Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [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 | She 'll set us on the right track . ’ |
| 5 | Oh ok , I 'll have it on the little table , but I want you to do it , not me . |
| 6 | ‘ That 'll get us on the right footing , ’ he said , ‘ and no arguments . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We could do it on the National Health . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | To hell with reason , she was scared today : what if she 'd lost her way , and nothing could put her on the right track . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's the worst thing for a hangover and could put you on the slippery slope to alcoholism , ’ warns the magazine . |
| 13 | I just made the whole bed and then realized I 'd put it on the wrong way . |
| 14 | We read our lines together for the first time — but never as we would do them on the actual recording . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Max told me that Smith would meet us on the following Monday , which would have meant waiting around for five days . |
| 17 | Yes , I 'll shall put it on the spare bedroom bed , not that there 's a lot of room on there , but still . |
| 18 | He said that he would telePhone her on the following Thursday . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Soon it will be Pesach and I think this year I will celebrate it on the correct date . |
| 21 | Our team will point you on the right road towards a slimmer , healthier figure , with dietary and fitness advice tailored to your needs . |
| 22 | I reject the hon. Gentleman 's criticism , and I can reassure him on the present position . |
| 23 | Hopefully , YTS permitting , the rest of the country can catch them on the forthcoming Teenage Fannies tour . |
| 24 | Hopefully , YTS permitting , the rest of the country can catch them on the forthcoming Teenage Fannies tour . |
| 25 | we want it done in both directions , there 's no way you can do it on the main line |
| 26 | There are a whole lot of players who can go out there and knock balls in all over the place , score wonderful great big one four sevens and centuries and things of this nature , but what makes the , the good player an excellent player , is the player who can do it on the big occasion . |
| 27 | If you need any further information you can contact me on the above telephone number after 4 p.m. most days . |
| 28 | According to the Court of Appeal in Tagro v Cafane this requires the valuer to assume that he can sell it on the open market to a willing buyer , and in so doing to ignore any covenant against assignment which restricts alienation of the landlord 's interest . |
| 29 | But in a world where nature left to its own devices is as grim as it is in much of the Soviet Union , the belief that you can bend it on the heroic scale is unlikely to go away . |
| 30 | These are all roads where the pedagogical tradition has pointed signposts in the wrong direction , making us search for English ( the nature of English conversation , at least ) where it is not — and where only a careful analysis of natural conversational data can get us on the right road again . |