Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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1 | I shifted my weight on to my other foot , looked around the landing and up the stairs , half-expecting to see my father leaning over the banister rail , or to see his shadow on the wall of the landing above , where he thought he could hide and listen to my phone calls without me knowing . |
2 | He declined to explain why or to give his name on the telephone . |
3 | Sarah knew she was slow , and she tried hard to grasp things more quickly and to keep her mind on the task or game in hand , but she did n't always succeed . |
4 | However , as Alexander ( 1982a , p. 158 ) observes , ‘ The creation of this body was announced ’ in a way which ‘ suggested that the council was intended more to facilitate central control of the economy than to increase local government 's capacity to protect its position and to maximise its influence on the government and on individual departments ’ . |
5 | she feels he is common , poor boy and he does n't even realise that Miss Havisham is actually only using Estella as a tool , a beautiful tool , to break men 's hearts and to get her revenge on the male sex . |
6 | The aims of the present study were to characterise the dose response relationship for cholera toxin after intrajejunal administration , to develop a standardised model of intestinal secretion using an intestinal perfusion technique , and to expand our information on the action of cholera toxin on the human jejunum . |
7 | The research aims to study the responses of heads , teachers and children in infant schools and departments to the introduction of the national Curriculum and to examine its impact on the curriculum and pedagogy of the infant school and on pupils ' school experience . |
8 | The stoma care nurse encouraged him not to avoid foods but to monitor their effect on the colostomy action . |