Example sentences of "[pers pn] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Even if your interest only takes you on regular tours of the local antique or junk shops , it will give you some stimulation . |
2 | High-speed lifts land you on manicured pistes after well-disciplined and good-tempered queueing : ‘ After you . |
3 | Buy a puzzle book and take it with you on long journeys in the car , or on public transport , or to use in your lunch hour at work . |
4 | Your solicitor will be able to advice you on financial matters , and the local Social Work Centre or Hospital Social Worker can also help . |
5 | They would put you on different jobs so you 'd hardly see one another . |
6 | the fleet skipper plans routes to suit the weather , briefs you on safe harbours and anchorages , and deals with port authorities . |
7 | Alternatively the three organisations listed below will be able to advise you on qualified photographers in your area . |
8 | So it brings you on level terms . ’ |
9 | So it brings you on level terms . ’ |
10 | As they drove away , Rose said , ‘ Are you on bad terms with that man ? ’ |
11 | Bankers Trust 's ability to advise them or you on cross-border transactions is widely recognised . |
12 | Feed them on small pieces of squid or cockle at regular intervals ( once a week ) . |
13 | Oliver and Cathy were still taking glasses from a cardboard container and arranging them on small trays . |
14 | This , presumably , is because they make the journey at very great depths , far below the reach of drift nets or trawls and since they are no longer feeding there is little chance of catching them on baited hooks or in traps . |
15 | Old people , many of them on low incomes and prone to suffering from hypothermia , will be forced to keep warm by staying in bed longer , warned George Newson , the chairman of the Ipswich and District branch of the Suffolk Pensioners ' Association . |
16 | I would do them on separate ones . |
17 | And Y equals E to the X. And erm draw them on separate ones and then compare them and see what you get . |
18 | if you record your check lists keep them on separate tapes and correctly labelled , so that you can easily find what you want . |
19 | Paula and Louise were looking lovely too — Paula in a little white top with a boat shaped neck and a bright turquoise circular skirt , Louise in a figure hugging number which left none of her curves to the imagination — but for the first time in her life Sally felt she could compete with them on equal terms . |
20 | The idea was that , by raising the standards of these deprived areas , the children in them would be brought up to the levels of those in more privileged communities , and would then be able to compete with them on equal terms later in their educational careers . |
21 | ‘ I put all the ingredients together and put them on individual plates , but lots of people helped get the lobster out of their shells , and Alfred made the mayonnaise . |
22 | This might give vital stimulation to others and set them on new lines of discovery . |
23 | They keep livestock — in the form of mealybugs which feed on sap — and move them continuously to fresh pastures , placing them on new plants and trees when the old ones have been sucked dry . |
24 | Her differences with other Commonwealth states over economic sanctions in South Africa did not prevent collaboration with them on other issues , notably in maintaining a boycott of cultural and sporting links with South Africa under the Gleneagles agreement , which the British government faithfully observed . |
25 | You may also find them on other kinds of plant . |
26 | He led a march of several hundred miners and their supporters through Barnsley in South Yorkshire , and urged other trade unionists to join them on other days of action to defend coal , as well as jobs in other industries . |
27 | She marched with them on International Women 's Day . |
28 | You would probably see them on front doors and perhaps some of you have already got them , where about a third of the way up is a little brass plate , and it 's an integral lock that 's fitted into the door . |
29 | Villagers have fallen into the role of waiting for the nurse to cure their sicknesses , the agricultural extension worker to apply the latest gardening technique and government officers to inform them on political developments . |
30 | I send them on regular trips abroad to keep up to date with new technology … ’ |