Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His bulk , thin but long , was hard for them to get up their spiral stairs , so they left him on the sofa below , on the floor that lay over an ironmonger 's shop . |
| 2 | There was this girl in a bath of asses milk , yuk ! and it had all turned to cheese , so they put her on the table with a dish of figs for afters . |
| 3 | She had thoughtful parents , though , who thought the Grand Canyon was for real and so they put her on the waiting list . |
| 4 | Erm , you see they were dyed on the wrong side you know they were of course it was easier to penetrate than it would be if they dyed them on the right side you see , it was technically i far far superior . |
| 5 | Of course , if they get me on the phone , I 'm lost . |
| 6 | Why do n't they have a big old disaster and see if they feature it on the news |
| 7 | This was his perfect nightmare , to be facing scabby , pock-marked men like these , who had nothing to lose if they gutted him on the spot . |
| 8 | There was a ditch the other side of it , which should present no problems provided they met it on the right stride . |
| 9 | My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me . |
| 10 | So they park that up on the pavement outside our wall did n't come to our gate but , and then did n't it obstruct Alan 's because they had it on the pavement , so anybody going down the pavement |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But this ruse failed , for the education journalists were not interested in the nice distinctions I offered them when they interviewed me on the phone . |
| 13 | ‘ I started to come round when they put me on the slab . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The assistants price the items as they stack them on the shelves , or when they are already on the shelves . |
| 16 | ‘ It makes you think , when you hear people call you Chariie as they sling you on the slab . ’ |
| 17 | As they settled themselves on the trunk Silas switched off the torch . |