Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] they on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent . |
| 2 | Unless I put them on the outside wood . |
| 3 | Laurie , known to the boxing boys as Lol , believes boxing can give ‘ lads with fire in their belly ’ an ambition which keeps them on the straight and narrow . |
| 4 | ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day . |
| 5 | Entrepreneurs , by their nature , are relatively thin on the ground — and an ungrateful lot not given to remembering those who helped them on the first , shaky steps on the ladder . |
| 6 | If you want two matches to be satisfied simultaneously you put them on the same row in the criteria range . |
| 7 | She arranged them on the big table on the terrace where they looked impeccable , like clothes set out for a wedding . |
| 8 | Jane , who had a natural feel for mood and background which complemented the clothes , swam more than competently and her black and white images of windswept models against bleak moors or stark beaches created for many who saw them on the white shop walls their indelible image of ‘ Laura Ashley ’ . |
| 9 | you 're absolutely spot on , cos you had them on the other one did n't you ? |
| 10 | They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave . |
| 11 | Clydebank make a practice of discomfiting clubs from the higher division when they meet them on the claustrophobic confines of their own pitch , as last season 's finalists , Airdrie , discovered when they were knocked out after a third-round replay . |
| 12 | Erm , you see they were dyed on the wrong side you know they were of course it was easier to penetrate than it would be if they dyed them on the right side you see , it was technically i far far superior . |
| 13 | When parents criticize or disapprove of what their children do ( when unacceptable ) , the fact that their offspring love and respect them puts them on the same side as their parents ; it means that they will take what is being said seriously , and will emulate them by beginning to criticize their bad behaviour themselves ! |
| 14 | He crushed them on the open field of battle . |