Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pa sits me on the wooden bench he has built facing the altar , and himself sits down next to me . |
| 2 | The terms of the contracts in this category are rarely negotiated ; instead , they are prepared by or for one party who effectively imposes them on the other party to the contract , saying " If you want to do business with me , you must use my terms " . |
| 3 | Even Hermsprong ( 1796 ) , one of the first political novels , whose eponymous hero models himself on the noble savage , confines itself to great houses or to those that emulate them , while the savage himself , in true romance tradition , turns out to be an aristocrat , and the rightful heir to his wicked uncle 's estate . |
| 4 | Citalia prices itself on the unrivalled choice of accommodation it offers and this year the range is even further expanded with the addition of 60 new hotels . |
| 5 | It also keeps me on the right track as well . |
| 6 | The Economist described the situation vividly : ‘ Whenever one hears somebody on the French radio vituperating against ‘ adventurers ’ one can be sure that M. Cohn-Bendit or some other leftist student is the target . |
| 7 | The creature flings itself on the nearest character , crazed with pain and the desire to escape . |
| 8 | Erm you go down a bit of a lane and it 's gets you on the through road does n't it ? |
| 9 | This walk takes you on the coastal path around to Polkerris and then back to your start point on the Saints ' Way — a 35-mile route which crosses Cornwall from Padstow to Fowey . |
| 10 | William Hurt is the medic of the title , an eminent surgeon who finds himself on the other edge of the scalpel when he becomes seriously ill . |
| 11 | Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing … |
| 12 | A wild midnight gallop lands her on the very doorstep of her ancestral home , and the fun and games commence . |
| 13 | This puts them on the same footing as European growers after earlier anger and allegations that Ministry of Agriculture officials had agreed terms that disadvantaged UK grain growers . |
| 14 | When parents criticize or disapprove of what their children do ( when unacceptable ) , the fact that their offspring love and respect them puts them on the same side as their parents ; it means that they will take what is being said seriously , and will emulate them by beginning to criticize their bad behaviour themselves ! |
| 15 | ‘ They would just see it as , It puts you on the same wavelength , ’ Will laughs . |
| 16 | ‘ They would just see it as , It puts you on the same wavelength , ’ Will laughs . |
| 17 | Moreover , a romantic feeling persists that to smoke puts one on the correct side of the political divide , along with the exploited rather than the exploiters . |
| 18 | Such sarcasm ill becomes anybody on the shaky ground that Goldschmidt here treads . |
| 19 | Like many errors , it catches us on the two horns of a false choice . |
| 20 | For instance , when we did Jesus He Knows Me on the newest album , he said ‘ Live , I think we 'll want a guitar solo at the end of this , and it has to be a kind of fast , frantic type of guitar solo . ’ |
| 21 | If she does so and the husband purchases the replacement house for her , and she occupies it on the same terms , a subsequent transfer to her of that house will not be within the terms of the concession ( see p18 ) because that house will never have been a matrimonial home . |
| 22 | swoops his hand away , leaves it on the choppy scales . |