Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb -s] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have never suggested to the media that anybody goes on a programme , unless I know that it will be good radio or good television . |
| 2 | Andy Gray , on Sky , said that he sits on a panel to decide if a goal is an OG or not … and can then take goals off players . |
| 3 | If somebody goes on a drinking binge that 's the behaviour , the decision they make . |
| 4 | One can never be defeated if one stands on a matter of morality . ’ |
| 5 | So he 's walking down the street , trying ah , trying ah to get his mind off this and he gets on a train . |
| 6 | ‘ Because he is rich and he lives on a desert island like this when he could be in Paris … ’ |
| 7 | The sundial looks expensive — the metal part was a Christmas present from his brother , and it sits on a piece of balustrade given by a friend . |
| 8 | And Ros was just saying I mean sh on that , on that Friday she 's due to be in work on that Friday night and it comes on a day she 'll paid time off aspect . |
| 9 | Yes , but you , this one you 've got some little bits that you spin it round and if it lands on a colour you , it tells you what you 've got to , then you 've got to put |
| 10 | If he lands on a tree or on the ground he sticks in like a dart , and even if he survives the impact he wo n't be able to free himself easily . |
| 11 | if he comes on a Thursday . |
| 12 | The present exhibition suffers slightly in not including any of Dahl 's large , finished paintings , but it draws on a wealth of smaller oil sketches , watercolours and drawings by both artists , as well as rare prints by Fearnley . |
| 13 | Have you thought about getting a temp in to do her job , while she goes on a course ? |
| 14 | When general it ordains a standard , which however has not more but less authority than the particular choice , since it depends on a generalization about everyone 's reactions in a recurring situation , which is as vulnerable to exceptions as any other generalization . |
| 15 | I do n't mean today I mean if she 's going in to London or something you know she 's got a base in London to do something in the morning before she goes on a call as opposed to some of them who have n't got a proper office space |
| 16 | It was meant to compliment the wisteria , planted four years ago , but Claudia is resigned to the fact it might be still another six years before it puts on a show . |
| 17 | There is a seal from the Idaian Cave showing a priestess holding a triton shell to her lips as she stands on a step in front of an altar decked with sacral horns and sacred boughs ( title illustration , Chapter 2 ) . |
| 18 | Erm always been lucky , especially when it falls on a Friday . |
| 19 | When it presses on a nerve , it causes pain . |
| 20 | The Mayor of Whitby , Coun Maurice Hatton , will not be taking the official chain of office when he goes on a pilgrimage to the German town of Kleve on April 30 , because of its high value . |
| 21 | I hope that Mr. Blackham will remember them when he turns on a tap in his own kitchen . |
| 22 | For house physician John Bery , the day begins at Cheltenham General Hospital when he puts on a pedometer.He 's one of a group of doctors who 've been helping in a survey of the distances covered while on duty.Soon Dr Bery is heading for a ward at the opposite end of the hospital.It 's the first of many long walks along the corridors during the day.The problem at Cheltenham general is identical to many other hospitals … where an old Victorian block has been extended with newer buildings forcing doctors to travel great distances from department to department . |
| 23 | Catalysts can help control pollution from such vehicles — an oxidation catalyst removes unburned fuel and carbon monoxide in much the same way as it does on a petrol car . |
| 24 | To say that the patient can not demand to be stabbed because he can not suspend the operation of the criminal law and absolve the other of liability begs the question , depending as it does on a determination of what the criminal law is . |
| 25 | It says it 's wrong that a judge should have to pass the same sentence on an abused wife who kills a brutal husband as it does on a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood . |
| 26 | As it lives on a diet of poll findings , it can not perform better than they do . |
| 27 | Have three girls stand on his chest as he lies on a bed of nails ? |