Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , Dr Richardson has met him on many occasions , and he conveyed the university 's invitation to the Dalai Lama . |
| 2 | The Gulf has seen nothing on this scale before . ’ |
| 3 | Despite bad publicity surrounding child abuse allegations which has dogged him on previous stops in Thailand , Singapore and Taiwan , Jackson 's Japanese fans made clear that , for them , their idol could do no wrong . |
| 4 | Mozart has shown us on many occasions in his scores how delightful a melodic phrase can sound when given to bassoon and flute at two octaves distance . |
| 5 | The psychoanalytical school , almost by definition has based itself on supra-historical assumptions which have been almost valueless in detailed analyses . |
| 6 | The North Face Ve 25 is a mountain tent which has proved itself on many expeditions |
| 7 | After five years in operation , Channel Four has proved itself on both counts . |
| 8 | When that time comes , I 'm sure that you will return home to make your future , satisfied that you have quenched the thirst that has driven you on this journey , and be ready to take up your permanent place in the world . |
| 9 | Those who think that Jenny herself is a little dull at times might conclude that Patrick has impaled himself on that point , like one of those Romans whose language he used to teach . |
| 10 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
| 11 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 12 | Well yeah but , cos I mean I 'd left it on all night before . |
| 13 | Er there 's the general insurance side which is based in Bournemouth and you may have had to contact them on previous occasions for quotations for motor and er house insurance , that sort of thing . |
| 14 | I should never have done it on that day . ’ |
| 15 | When this year 's competition in Nottingham is completed , Great Britain , like Japan , will have hosted it on 3 occasions . |
| 16 | with , he 'd have put them on one side and said |
| 17 | It would seem highly unlikely , except at the times when falling piece rates forced them to , that domestic workers averaged such hours through the week , although they must have worked them on some days , if only to make up for slacker work early in the week . |
| 18 | Over the two matches we were every bit as good as Liverpool and , if we 're honest , we know we should have beaten them on both occasions . |
| 19 | and you need more so really you needed to have done it on this line . |
| 20 | finally , when both my parents were away somewhere , I took the opportunity to draw out of the Post Office bank all the very modest amount of money that people had given me on special occasions like my christening . |
| 21 | He had to try three of the numbers which the Substitute had given him on identical slips of paper , each of which had ‘ after eight-thirty ’ written in small , neat writing across the bottom . |
| 22 | Luckily they 've sat themselves on opposite sides of the room . |
| 23 | But she had earned them on sheer merit . |
| 24 | He was a good-looking man in his late thirties , and Fran had met him on several occasions but had never liked him , finding something faintly repugnant about the way he stood on the outside of life looking in , searching for anything unsavoury . |
| 25 | I 'm sure I 've seen one on Mediterranean cooking I do n't know |
| 26 | The guard smiled , ‘ It 's Charlotte and the boy , we 've seen her on many occasions . |
| 27 | But , we 've seen them on this side as well ! |
| 28 | So I asked them in the lodge like do n't do any damage and Tom was in e he gave them a good lecture so and the lads in the lodge said , Well look you tell them as well not to do this attitude and perhaps you 've seen it on these flumes when they saw a crowd that was there they were changing gear with the Land Rover and through you know like anybody in the way you 'd be underneath . |
| 29 | Over the past few years , since she had broken off her engagement to Jean-Paul , he had seen her on various occasions — at balls in London , or at country-house weekends once at Christian Glendinning 's parents ' house , but they had spoken only briefly . |
| 30 | She confessed that Sally-Anne had written them on old ones Miss Laura had collected on earlier trips , and Miss Laura had posted them for her , to deceive us . |