Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Logging remains crucial to the economy in the central provinces of Binh Dinh and Gia Lai and the bans are seen as being largely for international consumption , with little effort made to enforce them on the ground . |
| 2 | In my judgment , this draft having been sent to the plaintiffs by Sir Richard Temple , and retained and cashed by them , we ought to draw the conclusion that the plaintiff , who kept and cashed the draft , agreed to accept it on the terms upon which it was sent … . |
| 3 | A bit o' glass 'ad caught him on the fore'ead , but otherwise we 'ad n't a scratch to show for it between us . |
| 4 | Marc got up , face like a thunder-cloud , the look he gave Peter designed to shrivel him on the spot . |
| 5 | ERIC Butler , a charity worker , fought back with his swordstick when a mugger tried to strangle him on the London Underground in 1987 . |
| 6 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 7 | He tried to flog it on the bus |
| 8 | But the common story , so far as we can tell , was of a prospering contado helping a few of the citizens to be successful merchants , carrying local market goods and some from longer distances ; and if Francis ' father had not been a successful merchant trading into France , the saint would not have borne the name he did , nor suffered the intense reaction to his father 's worldly values which helped to inspire him on the path to poverty and heaven . |
| 9 | Well I tried to fix them on the door and they would n't stay |
| 10 | It was former Dublin manager Kevin Heffernan who , McGilligan reckons , helped to put him on the road to success . |
| 11 | He stopped and turned her towards him and tried to kiss her on the mouth . |
| 12 | He slid his arm round her narrow waist and bent to kiss her on the forehead . |
| 13 | If you tried to pat her on the shoulder and say ‘ There , there , ’ anything might happen . |
| 14 | BARNET chairman Stan Flashman has vowed he will ban any fans caught criticising him on the terraces . |
| 15 | He then tried putting them on the roll — about tyre . |
| 16 | So he tried to show them on the piano . |
| 17 | He said he 'd heard it on the radio this mornin' . |
| 18 | His daughter Diane Perry said she was rung by her husband from work after he 'd heard it on the radio . |
| 19 | See , she came to see me on the bridge . ’ |
| 20 | Then I 'd wondered if some women who 'd stopped me on the path had taken it . |
| 21 | She had the fleeting impression that she 'd caught him on the raw . |
| 22 | He 'd met her on the beach walking with a dog , a wire-haired terrier called Dolly which had come sniffing up to him . |
| 23 | Typical of Geoff 's talent was the opening goal he scored to set us on the way to a Wembley victory over Everton in the Zenith Data Systems Cup Final in April 1991 , cleaving his way though The Toffees ' defence to head home from a corner and , perhaps partly because of Palace 's and Geoff 's success at Wembley , he was awarded his first full International cap when England travelled to Turkey for the European Nations Championship tie on May Day 1991 . |
| 24 | But at least he did n't spot that until he 'd got me on the committee . ’ |
| 25 | It was their way of saying thank you to the locals who 'd helped them on the road to stardom . |
| 26 | He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past . |
| 27 | For answer , I picked up the newspaper from where I 'd thrown it on the desk . |
| 28 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 29 | Marc really seemed to have him on the run . |
| 30 | The only other er notice I 've got for you is that tomorrow I forgot to put it on the notices tomorrow we 've got a lot of visitors in school there 's about er thirty five of them coming over who are likely to be joining us in the lower sixth next September er lessons with the lower sixth to find out what erm what lessons are like you know okay . |