Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [adv] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the Chancellor of Oxford University , Roy Jenkins , has to wait outside on the steps of the Clarendon buildings on a cold November morning , when the Sultan of Brunei is in town . |
| 2 | " Heinrich has to stand here on the deck while you drone on , said Tilda . |
| 3 | The young bird has to perch upright on the rim while it grows its feathers . |
| 4 | When his wife arrives to sit quietly on the end of the bed I tell her I 've been working her husband very hard . |
| 5 | His refusal to construe a trust appears to rest solely on the fact that he deprecates interference of this kind in the rights of another . |
| 6 | The use of a choke chain for training purposes is not favoured by all trainers , but provided that it is fitted correctly then it should not injure the puppy , and can prove useful in ensuring that it learns to walk properly on the leash . |
| 7 | Beecham 's comments are worthy of repetition : ‘ these two Concertos have a refinement and distinction that never fails to fall fragrantly on the ear , and offers to the musical amateur , who may feel at times that the evolution of his art is becoming a little too much for either his understanding or enjoyment , a soothing retreat where he may effectively rally his shattered forces ’ . |
| 8 | These changes in society seem irreversible , especially when the household 's standard of living comes to depend more on the wife 's income in dual earner households ( 60 per cent of all households with two adults under retirement age in 1987 , compared with 52 per cent in 1973 ) . |