Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost twenty years alter the incident Coleridge was persuaded by Byron to publish the poem , and he then made the sensational claim that he had been able to remember 200 to 300 lines of perfect poetry when he had awoken from a drug-induced sleep , and was busy writing them down when he was interrupted by someone from Porlock demanding to see him on business . |
| 2 | Logging remains crucial to the economy in the central provinces of Binh Dinh and Gia Lai and the bans are seen as being largely for international consumption , with little effort made to enforce them on the ground . |
| 3 | In my judgment , this draft having been sent to the plaintiffs by Sir Richard Temple , and retained and cashed by them , we ought to draw the conclusion that the plaintiff , who kept and cashed the draft , agreed to accept it on the terms upon which it was sent … . |
| 4 | ‘ Would n't want to meet him on a dark night , ’ breathed Arthur , trying to make light of the incident . |
| 5 | I 've pulled him out of it I pulled him out of it for the simple reason , he is the only one which is , I did n't want to segregate him on his own . |
| 6 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
| 7 | I want to see you on your knees begging for my love before our time is up , and that will be all the satisfaction I need . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He tried to unload it on me , ’ said Gareth Holmroyd . |
| 9 | ‘ And I want to thank you on Hilda 's behalf . |
| 10 | I asked her to come to see me on the day after her arrival and at the hour of sunset , the best time for the wonderful view that I then had to offer her . |
| 11 | It suddenly crossed my mind that perhaps he thought I had come to see him on a professional level , that I was in need of spiritual help or whatever . |
| 12 | ‘ Actually , I have come to see you on his behalf , ’ said Mary pompously . |
| 13 | However , because of their wide scope , when judging such clauses under s 3 of the UCTA , one has to treat them on the basis that they exclude or restrict liability for total failure to perform by reason of wilful default . |
| 14 | If you want to use a mirror on a wall that is n't flat , you will need to mount it on blackboard , chipboard or plywood about 9mm thick . |
| 15 | Marc got up , face like a thunder-cloud , the look he gave Peter designed to shrivel him on the spot . |
| 16 | ERIC Butler , a charity worker , fought back with his swordstick when a mugger tried to strangle him on the London Underground in 1987 . |
| 17 | It is perfectly simple , relatively speaking , to store on magnetic tape within a computer a full catalogue entry , including a classification symbol or symbols , and to label each segment of the information in such a way that the computer can be programmed to find it on demand . |
| 18 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 19 | She walked two paces backwards to the bed , only in her shirt , and tried to pull him on her as she fell . |
| 20 | After the series of treaties in 1854 – 58 which helped to launch her on a rapid and irreversible process of change it could even still be questioned whether full-scale diplomatic representation there was worth what it cost . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | He tried to flog it on the bus |
| 23 | It was pointless to try to catch them on their own ground as their friends were too numerous and their alibis too readily available . |
| 24 | Gloucester Crown Court heard that 24 year old Michael Jones headbutted and punched PC Kevin Frost as he tried to arrest him on suspicion of damaging a burger bar in Cheltenham . |
| 25 | The person with the cushion on their lap then has to stroke them on the head and say ‘ Poor pussy ’ without laughing . |
| 26 | When American writer Lester Bangs toured England with The Clash , Bernie Rhodes tried to set him on fire . |
| 27 | One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck . |
| 28 | Chapters 2 and 3 are designed to help you on both counts . |
| 29 | But the common story , so far as we can tell , was of a prospering contado helping a few of the citizens to be successful merchants , carrying local market goods and some from longer distances ; and if Francis ' father had not been a successful merchant trading into France , the saint would not have borne the name he did , nor suffered the intense reaction to his father 's worldly values which helped to inspire him on the path to poverty and heaven . |
| 30 | Oh , want to stick it on top of that dome like cowboys do |