Example sentences of "[pers pn] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet here am I on a road that instead of tarmac looks like a patio laid in bricks — every one hand-placed in herringbone pattern . |
| 2 | This wealth of history , beauty and tranquillity is yours on a Waterbike . ’ |
| 3 | The trustee must not , except with the leave of the court , proceed to declare a dividend whilst there is pending any application to the court to reverse or vary a decision of his on a proof or to expunge a proof or to reduce the amount claimed ( r 11.5(2) ) . |
| 4 | I suspect he would have been rewarded by now had a private conversation of his on a car telephone not been picked up and leaked a couple of years ago . |
| 5 | Er I think actually his on A stage , no B stage , no A stage here , sorry , I 'll try , I 'll try for you , hold on . |
| 6 | ‘ Ye could fly ye on a kite . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Would ye , ’ Rab asked ; he thought it the daftest question , ‘ if somebody tells ye they could fly ye on a kite ? |
| 8 | I picture you on a trip up to London , perhaps for a day 's work experience at the offices of some conglomerate . |
| 9 | And once you 've finished that you 'll be taken by special puke resistant ambulance to double triple quadruple maths with all that custard you could n't eat being forced into you on a drip feed ! |
| 10 | Can I put fuck you on a caption do you think ? |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I 'll put you on a course of chlorambucil and you 'll begin to feel better . ’ |
| 12 | The final exercises introduce you to MS-DOS , its basic commands and what it is supposed to do for you on a day to day basis . |
| 13 | The final exercises introduce you to MS-DOS , its basic commands and what it is supposed to do for you on a day to day basis . |
| 14 | macaroni surprise ) oh , he 'll put you on a pedestal , |
| 15 | ‘ If I were to treat you like Dresden china , placing you on a pedestal and worshipping at your feet , would she believe you were in love with me ? ’ |
| 16 | Your statement that he never once consulted you on a church appointment is conclusive . |
| 17 | Tell us about the propeller , it 's behind you on a machine like this ? |
| 18 | ‘ Are you on a booze-up or what ? he asked belligerently. ‘ that 's what I get for coming to see you and your mother in bed with the flu , ’ his father protested indignantly . |
| 19 | The program takes you on a drive with Noddy in his little yellow car around ToyTown , visiting friends , interacting with them and occasionally tooting your horn . |
| 20 | The ‘ Kos Cocktail ’ will take you on a tour of the island and Paradise Beach . |
| 21 | We 'll take you on a tour of Bodrum by night and show you the sights of the city . |
| 22 | After a full English breakfast , we take you on a tour of the Cotswold countryside . |
| 23 | But I was gon na tell you about there was one day I was at for money and I 'm coming up the road , and here this chap was standing in the road and er kind of thumbing a lift , so I says to him , I stopped and I often lift people in the road but er after he got into the , I had an old Bradford van at the time , and he said er , I said to him , I says , are you on a hiking holiday ? |
| 24 | But , if you will forgive me , perhaps I can just correct you on a couple of points ; I think instead of ‘ a mole ’ it should read ‘ an arsehole ’ , and for ‘ hole ’ , dare I suggest ‘ dreamworld ’ ? |
| 25 | well are n't you on a waiting list ? |
| 26 | If we were to put you on a slimming diet providing you with 1,500 calories a day , you would be 500 calories short of your requirement and these would have to be taken from your body fat . |
| 27 | Hastings Sea Life Centre takes you on a journey beneath the crashing waves that surround our coastline to discover a whole new world … |
| 28 | Author Austin , an active preservationist who has both fired and driven main-line steam locomotives , conducts you on a journey from London 's Paddington Station to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli on the Cambrian Coast . |
| 29 | The spirit of 1992 and European unity could get you on a freebie to the Himalayas . |
| 30 | Not in Auckland , not the night I finally — oh , God , finally — got you on a bed … ’ |