Example sentences of "[verb] they on the [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , perhaps we can count them on the fingers of one hand . |
| 2 | You could almost count them on the fingers of two |
| 3 | Beside him on the counter were large dirty bottles of gilt glass from which he would take out the stoppers and daub them on the sleeves of passers-by . |
| 4 | Late-night scheduling has been a consistent feature of lesbian and gay programming , exploiting the gay audience 's motivation to watch these programmes while keeping them on the edges of broadcasting . |
| 5 | The Government can not pretend to be concerned with security at army barracks and then , without regard for the soldiers , put them on the streets of London as easy targets for the terrorists . ’ |
| 6 | The Government can not pretend to be concerned with security at army barracks and then , without regard for the soldiers , put them on the streets of London as easy targets for the terrorists . ’ |
| 7 | You put them on the backs of the calendar card . |
| 8 | And then erm one afternoon we went in a dug out canoe erm to look for crocodiles and we did actually see them on the banks of the river as we were going down in our canoe , so that was quite exciting . |
| 9 | You can almost remember them on the fingers of one hand . |
| 10 | But by now the rising waters had isolated them on the islands of Borneo , Sumatra and Java . |
| 11 | They will meet up with the commanding officers of some of the major units on the ground to brief them on the results of their reconnaissance . |
| 12 | I will feed them on the mountains of Israel , by the streams and in all the inhabited places of the land . |
| 13 | The EEC 's attitude is somewhat baffling to the Višegrad trade negotiators : it lectures them on the merits of free trade , while closing its own markets . |
| 14 | At the front , though , they had taken them through the gate and were playing them on the windows of Hilda Machin 's sitting-room . |
| 15 | Instead he designed lamps on the spot and took them straight down into the mines to test them on the jets of methane . |
| 16 | Cabinet members and other senior administrators were also obliged to attend indoctrination sessions where major figures , from the president down , lectured them on the virtues of teamwork and exhorted them to remain faithful to the principles of Reaganism . |
| 17 | Southwards the long arms of Isambard himself were stretched to receive them ; the fire died on their heels after that brief flare , and left them on the points of English swords . |
| 18 | A butterfly sticks them on the leaves of the particular plant that her caterpillars eat ; a blowfly on the dead flesh that her maggots will relish ; and some wasps , for the sake of their young , become body-snatchers . |
| 19 | And who can deny them on the grounds of professionalism , when the five rings of the Olympic movement is in danger of becoming a three-ring circus ? |
| 20 | But there are plenty of people who do n't agree ; you can find them on the autobahns of Germany , where very fast driving is the norm . |
| 21 | Apparently , you almost scared the band off the idea of a musical career by lecturing them on the evils of the business side of the industry … |