So we agreed to compromise with him on certain things , in return for him keeping his nose out of my business . ’
2 No , but if the hon. Gentleman has views that he would like to express to me on that closure , I should be delighted to hear from him .
3 If you have any comments you would like to make to me on this exercise I shall be most grateful to receive them .
4 His most interesting essays during this period are , in fact , on specific poets , and are quite unencumbered by the theoretical baggage which he felt compelled to carry with him on other occasions ; as a result , they show his criticism at its best — witty , cogent , perceptive .
5 I am interested to see that the Minister of State , Foreign and Commonwealth Office , with his deep knowledge of the Spanish people and countryside , seems to agree with me on that .
6 I have been asked to write to you on this matter because this hazard was drawn to your attention in my letter of 18th April 1991 following the Annual Parish Meeting .
7 How did you manage to look after them on such a small wage ?
8 " CAO expressed disappointment that we did not seem to agree with him on this point , but added that he was faced with a grave administrative problem with hundreds of thousands of German PoWs on his hands and could not bother at this time about who might or who might not be handed over to the Russians or Partisans to be shot . "
9 CAO expressed disappointment that we did not seem to agree with him on this point but added that he was faced with a grave administrative problem with hundreds of thousands of German PoWs on his hands and could not bother at this time about who might or might not be turned over to the Russians and Partisans to be shot .
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