Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] be [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think it 's ethical for you to be spying on the lodge 's guests . ’ |
| 2 | We would expect them to be proceeding on the basis of a specific sector , a general location in sufficient detail to enable them to place a symbol on the key diagram in the approximate location where they think a new settlement should go . |
| 3 | We accept these Bills of Exchange and arrange for them to be discounted on the Discount Market . |
| 4 | All of the grooms , except one who was asleep on some hay bales , had chosen not to sit in the car with their charges , and I imagined it was because of Leslie Brown 's daunting presence : racing lads on the whole felt a companionable devotion to their horses , and I would have expected more of them to be sitting on the hay bales during the day . |
| 5 | The other prisoners gasped because they expected him to be shot on the spot . |
| 6 | He was often directed to see to the ploughing , tilling and sowing of assarts , waste and other lands belonging to the king in the forest , and cattle were sometimes sent to him to be fattened on the forest pastures . |
| 7 | From the outset the wide impact of the ban was and anticipate , the experiment has given me opportunity for it to be tested on the ground so that future decision can be taken objectively . |
| 8 | If the tax is intended to discourage landfill , ought it to be based on the volume of a product ? |
| 9 | The conflict between " practical " and " idealist " politics had become too bitter for it to be abandoned on the collapse of the Labour Government . |