Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | So I put it on the dim switch so as he can see to get in the bedroom . |
| 32 | Clydebank make a practice of discomfiting clubs from the higher division when they meet them on the claustrophobic confines of their own pitch , as last season 's finalists , Airdrie , discovered when they were knocked out after a third-round replay . |
| 33 | video hire chart , update you on the new releases , and give you the chance to win one of the top ten films . |
| 34 | Nick Champion of Russell , Baldwin and Bright Markets , who run it on the four Tuesdays prior to Christmas and sell several tons a year , says dealers are having to travel far afield to collect mistletoe to sell at Tenbury . |
| 35 | He had to drag out of nature whatever lay hidden and ‘ inferior ’ — to use Jung 's word — and exhibit it on the opened-out surface of a work of art . |
| 36 | On opening any packet etc , I can see from the index card how long it is likely to last and then record it on the appropriate page of the notebook . |
| 37 | I mean we 've got , four , four , four cars in our house , the gran lives in the granny annexe inside , god knows how the fucking hell she got a parking space , somehow she did , mum 's got her 's in there , my old mans parked his opposite , we 've got a big double drive as well , my old man parks his on the right and I park mine on the fucking left , its like a parking lot out there in the mornings , and if when he says |
| 38 | Erm but er I hope you 're not going to way that er Westminster Council has gone , for each er er er , er er th their property into disrepair they bought it up , do it up and flog it on the open market when a few yards away there are people no a er now sleeping under bridges and canals ! |
| 39 | I 'm grateful , that 's for today , erm my Lord it may sound slightly more erm contentious , but I 'd also ask for certificate for counsel for the thirteenth of August hearing , may I say the reason for that , it 's a matter that has n't come before you , you wo n't know about , it 's this , this reason , because at that period it was n't just the application under twenty eighty or twenty eight , four for delay there was another application er , which was unsuccessful which has n't been proceed today , but cost were also disallowed with more serious reason , I submit that said showed er negligent or that improper conduct , there was a substantial attack mounted , and I can use no other words fairly describe it on the professional conduct of and for that reason my Lord er both cos the seriousness of the allegations , but of course also because of the potential conflict that they acted for themselves and it would of been in situation for us solicitor hence to turn up , er they instructed counsel and my self , and so for that double reason in my believe we should be entitled to at , at first stage , ordinarily I would n't of had a very good run for argument but I , it 's my suspicion my clue recollection , be backed up by those behind me , and indeed by the documents that a substantial attack was mounted and it was in , I have to say in full flight terms , and much hence could n't be said to be unreasonable to deem if necessarily , unusually to send counsel in front of a taxing master , well I wo n't say any more on the point , but that is my suspicion |
| 40 | ‘ Brief me on the latest situation , please , ‘ Q ’ . ’ |
| 41 | Well I , I I , I do n't mind how it 's done but erm I hear nothing on the many people on , you know , who talk about erm giving aid erm a dread from this problem is this vast erm amount of the G M P and going on armaments and going on one way and another . |
| 42 | Just get you on the other charges . ’ |
| 43 | So design one on the same scale as the backcloth . |
| 44 | Because here 's the weird thing about these relationships with women : you get everything on the first date . |
| 45 | Set him on the right path with a good education . |
| 46 | Pictures developed but not yet positioned — slap it on the main piccie when you 've worked out where it goes . |
| 47 | With the authority of a man used to calling hounds to heel he 'd taken the arm from the dog , wrapped it in a towel and set it on the draining board . |
| 48 | His dinner was l sitting under the grill , I lift it out , set it on the fucking table , and I says I 'm away in here to waken |
| 49 | Though that 's beginning to be qualified a little because of the erm effects of erm national legislation , for example national employment legislation nowadays requires that all employers in a certain field of employment , and universities is one , erm pursue similar policies towards their staff , and indeed in our case erm pay them on the same pay scales and erm so in that sense we have to enter into agreements with trade unions and others which are binding on our members . |
| 50 | Most pay them on the same rates of pay , but because they lack seniority and are usually filling low-skilled , entry-level positions , seasonal workers ' actual earnings are usually lower than those of comparable regular workers . |
| 51 | Or does n't , you know , exhaustively optimize it on the first pass , all the time . |
| 52 | The best we can do is raise our own children differently ( a project that will fail , ironically , to the extent that children model themselves on the unreconstructed adults they encounter ! ) |
| 53 | It is a source of some sadness to me that I now find myself on the other side of the fence from Samuel Brittan in the debate on managed and fixed currencies . |
| 54 | One video is not going to stop car crime on its own , but producers believe it may persuade some young people to think twice before they find themselves on the wrong side of the law . |
| 55 | Enough of the worms find themselves on the tight-fitting lid so that when I open the bucket I merely have to lower the lid into my aquarium to feed the fish . |
| 56 | We rely on the good advice of our solicitors who advise us on the appropriate action to take . |
| 57 | Endless discussions over the map decide us on the Deep South . |
| 58 | ‘ I speak with Michael Odell inside ten minutes , or I raise him on the open line , ’ said Quinn carefully . |
| 59 | The first thing they ask me on the 1st tee is , ‘ Billy , tell me all about your family . ' ’ |
| 60 | They all agreed it was better to make steps on the eroded paths scarring Beinn Eighe and keep everyone on the one track . |