Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | L's utterance in line 45 begins with a comment on the photograph in London English ( " that 's me " ) but after a pause she switches to Creole to comment on V 's photography : " Valerie cut me off there , boy ! " which she follows with a laugh . |
| 2 | Father used to do that , he would sit in the evening then and he had to scratch on this b it was a like a tin plate with a black sort of area to scratch |
| 3 | I 'm going to ask Professor Lock if he would like to open on this er this matter and proceed policy to major exceptions etcetera . |
| 4 | But we had some fantastic concerts , we had a stage at the end of the assembly hall , and they used to put on this erm concert for us , singing , dancing and the piano , I remember that very well , the piano . |
| 5 | The best way to start on this dis section of this discussion may be to erm express the observation that the county council and at least one of the local authorities which is Harrogate , erm are already engaged in have been engaged in for some time a very positive erm activity to try and attract to the county inward investment predicament that the economic development unit of the county council , the economic development of at of at least the one local authority that I have named and erm prospective developers such I 'm representing today , share common predicament , is that the existing structure plan constructs some obstructions , erects some obstructions to the attraction of inward investment into the county . |
| 6 | I had it the other day over s some occasion when I had to go on some t television and the reporter said what 's the Home Secretary gon na do about it . |
| 7 | Er trading standards continue to be under pressure er we ought to agree on that er and we I I believe we may not have difficulty er in achieving the additional value of this type of almost on an annual basis if we are short of the trading standards . |
| 8 | Then we 've got to decide how much we 're prepared to spend on that an and when we 're gon na spend it . |
| 9 | ‘ The truth is , I 've simply been trying not to step on Merry 's toes . |
| 10 | Aye , I 'd like to speak on this er , outrageous proposal to sa , you know , screw down the people on benefit . |
| 11 | Do you want to speak on this er , |