Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] on [det] " in BNC.
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1 | They have asked me to write to congratulate you on this well deserved honour , and I am very pleased to do so . |
2 | Mm , mm I 'd of put them in the , even with these new glasses I these dark ones , you know the dark ones I had to put them on this morning I had to put these dark glasses on cos the light hurt me eyes , so I had to put these on |
3 | ‘ I had to take him on more or less from the first . |
4 | No , I have to leave it on all the time |
5 | I have to leave it on all the time though . |
6 | They 've now taken the ramps out , which is a breach of the planning condition again , so we intend to pursue them on that , and they are offering , believe it or not that disabled people can be taxied from one side of the station to the other side of the station . |
7 | We never did persuade them , but for six valuable hours we managed to hold them on that course far out into the Flores Sea , until finally they came to their senses , noticed the distant and almost invisible shore , and hurriedly tacked towards it again . |
8 | I 'm sorry Mr , I think we have to press you on this , can I can I take it from what you have said We have to press you because for the reasons we explained on Friday morning , we have to go through the sector sites , if only to find at the end it can not be done . |
9 | But as they started to grill him on such matters as his attitude to South Africa and Northern Ireland , it was his actions , not his befuddled replies , which riveted the panel 's attention . |
10 | and er that may sound er a bit exaggerated but I can assure you that 's what happened , that er , to go to , to be able to file these , these little scraps of paper they had to stick it on another sheet |
11 | ‘ But when it was finished , they refused to show it on any of their ships . |
12 | No he wants to tape us on some sort of tape . |
13 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today . |
14 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today |
15 | If Councillor wants to go and get a G B H haircut it tends to confuse us on this side of the er as to exactly what we are debating . |
16 | But he had to keep us on that . |