Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adv] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | you do is hang it over on the clothes line , stand back a few inches , just give it an even spray , |
2 | Similarly , the co-ordination of the LINK scheme by the Office of Science and Technology ( OST ) will hopefully focus it more on the needs of SMEs and therefore enhance their participation . |
3 | The horse man used to have to go before anybody else , to feed the horses so that , and groom them , currycomb them , water them and do everything , before any of the farmers dare take them out on the fields . |
4 | I know you like hiking because I saw a photo of you in your little bum-freezers , so we 'll take you up on the moors and then call at Harry Ramsden 's for some fish ‘ n ’ chips . |
5 | But do you agree that we should put diplomatic pressure that George Bush should , the Europeans should , Douglas Hurd should , and say look guys whatever you do , if it , though were prepared to recognise you as an independent state , do n't take it out on the Russians ? |
6 | Members of staff have actually come to me and said they did n't want her in on the interviews . |
7 | ‘ You 'd better fill me in on the details , ’ he said . |
8 | Whatever I did , he 'd always put me back on the subs ' bench . |
9 | I 'll fill you in on the details before I leave . |
10 | I 'll fill you in on the details then . ’ |
11 | I 'm not the best to s pick it up on the stitches and |
12 | I can conduct in front of the mirror , but if I was conducting an orchestra and something went wrong I could not put it back on the rails again . ’ |
13 | People were run over by trains because they would stretch themselves out on the rails for a quick nap , or because they were drunk . |
14 | I have worked for you in all ways practically from the moment you were born and I 'd die rather than see you throw yourself away on the likes of her ; for she is scum , and I repeat it , scum . |
15 | I 'll sit you up on the pillows and you 'll be nice and comfy . ’ |
16 | Look what happened to Flaubert : a century after his death Sartre , like some brawny , desperate lifeguard , spent ten years beating on his chest and blowing into his mouth ; ten years trying to yank him back to consciousness , just so that he could sit him up on the sands and tell him exactly what he thought of him . |
17 | Hollywood would turn it down on the grounds that it held no street credibility . |