Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect you to work on the assignments you owe me at home ! |
| 2 | No , no , no , no you could only do that , I want you to go on the Orient Express , yes . |
| 3 | ‘ I want you to sit on the step and watch out fer yer Mum and come in and tell me when you see her . ’ |
| 4 | I want you to concentrate on the way the rooms themselves bring about certain kinds of behaviour . |
| 5 | The larvae produce pheromones and these , circulating within the army , stimulate it to keep on the move . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And tell him to keep on the move . ’ |
| 8 | After that , watched by her amused employer she emptied the pot of cold tea , scrupulously dried it , and set it to warm on the hotplates beside the fire , then placed a tea-caddy , ornamented with the features of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra , a souvenir of their coronation , on the table , ready to spoon the required amount into the pot . |
| 9 | But some , such as the Portuguese man-of-war ( Physalia ) and the velella , have sacs full of gas , which enable them to float on the surface , trailing their poisonous tentacles to catch fish that come to browse in the surface water . |
| 10 | Permit me to rap on the table and murmur ‘ Pass ! ’ |
| 11 | Quality standards also require you to report on the progress of the case but this is not likely to be standard advice . |
| 12 | Does ‘ Be aware ’ now require him to act on the advice of the computer ? |
| 13 | Take him to play on the Breck — he 'll shown you where . |