Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [pers pn] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Let me congratulate you on your powers of recovery . |
| 2 | ‘ My dear friend , if you will allow me to call you that , ’ he cried , shaking both my hands , ‘ let me congratulate you on your fortune ! |
| 3 | Let me update you on my social security saga . |
| 4 | Although regretting the need for such prosecutions , may I congratulate him on the vigour with which he prosecutes those who peddle such odious doctrines ? |
| 5 | Might I congratulate you on the birth of Henry , or Harry as I notice he is to be called from the announcement in the papers . |
| 6 | May I congratulate you on your most informative articles in the September and October issues on Life with the Washington . |
| 7 | ‘ Did I catch you on your way to bed ? ’ |
| 8 | What time shall I expect you on Saturday ? ’ |
| 9 | Shall I bring it on Saturday ? |
| 10 | Ah equally um , just to go off at a tangent a bit , um there 're a number of more radical theorists , in particular the um in the Bonnie Burstow book Radical Feminist Therapy , would say that um rather like with other forms of sexual crime , the people who 've been victimised , people who 've survived , are often inclined to say something along the lines of mm y'know did i did I bring it on myself kind of kind of feeling . |
| 11 | Anyway can I welcome you on behalf of the Notts County Council to the the Nottinghamshire pre-retirement . |
| 12 | Will I do it on the other side ? |
| 13 | Shall I do it on that piece of paper so I do n't get mixed up on |
| 14 | Should I do it on the back of that ? |
| 15 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 16 | I flash upon my own family ; the way I have to think a moment before deciding who to include in my family , whether to include the step-parents or the siblings on my father 's side whom I would not know should I see them on the street , the hastiness of Mom and Larry on Sunday swirls between galleries and sushi , untapered by excess or sentimentality , busy with books and foreign films and the Sunday supplement of the New York Times , the wisdom of Ivy Leagues and schedules too dense to live by , to wake by , to sleep and breathe by . |
| 17 | Should I lay them on the doorstep and vamoose before she responded to the bell ? |
| 18 | ‘ Hey , can I quote you on that ? ’ |
| 19 | May I thank you on behalf of Carol , Lindsay Hardy , occupational therapist and Dr Peter Morrell , consultant paediatrician and all concerned for enabling this event to take place . |
| 20 | ‘ Should I book 'em on a charge of indecent behaviour in a public place … or should I jes ’ book 'em into a motel an' let 'em git on with it ? ’ |
| 21 | Why ca n't I have it on Saturday ? |
| 22 | No , oh no , did I try it on smaller needles ? |
| 23 | How can I feed him on this ! |
| 24 | Two heads are better than one — and I feel I owe you on this . |
| 25 | Ca n't I put them on desk ? put them |
| 26 | ‘ Can I put it on the teacakes ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Shall I get him on the line , sir ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ How did I get it on my hand ? ’ she thought . |
| 29 | WHAT OUR READERS SAY : ‘ May I compliment you on your very practical commonsense magazine which is informative , colourful , and down to earth . ’ |
| 30 | May I place it on record that I know that my hon. Friend is doing his best to ensure that south Dorset continues to have a large amount of Ministry of Defence employment ? |