Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this section I intend to focus on the way four of these problems have become interlinked , namely those of underachievement , the concern over indiscipline , and the need for social integration and the employability of particular groups . |
| 2 | I shall plan out what I propose to do on the farm for the next three years , season by season , and we 'll look for a ploughman to help with your new venture . |
| 3 | I hesitate to pronounce on the degree of tranquillity in his life , but since 1943 he has not been further than sixty miles from this spot . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to go on the stage , ’ she had said , six long months ago now . |
| 5 | That 's all I want to say on the principle erm of the criteria , as far as the detailed content erm er is concerned I suspect we could talk all day about whether social should replace affordable in one of the criteria , or whether the full stop is in the right place er in another one . |
| 6 | ‘ No , I want to concentrate on the boy , Peter . |
| 7 | In this chapter I want to concentrate on the response of community educators , particularly their reaction to the problems and issues facing the working class . |
| 8 | I want to concentrate on the week in Adelaide in January 1933 that brought it all to a head , and the personal dilemma I faced as the Teuter-Press Association correspondent . |
| 9 | Like my hon. Friend , I want to concentrate on the future rather than the past 20 years . |
| 10 | I want to build on the graveyard . ’ |
| 11 | I hope to touch on the subject that he mentioned shortly . |
| 12 | What I hope to gain on the course is to be able to speak more confidently and to get over the nerves . |
| 13 | Either I get hooked on the story or message to the exclusion of the drawings , or am arrested by the designs and can not be bothered with the balloons . |
| 14 | I remember asking on the shop floor of a division , the board of which had been reduced from fifteen to four , what the major difference was This was not because the fifteen previous board members had felt to be down the line , and was told , to my surprise , that the biggest difference was that they now knew what was going on . |
| 15 | No , I guess checking on the number of balls left in the over I think . |
| 16 | They had the glue had the glue they did a lot of gluing I suppose fixing on the material |
| 17 | Ca n't decide whether I 've imagined the eels or not , so I decide to sleep on the matter . |
| 18 | I do feel on the question of whether we are bringing people into the Harrogate area or catering for the needs of the residential population . |
| 19 | ‘ He plays more on the left hand side which is not my favourite position , I prefer to play on the right . |
| 20 | Please thank our friend for the thought , but I prefer to stay on the ground ’ . |
| 21 | I 've said on the note that tea will be available , I must admit I did n't check that , but I will do that . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've checked on the ship , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Now I 've written on the pencil case . |
| 24 | I 've lived on the moor with them for so long . |
| 25 | See the arrow I 've painted on the ground ? |
| 26 | All I know is what I 've seen on the news . ’ |
| 27 | I switched increasingly to erm political history , then I moved from economic and political history to social history , to some extent linking the two , and increasingly over the last ten years , partly through the work that I 've done on the history of broadcasting , and on twentieth century history , I think I would say that I would now be a cultural historian . |
| 28 | I 've sailed on the sea |
| 29 | Silence fell between them for a few steps , then he said , his tone slightly different , ‘ I 've heard on the grapevine that you came to Glasgow from Heymouth , and that you were involved in the disaster there last August . ’ |
| 30 | It would n't be a case of oh Si Helen I 've heard on the grapevine would it ? |