Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I put him on some medicine I got from the chemist and it seems to have calmed it down but his nose is more er hot and cold |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , I put them on one side for you . |
| 3 | Yes , I did , I put it on that way |
| 4 | The tent-pole bag was torn , so I put it on one side with the sewing kit . |
| 5 | He said I know I put it on full power . |
| 6 | I put it on this morning he did n't like it . |
| 7 | Shall I do it on that piece of paper so I do n't get mixed up on |
| 8 | wonderful do n't like those , do n't really wan na give you those there are right have I got it on bloody hell mum ! |
| 9 | Although the ministers were too polite to commit themselves , even when I pressed them on this point , it was clear to me that they felt they , and their church , had been used . |
| 10 | And I arranged it on that day at the time . |
| 11 | Yet , when I saw him on this occasion , he seemed more than usually calm and quiet , which , given that the most painful of interrupters might arrive at any hour , showed that when , in the very essay I was delivering to him , he had talked about the necessity for the ‘ discipline and training of the emotions ’ , he meant what he said and practised it . |
| 12 | I was just reaching out to get the bottle — I keep them on that sideboard just behind me chair — when I heard this noise … . ’ |
| 13 | I took it on full time , ’ she said . |
| 14 | I bought an answering machine — I leave it on all day when I 'm working because it 's quite a foil ! |
| 15 | Chairman Michael started off on a nice tripartisan note which er I think we on this side er did appreciate and it 's true that this panel er has agreed a great deal , covered a lot of ground and er I think er avoided the sort of er , er controversy etc. , etc. , was which we 're now caring now we are arranging in practical groups does mean the Labour groups has introduced a sound note er Brian started off by saying that the Conservatives er were not interested in an economic development strategy , er I must point out that and this activity derives from the local government managing act nineteen eighty nine , and by the present Government . |
| 16 | Last girl to leave turns it off at night , then I puts it on next morning . |
| 17 | ‘ I had them on one night at the South Bank Poly and I just thought to myself , ‘ I ca n't be bothered with this , I really ca n't ’ . |
| 18 | I had mine on this morning and er but she was out anyway . |
| 19 | ‘ I prefer it on this side of the sea , ’ I say at last , and I mean it , though I ca n't quite remember which sea I 'm talking about . |
| 20 | I 've got fire on , I left it on all dinner while I were outside . |
| 21 | I wrote it on orange paper in blue ink and it all went horribly wrong when I photocopied it so I 've put an agenda on there right . |
| 22 | I have it on good assurance |
| 23 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
| 24 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
| 25 | I have it on good authority that I 'm likely to live . |
| 26 | Of course , America is a different story , and I have it on good authority that Harmonys still abound there . |
| 27 | I have it on good authority that Fat Sam 's pleasure is coarsing . |
| 28 | I have it on good authority from a cousin in Stockport , who has a drinking buddy who knows the car park attendant at Altrincham , that my name has already been linked with a managerial post at both Rotherham and Manchester United . |
| 29 | Furthermore , I have it on good authority that the same arkie has been invited to attend the South of England Rally this year . |
| 30 | ‘ I have it on good authority that your father is seriously considering selling , ’ he said calmly . |