Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean feelings on the matter . |
| 2 | ‘ I bring expertise on general financial and technical matters . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The reason why I lay stress on this matter is this : the basis of the respondents ' argument was that there was a single ‘ act , neglect or default , ’ videlicet , the supply of the defective machine , from which the three years ' limitation is directed by the Act to run . |
| 4 | I 'll wring her neck when I lay hands on her . " |
| 5 | I want play on the bikes |
| 6 | I want Thunderbirds on |
| 7 | I want Thunderbirds on |
| 8 | I want stuff on the TV that keeps people interested … that 's real drama … with peaks and troughs , unexpected twists and turns . |
| 9 | Erm er it 's er it 's obviously annoying for me personally , er but the worst thing about it is that it can be done at the drop of a hat , you say , I want information on X. and they say , Yes we can provide . |
| 10 | I 'm sure if ever the occasion arises when I want advice on insurance , you 're the first person I 'll come to . ’ |
| 11 | I am 82 , and would like to see this argument settled before I pitch stumps on the Green Field . |
| 12 | On his way back to his office , Patterson caught my eye and without breaking his stride , he tapped his wristwatch ( I put odds on a Rolex ) and held up five fingers . |
| 13 | I put bag on |
| 14 | I righted myself and pain shot up my right leg as I put weight on it . |
| 15 | I put weight on my hands and tried to push myself up off the floor . |
| 16 | ‘ Last season I used to feel good about certain games and I put bets on myself . |
| 17 | I put detectives on it ; they found nothing . |
| 18 | when I put light on |
| 19 | I put soot on warts . ’ |
| 20 | Well it must be cos I , I put salt on it , I thought myself you got the salt and have some more salt |
| 21 | On the first morning , I spread books on their huge kitchen table and started to cross refer . |
| 22 | If I let life on this planet die out and send the slug into space , then , since it will exist for ever , the quantity of pleasure it will enjoy will eventually outweigh all the pleasures enjoyed on this earth for ten thousand years . |
| 23 | I seek vengeance on the monster who has betrayed me . |
| 24 | John Byng in 1781 saw the revolution as reaching rather further down the social scale : " I wish with all my heart that half the turnpike roads of the kingdom were plough 'd up , which have imported London manners , and depopulated the country — I meet milkmaids on every road , with the dress and looks of Strand misses … " |
| 25 | ‘ I accompany Joan on Troutsdale ward at Clifton Hospital . |
| 26 | If I save life on this planet , it will only be saved for ten thousand years . |
| 27 | Being a total landlubber I was filled with trepidation as I set foot on the deck of the Norway Line 's good ship Jupiter . |
| 28 | I fell madly in love with this area of Scotland the first time I set eyes on it , and subsequently crawled all over it for years , marvelling at how many caves Bonnie Prince Charlie managed to occupy in his escape from the Redcoats . |
| 29 | ‘ From the moment I set eyes on you I have n't been able to think of anything else . |
| 30 | From the first moment I set eyes on Frankenstein , at the hotel in Sècheron , I had the impression of a man with a burdensome secret . |