Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [to-vb] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reading the article in this issue on Remembrance led me to reflect on the statement in our Royal Charter which says that one of the objects of the Association is to : |
| 2 | I can not resist the admission that I was profoundly flattered when a telephone call from Harold Wilson at Downing Street invited me to mediate on the basis that , so far as they could see , I was for the moment the only tolerable candidate . |
| 3 | ‘ A few minutes later two guys came running in with masks on they were both shouting and swearing and told me to lie on the ground . |
| 4 | Th they told me to default on the mortgage that I 'm paying for the property that my wife lives in , because the assessment does n't take into account that I |
| 5 | On the third evening of the first week he sent one of his assistants into the dining hall and told him to get on the mike and chat to the campers/diners . |
| 6 | The fact that my slimmers felt so much healthier encouraged them to continue on the diet while they were losing weight and it became clear that they had no intention of falling back in to their old habits . |
| 7 | She was able to roam further afield now , for Kit Everard felt he could gamble on her honour ( he hoped she was becoming attached to him too ) , and allowed her to walk on the beach by herself , and swim out to sea , even though he realised it meant she could slip out of the compound , for the sections of the stockade that he had left till last would enclose the shore . |
| 8 | This allowed him to go on the offensive , including on issues that Dr Cunningham devoutly wished would evaporate , like that cause célèbre . |
| 9 | You remember Peter when he was , er , totally different context , but the lesson is the same , when he was when Jesus called him to walk on the water and he starts walking , and then , he looks around and for what e , for whatever reason he starts sinking , the moment he calls out help Jesus reaches out and lifts him back him rescues him . |
| 10 | Akehurst 's passion for the subject of international law led him to embark on the writing of what became a standard student textbook , A Modern Introduction to International Law . |
| 11 | Before he left , the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline asked him to report on the treatment of convicts in Van Dieman 's Land . |
| 12 | The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time . |
| 13 | The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time . |
| 14 | I then asked him to comment on the extent to which recommendations to the Senior Management Team contained in the report appeared to have been implemented . |
| 15 | It would appear from paragraph ( a ) that a seller who has a monopoly over the supply of the kind of goods in question is unlikely to convince the court of the reasonableness of a wide exemption clause , especially if it was a large demand for the product which enabled him to insist on the clause being in the contract . |
| 16 | Though no world-beater in the trailblazing Thompson mould , he emerged as Britain 's number one decathlete last summer , taking the bronze medal at the World Student Games in Sheffield and claiming the sole British place for the World Championships in Tokyo , where a hamstring tear forced him to withdraw on the eve of competition . |
| 17 | She collapsed , they turned her out of the house , and literally left her to die on the pavement outside . |
| 18 | ‘ Shit , ’ he said to the empty room , and then left it to chew on the idea . |
| 19 | Another time he got us to lie on the floor with our legs in the air . |
| 20 | It 's why Uncle Vernon wanted me to go on the stage . ’ |
| 21 | they offered me two for a boat , right and they offered me one while I was there , then I got home and they offered me one that late that evening , job , erm working like that was a Thursday and they wanted me to start on the week Monday , I could n't do it as it happens I had to give my weeks notice here get out there that quick , so I fucking said , I said to myself well they 've first day , they 're gon na offer me a few more , so yeah they offered me a couple more but way from so , a bit unlucky I , I wished I 'd fucking taken it |
| 22 | That was why I wanted her to go on the stage … to help get them out . ’ |
| 23 | To start off Changez 's career in the grocery business , Anwar instructed him to work on the till , where you could get by with only one arm and half a brain . |