Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pers pn] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was put to work with him on the same bench and he not only taught me toolmaking , he also taught me about the trade union movement and the kind of society he wanted to see . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ My father has asked me to talk to you on a certain matter . |
| 3 | Its appropriateness for the Foreign Office area was on grounds of association and sentiment , rather than visual harmony , as on one side there were buildings of ‘ predominating importance ’ , and no local association to conflict with them on the other side . |
| 4 | To look at it on a comparable basis . |
| 5 | " You ca n't expect me to agree with you on every single thing , Papa , " he said , keeping his voice low so that it did not carry to Senator Sherman and his sons , who were strung out in single file on their ponies behind them . |
| 6 | Inside her she had felt a little sense of triumph begin to grow as they rode side by side through the cool bright jungle glades ; sometimes she had allowed her horse to drift towards his on the narrow trail , perhaps hoping he might give voice to the passion his expression had seemed to promise at the palais . |
| 7 | In the 1960s and 1970s the Standing Conference on University Entrance tried to deal with it on a large-scale basis but repeated efforts to bring about improvements of connection amounted to little . |
| 8 | Asked if they would lose respect for a woman who was prepared to sleep with them on a first date , 24% neither agree nor disagree ; 18% strongly disagree ; 17% tend to disagree ; 16% tend to agree ; 15% strongly agree and 10% do n't know . |
| 9 | By early June the failure of an inquiry by Sir Edward Clark and of a group of ministers headed by Lloyd George to persuade the employers to agree to recognise the Federation and to negotiate with it on a joint board , began to bring nearer the prospect that the Transport Workers ' Federation National Executive would implement a recommendation by its Annual Conference that unless the joint board proposal was accepted a national strike would be declared . |
| 10 | Having seen last year 's giant-killers Canada get a taste of their own medicine in Pool F , losing to the impressive Koreans ( 16–12 ) , Fiji soon realised that the other seeds were going to struggle to live with them on the rice-paddy pitch . |
| 11 | In addition , the deal covering the Walter-Guillaume donation ( handled by Jacques Walter after his father 's accidental death ) implied that the international nature of his own private collection — his right to dispose of it on the international market in other words — should be respected and the French State show itself ‘ worthy ’ of the gift . |
| 12 | Now here 's the interesting bit , in the next few minutes , I 'll be telling you how you can win the chance to travel with me on an all expenses paid trip . |