Example sentences of "[verb] this [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | By a coincidence I met this man on the summit of Sergeant Man in the Lake District two months later . |
| 2 | SHE MET THIS BLOKE ON HOLIDAY IN SPAIN — HER FIRST BOYFRIEND . |
| 3 | He sadly posted this letter on a wet Sunday afternoon in Leeds . |
| 4 | Healy ( 1993 ) has criticized this study on the grounds that as those selected had previous histories of poor response to neuroleptics , this unfairly weighted the trial against chlorpromazine . |
| 5 | Keyence turns this convention on its head : not only does it subcontract manufacturing , but it has an in-house sales team that accounts for fully half its workforce . |
| 6 | And he had been left to conduct this hearing on his own , secure that he would make the decision both Hotspur and she needed . |
| 7 | The court ruled this week on the case of Pauls and Moores of Georgia . |
| 8 | I did n't want this stigma on you too . |
| 9 | Do you want this light on ? |
| 10 | You 've got three thousand people locally who 've their signatures to a petition who do n't want this thing on their doorstep because they 're worried that they 've tha that there 're going to be things wrong with it 's going to affect the quality of the lives of people in Selby . |
| 11 | WORK should be completed this week on safety measures being put in place on a busy road outside an infants school where a crossing patrol was axed . |
| 12 | If you are using this style on a group , it 's worth thinking about individuals ' values and interests and appealing to them . |
| 13 | In order to combat this spectre on the doorstep , in August the Save West Malling Airfield Group ( SWAG ) called a public meeting to which 13 personal invitation were issued to Kent Council councillors , of which not one attended . |
| 14 | ‘ Did you make this mark on her neck ? ’ |
| 15 | Repeat this process on all four sides to make up the complete frame . |
| 16 | In-mast and headsail furling is standard , as is laid teak in the cockpit and on the bathing platform , but to continue this treatment on the upper deck costs an additional £5,000 ex VAT . |
| 17 | Henry relied on the Douglas family and hostages taken at Solway Moss to support this arrangement on their return to their homeland . |
| 18 | But I 'm still here to ask you to support this motion on the plight of casual and temporary workers . |
| 19 | Some of my colleagues will regard this gesture on the part of the Board with pleasure that will make for whole-hearted co-operation on their part . |
| 20 | Plateless bolt-on necks are the order of the day , and the Koreans have had to work out a strange method of extending the neck an extra step past the end of the fingerboard to try to keep the Rickenbacker look ( you might be able to spot this feature on the black one , between the neck and middle pickups ) . |
| 21 | Whilst PageMaker does not itself support the condensing and expanding of type ( a feature that we hope will be included in version 4.0 ) it is possible to perform this trick on the Macintosh — sadly not on the PC . |
| 22 | For example , with scant evidence that either length or quality of life is enhanced by coronary artery bypass surgery , American surgeons are four times more likely than Canadian surgeons to perform this procedure on patients aged over 75 . |
| 23 | Two working parties are due to report this summer on the issue . |
| 24 | Not much to report this week on the home front , except that I have a sneaking feeling I may have broken a bone in my right hand . |
| 25 | I made this ascent on a lowering afternoon that turned thundery , and I stood only momentarily I will admit on the bridge , as the storms brewed noisily up in the mountains all around and the lightning began . |
| 26 | A hundred parachute troops from the 2nd Parachute Battalion made this entrance on 27 February 1942 , fighting their way into the station and coming out with the vital gear dismantled by Flight-Sergeant Cox , a radar expert . |
| 27 | I once attempted to read his first book , Alex Through The Looking Glass , but stumbled and fell at page 10 where the Hurricane made this observation on the subject of literature : ‘ My favourite read is Robert Ludlum . |
| 28 | In 1981 , Prime Minister Robert Mugabe made this comment on the goals of education : |
| 29 | Nevertheless , I do not believe for one moment — I made this point on enough occasions to the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) — that , if we had not given potential investors the opportunity to buy a power station that could be converted to gas , there would have been much hope of bringing a gas pipeline to Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | We made this offer on humanitarian grounds . |