Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It must be frightening for them to see Ryan on the bench . |
| 2 | Or do you want me to wreak havoc on the supper tables ? ’ |
| 3 | The main effect of the 1992 programme may well turn out to be psychological , that is to turn the attention of producers from the EC , and other developed economies , towards the European market and to encourage them to gather information on the markets of Europe . |
| 4 | She told me that if I left Roy and went home she would forgive me having Carla and everything … forgive me bringing shame on them by marrying a hoodlum . |
| 5 | A recent study of long-term fraud in the United Kingdom ( Levi 1981 ) also documents how companies are set up with the deliberate intention of using them to obtain goods on credit for which payment is never intended to be made . |
| 6 | When I became Chairman on the retiral of Lord Macfarlane in June 1992 , I welcomed the prospect of such a challenging and rewarding task . |
| 7 | How could I make proposals on social security without mentioning National Insurance for which I had ministerial responsibility ? |
| 8 | I made notes on his techniques , for they worked , especially with girls . |
| 9 | I mean feelings on the matter . |
| 10 | Ever since I laid eyes on Dominic Wetherby I 've been unable to rest . |
| 11 | But I did n't think of anything else since the first moment I laid eyes on you , either . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
| 13 | Did you know , for instance , that I led Birdman on Kilnsey Crag , or that I spent several days top-roping and practising Zero on Idwal 's Suicide Wall ? |
| 14 | ‘ I bring expertise on general financial and technical matters . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | I 'll wring her neck when I lay hands on her . " |
| 17 | I met Chapman on his way to the Zandvoort prize-giving and said I 'd take the job — basically to turn Lotus into an engine manufacturer — if it was still available . |
| 18 | I met Morag on the step . |
| 19 | I met Marianne on Jerba , an island claiming mythic status as the place where the Sirens held Ulysses . |
| 20 | Although I met Theresa on the way back from erm school and she said Alec was at the doctors cos not the way back from school , way back from the library . |
| 21 | I met Susan on the stairs . |
| 22 | When I met Francis on the first occasion in that throne room , life had not turned sour for him . |
| 23 | After the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 , it was his Foreign Secretary , Viscount Castlereagh , who was the butt of Shelley 's philippic : ‘ I met Murder on the way , He had a mask like Castlereagh . ’ |
| 24 | As I met Charlotte on the path , |
| 25 | Mrs. X mentioned in her letter that she was giving thought to taking civil legal action , so I sought advice on private prosecutions from both the Attorney-General , for such actions in England , and the Lord Advocate , for similar cases in Scotland . |
| 26 | I sought clarification on a point he had made at the press conference . |
| 27 | I passed Morpurgo on the way . |
| 28 | I was out of the flat before she could turn her head and as I passed Springsteen on the stairs , I said : ‘ You 're on your own , kid . ’ |
| 29 | So , unlike Eoin Young ( Diary , 28 October ) , I 'd drive Rover 's RV8 before I passed judgement on it . |
| 30 | I clapped Jamie on the shoulder a couple of times and we made for the street . |