Example sentences of "[verb] on [pers pn] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The labour-intensive car-cleaning method involves either my supervising them carefully or running the risk of the paintwork being scratched by sponges full of grit because they have been dropped in the gutter , and the car bonnet dented by the smallest child climbing on it to reach the windscreen . |
| 2 | But after receiving a 129-signature petition , councillors accused the critics of being shortsighted , calling on them to support the development . |
| 3 | Notice had been given to the defendant , as if he had himself been the owner of the houses , calling on him to pay the proportion chargeable in respect of them . |
| 4 | I rely on it to supplement the Curbash Compensation Fund . ’ |
| 5 | To relieve the monotony of the black head , yellow sighting lines had been painted on it to enable the golfer to line up his putt on the ‘ sweet spot ’ — the dead centre of the putter head . |
| 6 | You can use several Pump Wagons together , or advance them with chariots or big monsters , but their random move means you ca n't rely on them to hit the enemy at the same time . |
| 7 | The recently formed Council of Labour should summon a rank-and-file conference of all the radical political movements in Ireland and call on them to discuss the creation of an all-Ireland socialist party . |
| 8 | Yes , ye were startled ; — and in balance true , Weighing the mischief with the promised gain , Mountains and Vales , and Floods , I call on you To share the passion of a just disdain . |
| 9 | Yes er but I do n't think he knew what I did , I think he thought I used to take the boiling water upstairs you see int he bedroom and er I think he just thought I was sitting on it to open the womb . |
| 10 | We prevailed on him to ensure the appeal was heard in public , and worked through Wales Wildlife and Countryside Link to help form a Campaign Consortium to prepare evidence to present to the inquiry . |