Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [verb] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er cos er my son-in-law I mean I put on the form right I 've got no children right . |
| 2 | No I do n't think so , but I mean I think on the whole that the pop the admin the erm Clinton Administrations Policy is to try and encourage the development of nat the use of natural gas , it 's environmentally er more acceptable and so I do n't see any particular erm direct threat this year . |
| 3 | ‘ They want me to go on a course , the company runs it , so 's I can demonstrate the new machine . |
| 4 | D , right , now what d' you put on the end that makes an I sound I , the magic |
| 5 | ‘ I want you to sit on the step and watch out fer yer Mum and come in and tell me when you see her . ’ |
| 6 | I want you to concentrate on the way the rooms themselves bring about certain kinds of behaviour . |
| 7 | I hope nothing went on the tape then . |
| 8 | Let them play on the swing , even if you are scared they will fall off . |
| 9 | Let me sit on the table |
| 10 | Let me go on a bit . |
| 11 | Now let me push on a bit and erm I wo n't ask you to write this down , but when we , we 've been talking about the state now what are the characteristics of the state ? |
| 12 | I write about Agnes , I try to imagine her , I let her sit on a bench in the sauna , walk around Paris , leaf through a magazine , talk with her husband , but the thing that started it all , the gesture of a woman waving to a lifeguard by the side of a pool , it must seem as if I had forgotten that . |
| 13 | The larvae produce pheromones and these , circulating within the army , stimulate it to keep on the move . |
| 14 | ‘ Let it graze on the lawn if you like . |
| 15 | A : Not at all ; it could be done even here — merely increase the supply of money until it becomes something of little value , as plentiful as grass : let it grow on every street corner , pour from the high street banks : see how little by little it is of less and less value : soon it is only stuff fit to engage the attention of those who love to indulge in the act of recycling : we will probably find that , pulped , bank notes are an excellent media for growing acorns into oaks . |
| 16 | ‘ Let it go on the road , then , ’ said Dorcas . |
| 17 | Collect the spray can then walk to Candy Most Dandy and spray the bin , grab the spray paint and let it rip on the plant pot . |
| 18 | Let us reflect on the matter for a moment . |
| 19 | Above all , let us reflect on the dignity of Mary and on the dignity of all women . |
| 20 | Let us get on the road . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Anyway , ’ said Lydia , ‘ what about that steak-and-kidney pud you had on the way here ? ’ |
| 22 | Not poems that make you feel on the edge of space but poems that make you feel you contain space inside yourself . |
| 23 | What I saw that evening may be important when you consider what happened on the night of his death . |
| 24 | I mean we have on a couple of occasions always done like fortieths and that , on a couple of them . |
| 25 | Billeting allocation was frequently chaotic : host families could be hostile ; children might be selected according to their good looks and manners ; in rural areas , farmers often gleefully snapped up the strongest boys and set them to work on the land . |
| 26 | I know I banged on the door , but no one heard . |
| 27 | I remember we went on a visit once to the newly opened Polish Post Office . |
| 28 | And our mams used to have skipping ropes you know one sat on the chair on one pavement the other one on pavement on the other side , turning a rope er and we skipped for hours there , with our mams turning the ropes for us . |
| 29 | And tell him to keep on the move . ’ |
| 30 | He say , I stand beside her , hear her talking on the telephone ; her boss call her , say come to work . |