Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] on [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it , it shows come on I 'm gon na hit the brake , he 's got a chuffing accelerator pedal , a clutch and a bloody brake pedal there and he 's banging like this and it 's brake 's not working prop it 's , it 's funny , but there was a bloody tent there as well er where the Charlie Sheen is like an indian , and he 's in this tent and this bloke calls to thingybob and he presses this bloody doorbell on it on this tent , it 's funny , I tell you it is funny when you wa er when you actually watch it . |
| 2 | The perception of social advantage in general abstention from collective bargaining is too remote from the circumstances of the individual worker for him ever to support through the ballot box a general prohibition on trade unions , let alone to abstain privately from their immediate protection in a world where there is no reason to expect other workers to confer a reciprocal advantage on him by similar abstention . |
| 3 | I know , but what 's the point of having a new suite , and having old covers on it like that . |
| 4 | Someone up there must have wagered a few bob on them for another Grand Slam . |
| 5 | The bookies are quoting us at 40–1 and you can bet one or two of the lads have got a few bob on us at those odds . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've had some feedback on them from some jazz guitar players , ’ says the importer , Steve Spurling of Take Note Services , ‘ and they all swear they 'll never use anything else ! |
| 7 | However , in general the literature on the sociology of the undergraduate curriculum is limited , and there remains much scope for further work on it in this country in terms of social selection , status and socialization . |
| 8 | Conservative ministers , whatever their private thoughts on these subjects , talk only crowd-pleasing nonsense on them in public . |
| 9 | I 've got some bollocks on it about some girl in my class called Karen wanking or something and all sorts of other shit and like |
| 10 | And when he thrust at her , still yelling , ‘ Get up into that house , there ! ’ and almost pushed her onto her back , the young fellow sprang forward and grabbed her ; then , with one arm around her and the other fist doubled , forefinger pointing out straight at the man , he cried at him , ‘ You lay another hand on her like that , mister , an' that 'll be the last thing you do . ’ |
| 11 | Specific work on it in secondary schools is often essential in order to break down resistance to the subject . |
| 12 | You 're getting too much mouth on you for one as does n't earn her keep . |
| 13 | Telling her she 's naughty probably wo n't have much effect on her at this stage , as she wo n't really understand what that means . |
| 14 | A blaster 's laser could cut through some metals , but Ace had a nasty feeling that even if the material above her proved susceptible , she might expend her entire powerpack on it without much effect . |
| 15 | So really , I do n't spend much time on it at all — five minutes maximum ! |
| 16 | It requires the court to have regard in particular to : ( a ) the ascertainable wishes and feelings of the child concerned ( considered in the light of his age and understanding ) ; ( b ) his physical , emotional and educational needs ; ( c ) the likely effect on him of any change in his circumstances ; ( d ) his age , sex , background and any characteristics of his which the court considers relevant ; ( e ) any harm which he has suffered or is at risk of suffering ; ( f ) how capable each of his parents , and any other person in relation to whom the court considers the question to be relevant , is of meeting his needs ; and ( g ) the range of powers available to the court . |
| 17 | These are : ( i ) the ascertainable wishes and feelings of the child concerned ( considered in the light of his age and understanding ) ; ( ii ) his physical , emotional and educational needs ; ( iii ) the likely effect on him of any change in his circumstances ; ( iv ) his age , sex , background and any characteristics of his which the court considers relevant ; ( v ) any harm which he has suffered or is at risk of suffering ; ( vi ) how capable each of his parents , and any other person in relation to whom the court considers the question to be relevant , is of meeting his needs ; ( vii ) the range of powers available to the court under the Act . |
| 18 | Even so he only mentions the art of Gandhara , and this only because of a supposed influence on it by Classical art which he says ‘ helped the Indians to create an image of their saviours ’ . |
| 19 | However , as the table has to be moved out of the way whenever the patient gets up , it should not be too heavy , or have too many items on it at one time . |
| 20 | An alternative very different conclusion which some might draw from the method of isolation is that only some vast whole like that of planet earth and all life on it at large can have intrinsic value . |
| 21 | The second step is controlling the actual physical effects on you of all the adrenaline which is produced when you sense you are in a threatening situation . |
| 22 | But it was the Greek islands on which his attention was finally fastened , notably Hydra ( Ydra ) in the Saronic Gulf , which had had an artistic community on it for some years . |
| 23 | Keep one eye on them at all times to avoid problems . |
| 24 | When Vinnie Jones was a player here they put one camera on him for 90 minutes , nothing else . |
| 25 | He 'd been no more than another face around the yard on the two or three occasions that she 'd been by , no reason that he should have made any lasting impression on her at all . |
| 26 | It is evident that even at seventeen Nietzsche took life and his own views on it with great seriousness ; also , that implicit in those views was an uneasy relationship , here in its first stage , between the inevitable " mere specialism " of the professional classical scholar and a growing " longing for Greece " . |
| 27 | Richard was the kind of man who has two clean handkerchiefs on him at half past three in the morning . |
| 28 | When Henry Homer wrote this in 1767 the canal age was in its infancy , but he predicted that not only by the turnpikes but with the aid of " an even more valuable project of increasing inland navigation , a facility of communication is soon likely to be established from every part of the Island to the sea and from the several places on it to each other " . |
| 29 | Sit round the fucking head on it like that , you go what fucking what , real fucking strong beer Boddington 's from Manchester |
| 30 | When you pour it out you get a big head on it like this and it 's , it 's lovely stuff . |