Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The county council has not got the power to ban fox hunting in total it can only ban it on the land which it owns or controls and that 's what that motion seeks to do today . |
| 2 | ‘ And we do n't exactly want it on the front of the Daily Express , sir . |
| 3 | But you must not build them on the graveyard . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd rather not discuss it on the phone . |
| 5 | So what , when you 're paying that much for the hi-fi you do n't expect sound quality you 'll get from a tape to tape , it 's thought , the sound quality is so crap you might as well just do it on a shit thing |
| 6 | ‘ We would normally do it on the day she moves in . ’ |
| 7 | My belief is that Holyfield , who trades in quantity rather than quality when it comes to punches , will recover from the early storm , which could easily see him on the canvas , to win around the 10th . |
| 8 | Because if he treated her as her father had treated Odette , she knew she would not bear it so patiently , would not bless him on the day he finally left her , as Odette had done , but would go after him with a knife to hunt him down . |
| 9 | If you do n't fold them up I 'll just toss them on the cart like I do the rags . |
| 10 | But , if you will forgive me , perhaps I can just correct you on a couple of points ; I think instead of ‘ a mole ’ it should read ‘ an arsehole ’ , and for ‘ hole ’ , dare I suggest ‘ dreamworld ’ ? |
| 11 | ‘ When instinct tells me a dog would be better off with me than people who might just leave it on the motorway , I have to bite my tongue , but I 'm noted for being blunt . |
| 12 | I should n't just leave it on the floor look cos we sha n't find it again and then when the hoover tries to pick it up it will have a fit . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , the newspaper reporter did not press him on the point . |
| 14 | No , I mean , oven chips you can just put them on the tray and bung them in the oven . |
| 15 | I 'll just pretend I 'm listening to it and I 'll just put it on the side and just the switch the thing on they 'll never know the difference . |
| 16 | You better not get it on the furniture as well , keep it away from the furniture , now put it on the paper or else do n't use it |
| 17 | We would have to hope for a Tory victory , but , because of the uncertainty about the outcome of the election , he could not put her on the waiting list . |
| 18 | If there 's no room on your mantelpiece , could you not put him on a stick for a scarecrow ? |
| 19 | mm he 'd not put it on the drive this time |
| 20 | I said I 'd just tap him on the shoulder and say : ‘ It 's all right . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Your measurements are exactly the same as Dana 's and the dress suits you even better — you could easily wear it on the day . ’ |
| 22 | Do not activate them on a package until it is intended to proceed with the work . |
| 23 | It does not help us on a path of self-exploration and self-conversion . |
| 24 | It was cut low across the top and high above the thighs , and for a moment Lucy was stopped short by the thought that Jesus , it looked hell to wear , but would n't it just kill 'em on the disco floor back home ? |
| 25 | Sometimes they 'd fuck right away , or sometimes they 'd wait till they were about to leave , but they 'd always do it on the sheet , the same sheet he 'd brought that first time , as if , without it , some spell might be broken and everything would fall apart . |
| 26 | You ca n't possibly have it on a verb , and that 's another little rule you might like to think of , that you 're only going to get the apostrophe on a noun , and you will never get an apostrophe on a pronoun . |
| 27 | Among ERA stockists — who may not always have it on every day — are the Bon Accord and Tennent 's Bar in Glasgow ; the Auld Hoose , Kinghorn ; the Woodside Inn , Blairgowrie ; and Betty Nicols , Kirkcaldy . |
| 28 | If anyone needed a small amount he could still raise it on the security of a treasured possession left with a pawnbroker . |
| 29 | He could hardly tap them on the arm and yell : ‘ Can you tell me where I could find a child prostitute ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , and we could also try her on an identity parade , see if she can remember him . ’ |