Example sentences of "they [vb base] [pers pn] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So we all go up in the lift , and the two bucks as good as carry the mother 's boy into the room ; he 's almost completely gone , and they sit him on the bed and they pour some of the champagne down him and then they come out . |
| 2 | ‘ It makes you think , when you hear people call you Chariie as they sling you on the slab . ’ |
| 3 | Sixty six she was , so in we go , and it 's got open to the general public , so this man said to her something about I ca n't serve you I 've had a robbery , she said I do n't know why they advertise it on the window if he 's , if he 's not prepared to serve me and when I looked round there was all the taken over , they had a burglary . |
| 4 | They catch you on the hop . |
| 5 | ‘ They let me on the train . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I started to come round when they put me on the slab . |
| 7 | They they put him on the rail they tied him to the railway track so he 'd get run over by a train but I do n't think he did . |
| 8 | Er it erm er the result was that you was really working flat out all the summer , and then as the winter advanced , you got very short of work , and they put us on the dole , for half a week . |
| 9 | He was just doing the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ album but we did n't know that , Anyway , we got in touch with The Country Club and they put us on the guest list and Cherry Vanilla , Wayne County and I , posing as journalists , went along to see him . |
| 10 | they put it on the drive for |
| 11 | Well at the time they put it on the market we , we all three thought that it would be a good idea if , if both families sold up and moved into something smaller and perhaps moved near to each other |
| 12 | but she had drapes and that to buy herself and , and they put it on the frame and she ca n't get into her drawers on bed , so they 're no good |
| 13 | Course , they had n't had lorries in them days , they drive them on the road and you see old shepherd coming along with a couple of dogs and goodness knows how many sheep ! |
| 14 | You go down there they slap you on the wrist you walk away from it and go and do it again . |
| 15 | Of course , if they get me on the phone , I 'm lost . |
| 16 | On the front one they do it on the knee which is the er do you see , which is higher up . |
| 17 | ‘ You know , ’ he explains , ‘ they have them on the radio . |
| 18 | They enlighten us on the mystery , we are grateful to them , we trust them and then we buy their product . |
| 19 | Why do n't they have a big old disaster and see if they feature it on the news |
| 20 | That 's another thing you have to tell them remind them on the phone . |