Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [pron] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , as the hand wanders in a doodle , the mind is free to concentrate on something at the back of it : in this case , the ideas just put before the children . |
| 2 | It is at the level of explanation that the sexism of sociolinguistics is most blatantly on display , and I want to concentrate on it in the remainder of this section . |
| 3 | Given too free a hand during years when he , like David II earlier , had fallen into English captivity , they resented the disciplines which their returning king was determined to impose on them in the cause of national unification . |
| 4 | He had often , in their earlier correspondence , spoken of a test or ideal that he wished to impose on himself as a rein on his passionate temperament and his over-eager response to physical beauty and joy . |
| 5 | O nine of four six four one six four one if you 'd like to comment on something in the news at the moment something on er Judy 's just said or er on this business of of life imprisonment , No longer to be the automatic penalty for murder judges to be given the freedom to impose whatever penalty they see fit . |
| 6 | The boy came over to Tallis and began to work on her with a knife . |
| 7 | So if four of us were to work on it as a group , |
| 8 | If he spoke to a girl a couple of times he would tend to look on her as a girlfriend . |
| 9 | This woman also had a passion to visit Russia , and she seemed to look on herself as a sort of tramp reformer . |
| 10 | Many people these days have a rather negative concept of health in that they tend to look on it as a state in which one does not feel ill or has no pain — in other words , a state of absence of illness . |
| 11 | She was determined not to look on it as the ending of a chapter but the making of a new beginning . |
| 12 | They do n't have superhuman powers to help them deal with the superstar image and pressures that they have had to put on them by the media and their fans . |
| 13 | Cowards — preferring to spy on him from the shadows and whisper lies . |
| 14 | ‘ I really am sorry , ’ he repeated and wondered why it was that these lunches , designed as an escape from responsibility , had begun to weigh on him with the weariness of marriage itself . |
| 15 | The Chagga of Kilimanjaro were perhaps the group most fiercely opposed to the increased use of Swahili , but when they elected their paramount chief in the early 1950s they were unable to agree on which of the Chagga dialects to adopt as their common language , and they , too , adopted Swahili . |
| 16 | The letter is brief and unsigned , saying only that my lord wishes me to call on him at the Garden Tower at my earliest convenience . |
| 17 | At the ship 's office I was informed that Sir George Clerk , the British Ambassador , had sent a message that as soon as I landed I was to call on him at the Embassy . |
| 18 | Saver Plus — the ideal combination if you are looking to make the most of your surplus cash but may need to call on it at a moment 's notice . |
| 19 | The beginner will do well to ponder on it from the start . |
| 20 | She 'll have to stay on them for a couple of years , more than likely , perhaps for life . |
| 21 | However in one or two generations it will be possible to change our appearance without affecting relationships , and the sky is not going to drop on us as a result . ’ |
| 22 | And I tried to get on it at the beginning of the week but he told me it was fully booked . |
| 23 | At first sight the outcome may seem to depend on which of the combatants is the stronger or more skilled . |
| 24 | If you go to America you 'll still have to depend on someone for a living . ’ |
| 25 | Will my hon. Friend continue not only to listen to the representations , but to act on them in every way possible ? |
| 26 | The more frequently graded tests are used , the better will be the understanding of those who are to rely on them for the selection of candidates . |
| 27 | Others may need to rely on it pending the grant of legal aid . |
| 28 | Sometimes Henry wondered whether the junk food industry was going to be able to take the kind of demands Maisie was going to make on it in the years ahead . |