Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [pron] [noun sg] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case the defendants , who were manufacturers of electronic components , collected on their land a large number of strips of metal foil , light enough to be blown about in the wind . |
| 2 | Well Mr er pleading guilty to these offenses and we 've listened to what the solicitor has said on your behalf the main offence of having no excise licence you 'll be fined seventy five pounds and be willing to pay eighty pounds thirty three back duty and ten pounds costs and for the offenses of failing to produce you 'll be fined ten pounds for each of those three offenses . |
| 3 | Winifred had sat for hours in those early days on the sofa , next to Marcus , who moved away , and like a parody of a mad religious discipline , abbreviated his answers , elongated his silences , until he had imposed on his mother a similar pattern of behaviour . |
| 4 | Like the one she 'd had on her leg a few weeks previously . |
| 5 | In this way the British created the situation of the small farmer , destroyed him by taxation , and raised on his back a new exploiting class , the money lenders . |
| 6 | God has placed on my heart a real desire to be involved in training , encouraging and equipping Christians to know their God intimately as a Father , and to share my faith in evangelism , taking the Gospel to the people . |
| 7 | George Langley said in a fervent tone , ‘ You were wasted on my brother the other night , Miss Abbott . |