Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.

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1 You 've got to go and ask for them to take you on the erm
2 I kept waiting in dread for someone to tap you on the shoulder and say , ‘ By the way , you know Damian is chairman of Flint Investments International ! ’ ’
3 In return she showed them the Daimler and invited forty of them to visit her on the Dockers ' yacht , Shemara , where pink champagne was served amid costly fitments which were often detailed in the newspapers .
4 The point dogs catch him and one of them nips him on the leg — take that for being more popular with the boss .
5 I know it sounds mad but I suddenly had an image of them doing it on the carpet in the office like a couple of dogs . ’
6 It 's a good idea of yours putting me on the floor Rocket .
7 It 's incredibly kind of you to meet us on the offchance .
8 Well you see , what Freud had to explain here was how he could have had such a long dream when the dreamer reported that he woke up more or less instantly from the stimulus of something hitting him on the back of the neck .
9 Taken aback by her anger and foreseeing the likelihood of her leaving him on the strength of it , Jeremy switches tactics to conciliation .
10 When the bills come in you pay them on the budget account cheque book and do n't have to worry whether the money is there or not .
11 Fat women and bald-headed men standing in the doorways of tiny shops make jokes to him which he ca n't quite understand , and shout ribaldries to each other about him clapping him on the shoulder to indicate they 're not serious , and cutting slices of cheese and sausage for him to try .
12 ‘ And Spain was a cosy hideaway for our export villains ; ergo , her boyfriend was waiting for her to join him on the Costa del Crook . ’
13 ‘ Older than you , married , female : it was up to me to keep us on the straight and narrow .
14 What is the role of the to which distinguishes them on the level of the sign ?
15 No , she to she told me on the phone .
16 ‘ … into the last furlong , and the Guppy looks beaten , Breakdancer takes up the running with Prince Charming on the stand side — it looks to be between these two — but now Shine On 's absolutely flying on the outside , a terrific challenge , the three locked together , Breakdancer and Shine On stride for stride , at the line it 's very close but I think it 's shine On who gets it on the nod .
17 One week we decided to follow him to find out where he was sloping off to We found him on the roof ledge peering down at people in a car below .
18 ( 2 ) At or after the preliminary appointment if there be one , the arbitrator shall fix a date for the dispute to be heard ( unless the parties consent to his deciding it on the statements and documents submitted to him — an unusual course not usually acceptable to the parties or the district judge ) and he shall give such directions regarding the steps to be taken before and at the hearing as may appear to him to be necessary or desirable .
19 People came up to us to congratulate us on the reading .
20 They drank their coffee and he took both cups and leaned across her to put them on the settle .
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