Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [pers pn] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of starting an airline had come to him on the demise of Laker Airways in February 1982 . |
| 2 | True , the word star could be loosely applied to him on the basis that he had ‘ starred ’ in more than a dozen films . |
| 3 | I would have said to you on the phone we do n't make appointments to go and see people to talk about advertising . |
| 4 | I 'm sure I 've I said to you on the phone I think . |
| 5 | You can appreciate by the remarks my agent made to me on the telephone ( words which I swear I have not amended or distorted in any way at all ) just how big and unpleasant a problem I have sitting like a gibbering troll on my innocent shoulders . |
| 6 | Coy then took the DDI through the report Adam had made to him on the phone . |
| 7 | Sir Anthony concludes : ‘ A regulatory agency — which is what the Department were , at the time , in relation to the protection of investors — ought , to my mind , by definition adopt a rigorous and enquiring approach as regards material coming into its possession concerning an undertaking about which suspicions have been aroused , and also as regards representations made to it on the part of the undertaking in question . |
| 8 | This clause relies upon the ticket cases discussed above , ( see particularly Parker v South Eastern Railway , ante ) If such clauses are to stand it is vital that attention be drawn to them on the face of the order , and wording for this purpose is also provided at the commencement of Precedent 2 . |
| 9 | He 's so bloated and , I mean I have n't seen him , I said I 've , I 've talked to him on the phone . |
| 10 | He no longer maintained the stance he had advanced to me on the telephone . |
| 11 | Or maybe Veronica had got to him on the subject . |
| 12 | In at least one case , an artist has requested the option to buy back his own work , only for his letter to go unanswered ; Saatchi is known to have split up one series of paintings which were sold to him on the strength of verbal assurances that they would stay together . |
| 13 | This was sold to us , please , this was sold to us on the basis that it was going to bring in the baddies and sort out the baddies , and we 'd all live happily ever after . |
| 14 | He had to find out how far Green had gone , and soon made himself known to him on the pretext of helping him . |
| 15 | I gave her all the papers , and erm , she said well , and that meanwhile had , spoken to me on the phone , and said she would do what she could . |
| 16 | The last words he had spoken to me on the subject of kitchen units had been really quite abusive . |
| 17 | A few days later an Englishman had spoken to him on the phone , saying an envelope of pictures Manningham might find interesting were on the way by express registered post . |
| 18 | I 've spoken to you on the phone . |
| 19 | He makes me laugh cos he often says some , when I , it 's when I 've spoken to you on the phone |
| 20 | I realized with a start that the beautiful young woman who had spoken to us on the bank was his wife . |
| 21 | One detects a certain apathy towards the whole business of synodical government , and parishes find it difficult to fill the vacancies allotted to them on the Deanery Synods . |
| 22 | Projects of this sort certainly do not call for an elaborate cost-benefit analysis ; resources should be assigned to them on the basis of a simple ‘ back-of-an-envelope ’ analysis or an informed subjective decision . |
| 23 | Being sick can bring with it a degree of sympathy and attention that is greatly valued by more isolated individuals , and they may believe that if their health improves they will lose out on the time and attention that is given to them on the basis of their illness . |
| 24 | In such sectors of economy the use of the community languages and the status given to it on the shop floor is very significant . |
| 25 | Mr President , fellow members of Probus , I on your behalf would like to propose a vote of thanks to John , for the very lucid explanation he 's given to us on the operations of Trent Water . |
| 26 | A good woman , someone had explained to him on the road from Brighouse , the widow of Radical Jack Thackray , something of a local hero , who had been cut down by a sabre at St Peter 's Fields in Manchester , asking for rather less in the way of electoral reform than Daniel himself was demanding now . |
| 27 | Er it was explained to me on the phone . |
| 28 | That has to have been explained to you on the phone . |
| 29 | Yeah I was gon na move erm on a suggestion that we had not been convinced of the need for this consortium by er , so far and and that certainly we as an authority er , have remained opposed to it on the grounds that we 've stated the terms of accountability in terms of the er , sensitivity to local needs in terms of transport issues and in terms of the clear intention to restrict patient choice erm which I think is a key think which should be emphasised |
| 30 | ‘ We could have signed to they on the type of deal that would have worked against their own long-term interest in relation to creative control . |