Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a ditch the other side of it , which should present no problems provided they met it on the right stride . |
| 2 | They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave . |
| 3 | They laid him on the cool grass and bathed his forehead . |
| 4 | It was a royal monopoly , and an earlier King Arkesilas is depicted on a Spartan vase of the mid-sixth century supervising his officials as they weighed it on a man-size balance ( Chamoux , Cyrene , plate vi . |
| 5 | They place themselves on the same plane as trees or stones . |
| 6 | Once at the top of the rise , they found themselves on a flat plateau , of which most of the park area consisted |
| 7 | Second , they put themselves on the defensive by shying away from subjects like food scares and by protecting the rogues within their industry . |
| 8 | It was the way they put me on the right track that made me wonder — guiding angels in the Bible have a habit of appearing as two young men . |
| 9 | Ah well they put me on the top rate of pay , which was quite good , thirty five shilling a week . |
| 10 | When you die there they put you on a wooden platform below the sky and the vultures come and eat the body . |
| 11 | They put it on a bigger scale but the entertainment far below ours ! |
| 12 | ‘ Even if they stop you on a busy shopping morning and ask you to sign petitions ? ’ |
| 13 | Clydebank make a practice of discomfiting clubs from the higher division when they meet them on the claustrophobic confines of their own pitch , as last season 's finalists , Airdrie , discovered when they were knocked out after a third-round replay . |
| 14 | … the people of Burma are friendly hospitable folk ; they meet you on a friendly equal basis , without cringing or self-assertion . |
| 15 | Erm , you see they were dyed on the wrong side you know they were of course it was easier to penetrate than it would be if they dyed them on the right side you see , it was technically i far far superior . |
| 16 | One video is not going to stop car crime on its own , but producers believe it may persuade some young people to think twice before they find themselves on the wrong side of the law . |
| 17 | But they started him on a new course of treatment yesterday and he 's begun to respond . ’ |
| 18 | Other member states bypassed us on the single currency by giving us an opt-out , for which the Prime Minister had to pay at Maastricht — and for which the British people will have to pay even more in the months ahead — and they bypassed us on the social chapter by simply going ahead without us . |
| 19 | The first thing they ask me on the 1st tee is , ‘ Billy , tell me all about your family . ' ’ |
| 20 | When Stephen was in hospital they kept us on the same house with all the mothers and babies , even though I had asked to be off it . |
| 21 | Well , without getting too technical about it , I think you ought to have a comma after one because in the erm , y you know , the erm , blurb they gave you on the left hand side , that would apply what you 've learnt on the left hand side . |
| 22 | It was a thin day , and they ran it on the four o'clock news . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's not so easy to buy land or factories , so as soon as someone makes money they spend it on a top-of-the-range Mercedes or on expensive furniture for their flat . ’ |
| 24 | and erm , you know , they spend it on the six of them pocket money for sixteen years it all of them have left school now |
| 25 | When parents criticize or disapprove of what their children do ( when unacceptable ) , the fact that their offspring love and respect them puts them on the same side as their parents ; it means that they will take what is being said seriously , and will emulate them by beginning to criticize their bad behaviour themselves ! |