Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , difficulties may arise if a strict time limit is set for the publication of the decision , and the decision is published after it has expired : it may suit one of the parties to refuse to accept it on that ground . |
| 2 | Thames Water Utilities wanted to put him on light duties . |
| 3 | I see alright well or I I invite members of the jury , the council wants to address me on some point of law which need n't concern you , so if you take a short break please . |
| 4 | True , a small band of bridge trolls tried to ambush them on one occasion , and a party of brigands nearly caught them unawares one night ( but unwisely tried to investigate the Luggage before slaughtering the sleepers ) . |
| 5 | The officials chosen to represent her on intermittent and shortlived embassies were usually ignorant of the languages of the countries to which they were sent and often ‘ Moscow Germans ’ ( descendants of foreigners who had settled in Russia ) rather than Russians by ancestry . |
| 6 | If it accepts , it thereby agrees to purchase the item for cash from the trader and at the same time agrees to transfer it on hire-purchase terms to the customer . |