Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pron] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drove grimly and skilfully and he drove very fast as if he could not wait to get her on the plane to England and out of his sight . |
| 2 | Sometimes you may want to reach everyone on the list , but more often you will only be using certain sections or even picking out a dozen or so specialist outlets . |
| 3 | You do n't fucking expect to see them on the side of a bar though do you ? |
| 4 | She now hopes that the world will no longer expect to see her on the arm of her husband , hugging or kissing him in public , behaving like a loving wife . |
| 5 | I did n't expect to see you on the moor at this time of night . |
| 6 | What she would give to punch him on the nose , and flatten once and for all his insulting , devilish assumptions . |
| 7 | About one person in two can expect to find themselves on an operating table at some time in their lives . |
| 8 | You do n't want to stick them on the wall cos of bringing all the er paint off . |
| 9 | ‘ She did n't want to discuss it on the phone , that 's all I know . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd want to club him on the head with a soulier de satin after two hours , ’ said Roger , in a harsh hurrying tone . |
| 11 | We 're talking about a lot of money here , that has been spent , and has continued to be spent , and the sooner we get it sorted out the better , and I 'd like to see it on the agenda of the next budget review committee , which would prior to the policy committee , I believe next , and so we could perhaps augment er , Mr 's report with some findings of our own . |
| 12 | Where would you most like to find yourself on a Sunday morning ? |
| 13 | When we indicated that we would like to clear him on the spot he was very reluctant to let us on board saying that the boat was " in a hell of a mess " ! |
| 14 | At the last meeting of the committee I did in fact congratulate the director and his staff for the way in which community care had been implemented current year and I 'd certainly like to congratulate him on the way he 's presented er proposals for next year . |
| 15 | I would like to congratulate you on the production of WAM which I think is stylish , well presented and interesting in content , and encouraging in its attention to issues of class , colour , gender and international politics . |
| 16 | ‘ Would you like to join us on a walk ? ’ they asked . |
| 17 | Right , is there anyone else would like to ask anything on the district wide plan to Councillor at this stage ? |
| 18 | Well let , let , let , let me tell you , I do n't want to put you on the spot , the , the , the analogy is of er the typical pattern of development of a neurosis , which Freud says is a trauma that happens often in infancy . |
| 19 | ‘ No , I 've got a little bit , but I do n't want to waste it on a hotel . |
| 20 | The question should then be asked : How much did it cost to have them on the streets because they surely were not at school ? |
| 21 | I 'll try to lose myself on the way into the factory . ’ |
| 22 | It takes imagination and a lot of practice to read a play to yourself in the same time as it would take to see it on the stage . |
| 23 | They may try to nail it on the perch again but nobody will believe it is still alive . |
| 24 | I tell you what we 'll do , we 'll try to find someone on the way who knows the counter-spell and send him back to wake the Gnomes up . ’ |
| 25 | If anybody wanted to tell ( him ) something , they 'd have to write it on a piece of paper … ’ |
| 26 | Then we 'll have to tip someone on the floor . |
| 27 | No , well I 'm I 'm saying to you the same sort of things , in general skills and abilities there are certain things that we required to put in the er numeracy the literacy er , to some degree attendance and punctuality , although we do n't have to do it on a subject specific basis erm we , everybody wants to know about he young , ho whether their youngsters are trying i.e. effort ha , whether they behave in lessons . |
| 28 | yeah , we should have to put you on the book |
| 29 | Why did you have to put it on an island ? |
| 30 | NB If an advertisement says , ‘ write for application form ’ then keep the letter very brief and without personal details as you will only have to repeat them on the form later . |