Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb base] [pron] on the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I speak with Michael Odell inside ten minutes , or I raise him on the open line , ’ said Quinn carefully .
2 After breakfast at the palace all the inmates are thrown out , whatever the weather , and the only place he can take his child is outside : " Usually I take my little boy at weekends to the fair at Whitley Bay , or I take him on the metro and we sit at the front — he loves trains .
3 I fundamentally disagree with his proposition , although I congratulate him on the stand that he has taken for his principles .
4 It is for that reason that I include it on the shortlist for the Worst Building in the World title .
5 Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it .
6 It 's also easy to care for as it can be hand or machine washed at 40°C , though we do recommend that you iron it on the reverse side while still damp .
7 If you use this method , make certain that you write them on the board before the talk and that your writing is legible .
8 LEFT Especially if you are not used to fitting a check chain , take care to ensure that you put it on the right way round .
9 Right and he says the wider gap , so you write it on the order form , right , it 's part of the order form close
10 That we close everything on the on the phone .
11 The short answer is that we assert it on the basis of two things , an independent nomic conditional , and ( C ) a belief about certain conditions , which is a belief that the antecedent of the independent conditional is in a certain part true .
12 ‘ We did not want the burden of administration falling on the taxpayer so we put it on the prime beneficiary , which is the farmer himself . ’
13 When you see it coming — remember that they do everything on the move — you jump on to the runner on the opposite side from the dog , take a deep breath and hope the runner wo n't kick it up .
14 My sleeping bag 's on the floor , and I shove it on the bed quick .
15 Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor .
16 And I find myself on the pavement … crowds yelling … men surging towards the entrance , trying to get in , police with truncheons swinging — then my most terrifying experience .
17 I mean we 've got , four , four , four cars in our house , the gran lives in the granny annexe inside , god knows how the fucking hell she got a parking space , somehow she did , mum 's got her 's in there , my old mans parked his opposite , we 've got a big double drive as well , my old man parks his on the right and I park mine on the fucking left , its like a parking lot out there in the mornings , and if when he says
18 If I take them on the table they wo n't make so much noise then
19 If I see anything on the subject it goes into the file , and eventually I have enough material for a book or an article . ’
20 if I see anything on the table I 'll just pop it in a freezer bag
21 If I call you on the phone I 'll ring twice , put down the receiver , do the same thing again .
22 But Antony was doing it and you put her on the tumbledryer behind him , and it was so funny cos he 's like this with his head going round Antony looking , every
23 Your report is precise and accurate and you put it on the boss 's desk .
24 I 'll take these clothes down and you fold them on the bed there , nicely , then we 'll put them on the cart .
25 You take a piece of perfectly clean white tissue paper and you place it on the of the etching plate .
26 So you get those two and you add them on the end .
27 And you thread them on the curtains through this little metal ring .
28 These Christmas Day menus sound pretty average , but if you eat everything on the list you will have tucked away 5,472 calories by bedtime — around three times as much as a manual worker needs , and four times as much as an office worker 's requirements .
29 First , if you spin it on the table , ‘ stalk ’ upward , it almost immediately flips itself over to spin upside-down , balancing on the stalk' .
30 If you put it on the right feet it 's clearly one of the best available .
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