Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [pron] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |
| 2 | In return she showed them the Daimler and invited forty of them to visit her on the Dockers ' yacht , Shemara , where pink champagne was served amid costly fitments which were often detailed in the newspapers . |
| 3 | It 's incredibly kind of you to meet us on the offchance . |
| 4 | ‘ We like you to open it on the spot , just in case there 's a query . ’ |
| 5 | The mirror image of a helix is a precise replica of it except that no amount of turning will allow you to superimpose one on the other . |
| 6 | ‘ And it was as a result of these conversations that he invited you to join him on the dahabeeyah ? ’ |
| 7 | Then he asked me to kiss him on the lips and we kissed . |
| 8 | He gave the impression of telling the detectives what had happened and asking them to believe it on the authority of his charm and personality . |
| 9 | They drank their coffee and he took both cups and leaned across her to put them on the settle . |
| 10 | Hashim Ciftci told the Today newspaper that he shot cameraman Nick della Casa and his assistant Charles Maxwell after they hired him to guide them on an expedition to film fighting between the Iraqi army and Kurdish rebels in the mountains of northern Iraq . |
| 11 | The doctor was concerned enough about him to trail him on a journey that Thomas then made to London Airport . |
| 12 | so I told him to keep them on the back of that door . |
| 13 | For some families breakfast can be a time when they are on a very short fuse and tensions abound , so if you can persuade her to have hers on a tray in bed , many problems may be avoided . |
| 14 | During the summer of 1977 she watched him play polo at Smith 's Lawn , Windsor and when , in February 1978 , he invited her to join him on a skiing party in Klosters , Switzerland there was much speculation that she might be the future queen of England . |
| 15 | ‘ And Spain was a cosy hideaway for our export villains ; ergo , her boyfriend was waiting for her to join him on the Costa del Crook . ’ |
| 16 | But by telling them to take themselves on the bikes it keeps them occupied . ’ |
| 17 | Kenneth adores him and commandeered him the moment he arrived , allowing me to join them on a walk after yet another edible meal ( any more of this clever cooking and you 'll ruin your reputation ) . |
| 18 | I had only been at home for about ten days when a friend of mine asked me to join him on a journey to the East Indies . |
| 19 | Explain that no one is to see what they have written on the paper and then ask them to pin it on the back of the next guest to arrive . |
| 20 | It was here that the great receptions and gala balls took place , though it was not the setting for the traditional New Year 's ambassadorial reception as described by Hubner , which was that of the Throne part played by the Empress , since this was her first appearance at such a function and it thus enables us to observe her on an occasion of high formality : |
| 21 | People came up to us to congratulate us on the reading . |