Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could our good Christian Mrs Dallam possibly expose her daughter , and her friends ' daughters , to a woman like Marie , who has shown herself on a public stage for money , and lived with one man while married to another ? |
| 2 | In the litter tray they do the same thing , but if it has been used several times without being properly cleaned out this becomes impossible and the cat will then prefer to defecate elsewhere , even if it has to go through the motions of covering its dung with imaginary earth after it has deposited it on a wooden floor or a carpet . |
| 3 | It has turned its back on the elitism of many consumer organisations and has based itself on a democratic structure in which the voluntary efforts of the members determine policy and action . |
| 4 | After the young animal has imprinted itself on a particular individual , its attachments are fairly irreversible . |
| 5 | Since then her work with the band has taken her on a Scottish tour which included the Edinburgh Folk Festival , and she also performs with the four other ladies who make up Belfast 's first close-harmony vocal group ‘ Cuigear Ban ’ . |
| 6 | Her fate has taken her on a different journey , a route where the monarchy is secondary to her true vocation . |
| 7 | Dr Halden is married to my daughter and has taken her on an extended tour of the Continent . ’ |
| 8 | You said you 'd spent it on a new banjo . ’ |
| 9 | They 'd never have allowed me on a scheduled flight , and this is one party I would n't miss . |
| 10 | This foolish lad was said to have gorged himself on an entire goose one Christmas Eve and , upon staggering home , was robbed and murdered . |
| 11 | It was assumed that parishes , very largely the agricultural villages of the southern and eastern cereal regions , who were using Speenhamland-like systems of poor relief , had placed themselves on a vicious spiral of soaring poor rates and were progressively increasing the very poverty they sought to relieve . |
| 12 | ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , ’ grunts Graeme Souness , as he ambles across the mahogany lined reception at Ibrox . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 14 | Apparently Mr Baker had met him on a social occasion , and had been impressed by his traditionalist views . |
| 15 | Billy 's been brilliant because we 've had him on an album-by-album deal , and he could have jumped ship , but he 's been really loyal . ’ |
| 16 | The funny man who had found her on a distant planet and had treated her as a human being . |
| 17 | She remembered their birthdays , sent notes of apology to their wives when they had to accompany her on an overseas tours and ensured that they were ‘ fed and watered ’ when she went out with them from Kensington Palace . |
| 18 | Francisco worked in Admin , but occasionally he doubled as a barman , and he did n't have to explain that he had cut himself on a broken glass . |
| 19 | It had touched him on a raw spot . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ All I know is that we 've signed him on a playing contract for four years and we 're delighted to have him back . |
| 21 | But do n't worry : I 've put him on a separate floor . ’ |
| 22 | You have to catch it on a certain place |
| 23 | Turning to football , the West Indies have done nothing on an international scale , though the game is popular and played at a domestic level . |
| 24 | I replied , ‘ Yes , you have to heat them on a low tension ! ’ |
| 25 | Mandy 's put them on a nice new sheet ai n't ya ? |
| 26 | And now the one the players have chosen themselves on a split vote is sure to anger the traditionalists . |