Example sentences of "to [pers pn] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Following Bono 's unsuccessful attempts to speak to George Bush at the White House during the ‘ Zoo TV ’ tour , Clinton sent a letter to the band offering his services and later spoke to them on a live radio phone-in . |
| 2 | He was sobered to find that many Tahitians were already dying from the venereal diseases bequeathed to them on a previous visit . |
| 3 | Candidates for an overseas assignment should have had the opportunity to digest all information given to them on the new job , country , life style , compensation package and effects on their careers and families before being interviewed for the post . |
| 4 | My concern for pollution was positively brought home to me on a recent weekend backpacking trip in the Dark Peak . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll report back to me on a daily basis . |
| 6 | The changeling character is Sandra Bernhard , who is perched next to me on a gilt-covered chair in a mirrored room high up in the House of Dior . |
| 7 | Jessica answered all such charges in her autobiography ‘ Fame Is A Song ’ a copy of which , suitably inscribed , she presented to me on a subsequent New York visit . |
| 8 | A young woman sat with her back to me on the far side of the great fourposter bed . |
| 9 | Erm Mr referred to er put great store it seemed to me on the long term effectiveness of of of reducing er building . |
| 10 | I did mention that er I 'm a retired tax inspector and I 'm very long retired , I 've been retired for thirteen years , thoroughly enjoying it , hope you too but your first questions w must be what the devil am I doing thirteen years retired tax inspector talking to you on a technical subject , why on earth ca n't you get the real thing ? |
| 11 | Look at the list of statements below and see which , if any , apply to you on a regular basis . |
| 12 | ‘ My father has asked me to talk to you on a certain matter . |
| 13 | 9 Every pack comes to you on a see-before-you-buy basis . |
| 14 | The term ‘ Information ’ does not include any information which ( i ) is generally available to and known by the public ( other than as a result of its disclosure by you or your Representatives ) , ( ii ) was available to you on a non-confidential basis from a source other than KPMG Peat Marwick , the management and employees of the Company , or the Vendors or their professional advisers , or ( iii ) has been independently acquired or developed by you without breaching any of your obligations under this Agreement . |
| 15 | The short of mountaineer that invariably takes the empty berth next to you on an alpine refuge matrazenlager . |
| 16 | ‘ As a matter of interest , he specifically stressed that I must talk to you on an impersonal basis only . ’ |
| 17 | She gave the king 's son honey to eat , and played to him on a golden zither , whose strings she brushed with a silver feather . |
| 18 | She had already discovered to her cost just how strongly attracted she was to him on a physical level . |
| 19 | A practitioner with any pretension to legal learning should certainly know the lines of argument that may be open to him on a disputed point of interpretation . |
| 20 | He followed their swift line as together they swung low over the water and landed , the splash of their coming rippling softly back to him on the still air . |
| 21 | I took him to about twenty houses and had made love to him on the splintery boards of about half of them before he decided that this was not a suitable town for his mother to live in — too quiet , too far from London — and the estate agent , whose car had been left standing in leafy side-streets for too many unprofitable hours , gave me a week 's wages and said he thought another job might suit me better . |
| 22 | It was of no consequence ; Garland knew every step of the way and Mitch trotted ahead , pursuing an erratic course as he nosed out the rich odours brought to him on the moist air . |
| 23 | He had already acquired some ex-episcopal lands back in 1647–8 , in settlement of earlier debts owing to him on the public faith . |
| 24 | In 1741 Collinson reported to him on the miraculous achievement at Thorndon : |
| 25 | Faye turned to her on a suppressed sigh . |
| 26 | Nothing much could happen to her on a sunny September afternoon between here and the launderette , and Mrs Barakhda who ran it was a friend of hers , or the nearest Lili had to a friend . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , ’ Fabia agreed , but what was more than obvious to her , with Ven stressing , ‘ specifically ’ stressing , that Lubor talk to her on an impersonal basis only , was that he still did n't trust her not to ask personal questions about him . |
| 28 | Unless the tenant here was a statutorily protected tenant , as the premises were not let to her on an excluded tenancy she is entitled to the benefit of that protection . |
| 29 | Furthermore , he had always related to her on an intellectual level , unlike the majority of men she knew who saw her as just another pretty face ( to try a line on ) , and although she and Whitlock never mixed socially , only ever meeting up at work , she had come to regard him as one of her few real friends . |
| 30 | I walked back into the lounge and said , ‘ You clever girl ’ to Sally and sat close to her on the wide sofa . |