Example sentences of "[verb] on [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The metal bedsteads were white , the cotton covers on them white , and the children lying straight and still wore white gowns . |
| 2 | The distinction between public law and private law can , therefore , be used either to accord government special privileges , or to impose on it special responsibilities and duties and to subject it to special controls . |
| 3 | I mean , Mark used to pick on me rotten , and he was only four years older than me . |
| 4 | It too was wet and the ink writing on it indecipherable , but it was still recognisable as the pasteboard square dentists use to remind patients of their appointments . |
| 5 | For the first the sender is given a sheet of paper with a diagram drawn on it similar to that shown in Figure 11.1 and the following instructions : |
| 6 | Laying his cloak on the ground , he threw on it gold rings and pearls and precious stones . |
| 7 | By building up a good soil structure and providing conditions where all the natural soil flora and fauna can thrive , it is possible to realize the full potential of any piece of land , and to grow on it vigorous , healthy crops and livestock . |
| 8 | The coffin had to have an extra lining and the lid was screwed down earlier than it might have been , so that nobody could look on them dead , except the undertaker who came to the house and wore a mask and Liam who insisted on being with them all the time . |
| 9 | Get on you dirty thing . |
| 10 | ‘ Shine On You Crazy Diamond ’ from ‘ Wish You Were Here ’ is a particularly beautiful final tribute to Barrett from the band he once used to lead , even though it confuses you into thinking he has passed on . |
| 11 | At the orphanage I was complimented on me English composition , but I 've always been a bit shy about speakin' up for meself . ’ |
| 12 | Getting on me nervous |
| 13 | It then dawned on him disagreeable that not only was he in for a Dickensian banquet ( although he had taken care of that problem , he remembered cheeringly ) but for Dickensian readings . |
| 14 | The chances of playing for England are remote … yet for Eire in goal is good , so he 'll get some international/world experience ( maybe in the World Cup … give us another reason to cheer on you Irish ; - ) |
| 15 | The House of Lords held that the plaintiff 's relationship with the committee conferred on him private law rights to remuneration in accordance with his statutory terms of service : that a litigant possessed of a private law right could seek to enforce that right by ordinary action notwithstanding that the proceedings would involve a challenge to a public law decision ; and that accordingly the action brought by the plaintiff in the Queen 's Bench Division did not constitute an abuse of process . |
| 16 | In committing the count 's rights to written record , Henry 's clerks had conferred on them new authority . |
| 17 | The record company folk who have been talking Gulf and eating her sarnies leave and Susanna draws up a chair , sits on it cross-legged and starts to play with her hair , twisting it and knitting it . |
| 18 | If I got on me high horse every time somebody hinted that I was n't like Betty Grable , I would have ridden to hell long before this . ’ |
| 19 | She laid down twenty pounds , and fixed on him girlish , friendly eyes . |
| 20 | I made a coconut cake but er er I put some coconut icing on it pink . |
| 21 | Both the counterfoil and the voting slip have identical numbers printed on them similar to a cloakroom or raffle tickets . |
| 22 | Cos I call on them everyday , I can pick the tools up and deliver them the next day . |
| 23 | An exclusion clause gives the party relying on it total exemption for the breach whereas a limitation clause limits liability to a specified amount . |
| 24 | This means that a surplus of 38 votes can only be transferred if there are 3,800 voting papers or fewer which have expressed on them subsequent preferences for continuing candidates . |
| 25 | Those local authorities contain the number of Labour members that serve on them due to the choice of the electorate . |
| 26 | That 's right , yeah , come on you tired man let's get the others a drink |
| 27 | We 're going this way come on you little rogue , you 're a little rogue are n't ya ? |
| 28 | Yeah that 's the first time I 've seen her do that , come on you little madam , come on you little madam , let's go and find granddad at work , I know you 're a baby well come on |
| 29 | Yeah that 's the first time I 've seen her do that , come on you little madam , come on you little madam , let's go and find granddad at work , I know you 're a baby well come on |
| 30 | There 's aids and he 's chasing the bum and the bum 's running and the aids is going come on you little bastard and he 's going leave me alone and so he runs up a tree and there 's a bird there and he 's got all bones on him , he 's a s witch doctor and the bird goes , and the bird goes , what 's a matter ? |