Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb base] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the point where in her first aria the prima donna expected from him an angry gesture , he exaggerated his anger so much that he looked as if he was about to box her ears and strike her on the nose with his fist . |
| 2 | If only she could shut these eyes and open them on the past and try again . |
| 3 | The Gamegear reflects this desire , allowing youngsters to play their favourite games at home but also to take them away from their homes and enjoy them on the move . |
| 4 | The trick is to paint the walls the colour of the background of the paper , using a matt emulsion paint , then cut the paper into equal rectangles or squares and stick them on the walls in regularly spaced ‘ panels ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ You do n't wash your feet and put them on the dirty floor , do you ? ’ he asked as he got ready for the guests who would soothe the painful passage towards the critics . |
| 6 | It would be possible to test a large sample of readers , who would read nine texts and place them on the network . |
| 7 | Or otherwise , you buy them in blocks and screw them on the wall . |
| 8 | Enlist the help of parents and get them on the side of the school by : |
| 9 | He was interested in the concept of the plays and thought he would like to bring them up to date , use original scripts and perform them on the move . |
| 10 | Make the invitations in the shape of a skull and crossbones and place them on the door instead of balloons . |
| 11 | Let us make schemata of coloured mandalas and hang them on the mind 's screens as objects of meditation . |
| 12 | Cut out the collage pieces and position them on the backing and mark their places lightly with a pencil . |
| 13 | The object is for players , taking it in turns , to remove one of the pieces and place it on the top without the whole structure collapsing . |
| 14 | We used to catch a lot of fish and it was always in them days you used to catch the trout in the Summer and you used to dry them on the on the dykes and hang them on the line like you could see haddocks and that drying . |
| 15 | He turned with difficulty and got the keys out of the pocket of his trousers and put them on the chair seat . |
| 16 | a ) As before , measure the angles and mark them on the triangles . |
| 17 | And er there used to be these er like Scotch people you know , with kilts , with swords and put them on the floor and dance round the swords and . |
| 18 | The Indians collect it in pots and smear it on the tips of their arrows and blow-pipe darts . |
| 19 | So we used to go up there and get our .008″ banjo strings and put them on the top and it really transformed what you could do . ’ |
| 20 | APT is the last building block in a set of systems — blessed with the contrived name LIFFEforce — which will allow exchange members and their clients fast and competitive access to the markets , enabling them to track and record their positions and settle them on the same day . |
| 21 | He delivered a ringing First Amendment call to arms , enjoining the assembled audience of about 2,000 people to step forward from the sidelines and join him on the battlefield to protect the artist 's right to express himself as he wishes , unhindered by the tastes or intrusions of the government . |
| 22 | If the company has cashed your cheque and not dispatched the goods , but has gone into liquidation , then your best bet is to call the official liquidators and get yourself on the list of creditors . |
| 23 | If the company has cashed your cheque and not despatched the goods , but has gone into liquidation , then your best bet is to call the official liquidators and get yourself on the list of creditors . |
| 24 | Beside him on the counter were large dirty bottles of gilt glass from which he would take out the stoppers and daub them on the sleeves of passers-by . |
| 25 | Now offer up a suitable length of cove with square ends and mark it on the wall edge where the walls meet and on the ceiling edge where the lines drawn on the ceiling intersect . |
| 26 | Starting in one corner , Helen began to lift garments from pegs and drop them on the floor in a pile — a mack of her father 's , something of Edward 's not worn within living memory , a very ancient corduroy jacket of Dorothy 's , also unused for many a year . |
| 27 | Out of the corner of my eye I watched him wipe himself with Kleenex tissues and drop them on the floor , indifferent to the smears of blood on them . |
| 28 | Many people spread their on the road , while others put branches in the fields and spread them on the road . |
| 29 | ‘ If you do not mind me ’ , the Christian General told the astonished headman , ‘ I will take my soldiers and drive you on the reservation ! ’ |
| 30 | Not only did they drench her in a water fight when she did n't have a change of clothes and throw her on the muck heap , but on Friday evening offered her a roll filled with Doggie Dins , so she spent the rest of the night throwing up . |