Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] [noun] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOOTBALL-MAD Mike Grimsley gets a pal to tune in to match commentaries on the radio — then listens in over the phone . |
| 2 | A shopkeeper had a dispute with a customer , a woman who had been waiting for a bus had popped in to mention parking on the footpath at weekends , the school had organised some Maypole dancing and wondered if part of the car park could be cordoned off , somebody else wanted vehicle watch forms . |
| 3 | Like everyone else , I 'd come to Hawaii for the waves , but some clandestine part of me had been plotting all along to make love on the beach beneath a palm tree . |
| 4 | But seeing her sister 's eyes turn from contemplating the deep indigo square of sky above the courtyard , and come to rest on her face in grief-stricken entreaty , she faltered , shrugged , and with impatient gestures , moved her over to make room on the bench where she dumped herself down . |
| 5 | However , Miller goes on to cast doubt on the status of such individualist explanations when he suggests that holist explanations are the stuff of social science , whereas individualist ones are something else . |
| 6 | Remember , you 're building yourself up to peak performance on the day of the exam . |
| 7 | The Collector had gone up to join Ford on the roof because he wanted to be in a position from which he could give the order to retreat at the right moment ; in his own mind there was no doubt but that he would have to give it sooner or later . |
| 8 | Several working parties were set up to make recommendations on the content of each subject and on the appropriate levels of attainment at each stage . |
| 9 | That evening a knock — furtive and hasty , telling Alice who it was — brought her out to find Monica on the path near the gate , not outside the door , for the girl had been afraid that Faye might open the door . |
| 10 | She reached out to touch Jeopardy on the cheek , her hand gliding to rest on Lucien 's shoulder as she prepared to leave . |
| 11 | Dealers were always out to make money on the side . |
| 12 | ’ He then went on to congratulate Nichols on the job he was doing . |