Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would n't want to meet him on a dark night , ’ breathed Arthur , trying to make light of the incident . |
| 2 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
| 3 | It suddenly crossed my mind that perhaps he thought I had come to see him on a professional level , that I was in need of spiritual help or whatever . |
| 4 | After the series of treaties in 1854 – 58 which helped to launch her on a rapid and irreversible process of change it could even still be questioned whether full-scale diplomatic representation there was worth what it cost . |
| 5 | One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck . |
| 6 | ‘ I would not have expected to accompany you on a romantic walk with your girlfriend , ’ Jenna said hotly , her cheeks flushing at this idea of being relegated to invalidity again . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've come to advise you on the last two appointments to your team . ’ |
| 8 | She is pictured with boyfriend , operations supervisor at the computer centre , who invited to join her on the two-day trip . |
| 9 | — JON Gittens , a key figure in Middlesbrough clinching a place in the new Premier League next season , wants to join them on a permanent basis from Southampton . |
| 10 | I hope to see you on the 29th at Bronllys . |
| 11 | We hope to see you on the 7th December , especially people from the south and west of the county . |
| 12 | ‘ Did you , as a matter of interest , happen to see me on The Human Angle last week ? ’ |
| 13 | And you 'll be pleased to know that Frank Dobson has agreed to meet us on the fourteenth of June and we will make sure , to the best of our effort , that that policy will be endorsed . |
| 14 | Bad Points : Rather expensive unless you are going to use it on a regular basis . |
| 15 | And believe it or not we 've got to put him on a high chair to enable him to manage his instrument . ’ |
| 16 | Lastly , I would like to congratulate you on the new look ( suck suck ) , and I especially like the PD pages . |
| 17 | In the name of the International Lesbian and Gay Association ( IGLA ) , I would like to congratulate you on the positive stand that Amnesty International has taken at its recent International Council Meeting regarding people imprisoned solely for their homosexuality . |
| 18 | I 'd also like to congratulate you on the exceptional photographs in the Stephen Hawking article which were both honest and deeply moving . |
| 19 | It is thought that a sum of about £5,000 will be needed to carry the scheme through successfully and that a membership of 300 would be needed to maintain it on a sound basis . |
| 20 | Right , now , erm , were going to have it on the actual headings as far as the minutes concerned cos we did n't deal with anything very much last time , but the next item on the agenda erm , is usually campaigns and Amnesty erm usually has one or two or more campaigns running on a particular aspect of it 's work or a particular country and there was some that really started maybe two or three years ago and which have continued erm in a smaller form since that time . |
| 21 | I 'd like to get you on a slow boat to China ? |
| 22 | Damian said thickly , and strode towards her , ‘ My God , I 'm just going to throw you on the bloody bed and — ’ |
| 23 | Simple as sneezing to put him on the defensive . |
| 24 | ‘ There is a big future for this club , and I intend to put it on the right footing . |
| 25 | You would n't mind if he married your daughter , but you would n't want to put him on the front page . |
| 26 | Never daring to use them on a regular basis , they were placed inside a display cabinet for many years . |
| 27 | You also get to know them on a personal basis too … |
| 28 | We arranged to meet him on the early train at Skipton the next day and off he went to his bog . |
| 29 | Much to his surprise , he found Burn was already staying there but ‘ laid up with a severe illness ’ , so he arranged to meet him on the following Monday . |
| 30 | He kept her prisoner in her own home and threatened to electrocute her on a sunbed and burn her with an iron . |