Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The white-bearded campaigner prided himself on blunt , outspoken views . |
| 2 | Coutts & Co prides itself on offering comprehensive national and international banking and financial services with ‘ an unwavering commitment to courteous and individual service ’ . |
| 3 | My one pound , seventeen shillings had been put together over a number of years by saving money given me on my birthdays by relatives . |
| 4 | The blow caught her on the cheek and she fell against Gilbert . |
| 5 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
| 6 | The squirrel has nothing on this : |
| 7 | WHEN it comes to press manipulation , the Ministry of Defence has nothing on Apple Corporation , maker of the famous Apple microcomputer . |
| 8 | Rotten little cow has something on me and she 's come to gloat . |
| 9 | He felt it necessary in any case to establish himself on campus before leaving for Cyprus , in order to avoid arousing suspicion among his university colleagues , and to connect with the Fulbright Commission , which administered its scholarship programme through offices in American embassies overseas . |
| 10 | ‘ There would need to be an awful lot of call-offs before the five players untried at this level found themselves on the field at the same time , though , ’ said the coach . |
| 11 | The national curriculum has nothing on her |
| 12 | The See Hear programme publicised it on television . |
| 13 | Punk prided itself on making recordings with all the rough edges showing . |
| 14 | Ms Leaming tells it all with vim , though the gossip turns her on far more than the movies : ‘ Aly practised an Eastern art of love known as Imsak , which allowed him to exercise indefinite control … ’ |
| 15 | Thinking of Bonanza got me on trying to figure his reaction if Vecchi got hooked for the Mahoney killing . |
| 16 | A car passed them on the single track road , heading north ; they stood aside to let it pass , waving at the single occupant when he waved at them . |
| 17 | With your track record I do n't know how you have the nerve to lecture me on commitment . ’ |
| 18 | A glint of light caught something on his wrist . |
| 19 | Karadjordje 's attempt to impose himself on this structure by having himself declared ‘ Supreme Leader ’ created tensions which were never resolved during the nine years of his rebel regime . |
| 20 | His mind concentrated itself on Tolby 's footsteps which were slightly uneven , as if the solicitor had a slight limp . |
| 21 | ‘ The Number One DJ wants you on his show . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We will need a Company car to meet them on arrival and get them to Quinn at the apartment , ’ said Odell . |
| 23 | John and his team have already extracted considerable concessions from the Inland Revenue , which means that the majority of us will be able to continue as before , i.e. we will be able to satisfy the Inland Revenue that the majority of priests do not have the liability to tax on their income from the Church , without the need for the Inland Revenue to meet us on an individual basis . |
| 24 | The charge was such an obvious frame-up that he had to ask himself if there had ever been any intention to try him on it . |
| 25 | Mummy touch me on my arm and keep going on I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm dreaming of a white white white white white white white white white white . |
| 26 | We were soon to discover that Masha might be in no condition to set us on any track . |
| 27 | These values and this separation of course react back on to design practice itself ; after all practice models itself on conceptions of what , theoretically , it is . |
| 28 | You 'd like that , would n't you , Leith ? ’ he had the unmitigated nerve to put her on the spot . |
| 29 | Two died of coronaries … and while a policeman was giving a coronary victim resuscitation , a fan relieved himself on both . ’ |
| 30 | It 's very much the last attempt — not er , not for , from the point of view of negotiating or er , but , but simply a matter of fact , er we need erm we need to move , we need to have additional sources of , sources of income , that er the type of facility that we 're looking to build will give the club to put it on a firm financial footing , and at the same time to give the local people of the City and er the , the surrounding County er tremendous new facilities . |