Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [pers pn] on the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It should out-point them on the rough stuff , too , for the Range Rover is still king of the wild frontiers .
2 Godparents , these state that you should keep them on the straight and narrow
3 She was on about general conversation , you should have it on the whole time .
4 Actually there was a little bit , they showed you the four goals on the television so they might show it on the nine o'clock
5 I 'll see you on the 17th — bye-eee .
6 ‘ I 'll meet you on the second floor .
7 She 'll set us on the right track . ’
8 Oh ok , I 'll have it on the little table , but I want you to do it , not me .
9 ‘ That 'll get us on the right footing , ’ he said , ‘ and no arguments .
10 So we 'll pop you on the first one tomorrow . ’
11 I may see you on the same plane . ’
12 And at once I could smell it on the tied-on head-cushion — that same elusive , old-fashioned perfume of the towel , of the glove .
13 Now they will be scared rigid of stepping up and saying anything which could land them on the same mat upon which Lamb was so unfairly punished at Lord 's yesterday .
14 We could do it on the National Health .
15 To save time , he decided to take the bicycle with him across the fields so that he could ride it on the smoother sections .
16 As she is only three you will need a lot of patience and persistence to get the message across , but do keep trying , otherwise her bossiness could leave her on the wrong side of the fence from her friends .
17 What Alice could not forgive herself was that she had been taken in by it all well , she had had the sense to get out in time , and meet people who could lead her on the right path …
18 To hell with reason , she was scared today : what if she 'd lost her way , and nothing could put her on the right track .
19 ‘ It 's the worst thing for a hangover and could put you on the slippery slope to alcoholism , ’ warns the magazine .
20 If the authorities read that they 'd put me on the next bus to [ name of border area ] and keep me there .
21 I just made the whole bed and then realized I 'd put it on the wrong way .
22 We read our lines together for the first time — but never as we would do them on the actual recording .
23 She would run around her pen at such speed that the centrifugal force would keep her on the vertical walls like a Wall of Death rider .
24 Max told me that Smith would meet us on the following Monday , which would have meant waiting around for five days .
25 Yes , I 'll shall put it on the spare bedroom bed , not that there 's a lot of room on there , but still .
26 So in small Japanese firms average tenure may be higher but only one in six men have the 20 years or more of tenure that would place them on the higher parts of their wage profile .
27 He said that he would telePhone her on the following Thursday .
28 He said : ‘ I will keep her on the same round but I will keep an eye on her and may switch the rounds .
29 From Ainhoa the only road that will keep you on the French side of the Pyrenees runs more or less north-east , back towards Espelette .
30 Soon it will be Pesach and I think this year I will celebrate it on the correct date .
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