Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What good is an educational system which fools youngsters into thinking they are much cleverer than they really are and lets them loose on the working world ( not that there 's much work there ) with worthless qualifications ? |
| 2 | Nobody told me to become a stand-up comedian and nobody told me to go on the fucking telly . ’ |
| 3 | The crossbow , most useful in defence when the crossbowman , who needed protection for the time required to wind up his weapon , could hide himself behind a wall , was an elitist weapon , most effective in the hands of Gascons , who fought in Wales for Edward I , and of Genoese , a large contingent of whom fought on the French side at Crécy . |
| 4 | Nothing turns on the statutory definition of those words : it is sufficient to note that from 1988 onwards , governors have been bound to admit a minimum specified number of applicants . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , in the absence of all the facts , it is not possible for me to comment on the individual case , nor would I wish to do so in a public forum . |
| 6 | The general assumption by everyone involved on the Allied side , from 5 Corps up to AFHQ , had been that , in terms of the Yalta repatriation agreement , the " Cossacks " were Soviet citizens , and on that basis the decision in Principle had been made that , however much this may have regretted by some people on humanitarian grounds , the British obligation was to hand them over . |
| 7 | I flash on the special branch : sleepless interrogations in windowless cells . |
| 8 | Erm but I mean on the other hand if you start trying to develop your criteria , and I 'd go out and look at Botton Village and look at the Richmond Fellowship or something , |
| 9 | I do n't mean just on Road incidentally , I mean on the whole range of traffic calming demands . |
| 10 | I mean on the seaward side ? ’ |
| 11 | I sit on the wooden floor for a moment to gather my strength , also to decide exactly where I should take the relics to dispose of them . |
| 12 | All was going well until I knelt on the front overlap . |
| 13 | ( Before I went to work in the morning I would take a bucket of water and a scrubbing brush and deal with the black-and-white chequered marble shop doorstep — in my memory it is a glittering affair , although cold on frosty mornings — because at that time of the day the rising sun often shone full down the High Street where we lived and on me , as I knelt on the cobbled pavement plying my scrubbing-brush . ) |
| 14 | I knelt on the wooden floor in the East Yorkshire winter praying , " Dear God if you exist let me be warmed . " |
| 15 | I knelt on the top step and poked my head through , near the bottom of the gap … |
| 16 | MAX : I sleep on the right-hand side of my particular bed . |
| 17 | Checking a positive climb and flicking up the quick-retracting gear I concentrated on the slow process of building speed , getting the flaps in at 130 and maintaining a gentle increase in height with steady acceleration to 170 knots , when the nose can be raised for 3,000 fpm to show on the VSI as she really starts to go . |
| 18 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 19 | I banged on the front door for ten minutes , getting colder and colder . |
| 20 | Therefore , it was not surprising that when I intervened on the hon. Member for Newham , North-East he was a little coy about referring to his party 's record on unemployment . |
| 21 | The first one is the one I played on the entire record of ‘ Question And Answer ’ . |
| 22 | Because the rate of cycle I depends on the local concentration of SO 2 , it shows a maximum in the SO 2 cloud . |
| 23 | A big grey five-year-old , Sunset And Vine jumped well in the Lily Tree Novice Hurdle and stormed home well clear looking a horse with a real future — some of it , I hope on the right channel . |
| 24 | I mean normally er this morning for instance , normally I park on the big car park down near the the river there , |
| 25 | I knocked on the front door , but there was no answer . ’ |
| 26 | I knocked on the open door and strode into the front room trusting that Patterson was right behind me . |
| 27 | I remarked on the beautiful sympathy evinced in one speech by Sophia Stace ( Brothers and Sisters ) and in another by the terrible Matty ( A Family and a Fortune ) . |
| 28 | You probably guessed it already : I landed on the wrong runway . |
| 29 | It was only as I rapped on the open door of his office that I realized the plan was upside down . |
| 30 | ‘ I know whose voice I heard on the other end of the line . ’ |