Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] on [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | On one occasion Clara 's class purchased a pound of sausages , took them in with them , and roasted them on one of the burners , and ate them , in full scent and in fairly good view ; Mrs Hill appeared not to notice , and talked quietly on of Boyle 's law . |
2 | I remember seeing them on Ready Steady go and liking Ronnie Lane 's smile . |
3 | Without taking hold of me , she forced me to stand in one spot of my own will , while she whipped me on all sides . |
4 | That turns me on that does . |
5 | Tripoli postponed the elections until February ; Ajdabiyans confidently expected them on 1 February , and after that day the chairman of the local Assembly telephoned Tripoli each afternoon to ask if he should hold the poll . |
6 | Suspend them on long and short threads , tied to a wire coat-hanger . |
7 | Mrs Boswell had packed sheets in her husband 's luggage , and Joseph Ritter laid them on both beds . |
8 | ‘ I met them on one of my early trips out here . ’ |
9 | Manufacturers of the three fungicides voluntarily instructed US farmers in October to stop using them on 70 out of 83 approved crops . |
10 | Mountain bikes do n't have guards because if you 're using them on wet and muddy terrain you do n't want to constantly have to stop to unclog the wheels . |
11 | Yes and er I er they got me on that and I 'd er seen a bit on it before hand one way or another , but I went to a place and , and asked them if I could er see and er they showed me and explained it , the er the way to er . |
12 | Cos they had the , the expensive yarns and they produced them on these machines with very little waste . |
13 | It was a common sight then to see several boys , myself included , stand at the pavement 's edge , take out our little ‘ Willies ’ — raise them on high for elevation , and suddenly direct the streams of urine on to the watching , gaping girls . |
14 | They were able to request anything they wanted from their administrative colleagues which they felt could aid them on any given mission . |
15 | Lay me on another half a gram ’ … and they 'd go , ‘ Alright ’ … in the end , you 'd owe them a coupla grams and you 'd have to go shoplifting in Chester or something 'cos you could n't go round town in case they were there … . |
16 | finally , when both my parents were away somewhere , I took the opportunity to draw out of the Post Office bank all the very modest amount of money that people had given me on special occasions like my christening . |
17 | This , presumably , is because they make the journey at very great depths , far below the reach of drift nets or trawls and since they are no longer feeding there is little chance of catching them on baited hooks or in traps . |
18 | You ca n't fool me on that score . ’ |
19 | Cash is overwhelmingly in sterling erm , can I just look up and remind my erm , refresh me on that . |
20 | My family have sometimes joined me on these camps but are mainly content to be ‘ Guiding Orphans ’ as well as ‘ Medau Orphans ’ . |
21 | They 'll also get more local capability to off-load host processing , including a new Motif-run VT320 emulator , a local host chooser client , a local command shell and the ability to run local processes and display them on remote X displays . |
22 | I send them on regular trips abroad to keep up to date with new technology … ’ |
23 | They would also remove any personal belongings which were removable and next day place them on prominent display , according to Polperro 's Quiller Couch , ‘ … to disclose the disgraceful want of vigilance supposed to characterise the owner ’ . |
24 | Roll the mixture into small balls about the size of walnuts and place them on two large baking sheets . |
25 | Before you oil your hands , place them on either side of your partner 's head . |
26 | It remained for the Spaniards to connect them in extended compositions and base them on secular songs as Cabezón did on the ‘ Canto del Caballero ’ and ‘ Guardame las vacas ’ or play them as so many Mass-movements and motets were even more incongruously played — on the lute . |
27 | To begin with Gyggle tried me on sensory deprivation . |
28 | However , for patients in their forties it is usually a simple matter to establish them on similar insulin regimens to the Type I patients . |
29 | It focusses them on some of the visual clues they might otherwise miss . |
30 | True , a small band of bridge trolls tried to ambush them on one occasion , and a party of brigands nearly caught them unawares one night ( but unwisely tried to investigate the Luggage before slaughtering the sleepers ) . |