Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [pron] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got them on in one room , er I put them on a little bit |
| 2 | I agree with what you 're saying but when I 've done it before and involved the pupil in such a report I put it on a separate sheet , so that |
| 3 | I find myself on a small brick platform about twenty feet above a man-made , well-bricked channel which follows a straight course through the factories and warehouses . |
| 4 | I do n't do it on that , I do it on a big blackboard |
| 5 | When I have found my tension I write it on a adhesive label and stick this on the inside of the cone , catching the tail end of yarn to the label at the same time . |
| 6 | ‘ Sorry , but I really , truly can not help you now , ’ I say , just before I dispatch them on a current running down towards St Malo . |
| 7 | ‘ When I came such a strategy to the Wall Street Journal : ‘ It 's like a company choosing a franchise : you want one on a busy corner , not in the middle of nowhere . ’ |
| 8 | There 's no throttle as you know it on a modern car . |
| 9 | And on a good night the stars would seem to brighten ; if you looked up it was like a clear winter 's night in the city , one of those nights when you find yourself on a dark street , one without streetlamps , and for once you can see that the stars have different colours ; they are like still fireworks . |
| 10 | You hurt yourself on a big stick ? |
| 11 | But apart from our passion for the sport , we share nothing on a personal level . |
| 12 | It 's good news if we do it on a fixed fee and say , we have had to enhance some of our rates |
| 13 | When you die there they put you on a wooden platform below the sky and the vultures come and eat the body . |
| 14 | ‘ Even if they stop you on a busy shopping morning and ask you to sign petitions ? ’ |
| 15 | … the people of Burma are friendly hospitable folk ; they meet you on a friendly equal basis , without cringing or self-assertion . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not so easy to buy land or factories , so as soon as someone makes money they spend it on a top-of-the-range Mercedes or on expensive furniture for their flat . ’ |