Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [pers pn] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think the first evidence we have of that , is when Brocklehurst has placed her on the stool and publicly humiliated her . |
| 2 | My mother has rung me on a Sunday morning and said oh you had a row last night and I 'd say how do you know oh your father went to paper shop this morning . |
| 3 | Although karate developed in Japan , that country has never won a team world championship , whereas Great Britain has won it on no less than four occasions — a record unmatched in the history of karate . |
| 4 | Since then , Dr Richardson has met him on many occasions , and he conveyed the university 's invitation to the Dalai Lama . |
| 5 | Use this form to tell us exactly how it has helped you on the farm or even in your contracting business . |
| 6 | Despite bad publicity surrounding child abuse allegations which has dogged him on previous stops in Thailand , Singapore and Taiwan , Jackson 's Japanese fans made clear that , for them , their idol could do no wrong . |
| 7 | Mozart has shown us on many occasions in his scores how delightful a melodic phrase can sound when given to bassoon and flute at two octaves distance . |
| 8 | The sun has got his on hip hip hip hooray . |
| 9 | The Operations Officer has briefed us on a shot fired from one of the Turkish observation towers . |
| 10 | The reader who has bought your book has bought it on the understanding that this is what will happen . |
| 11 | In the litter tray they do the same thing , but if it has been used several times without being properly cleaned out this becomes impossible and the cat will then prefer to defecate elsewhere , even if it has to go through the motions of covering its dung with imaginary earth after it has deposited it on a wooden floor or a carpet . |
| 12 | Board masters are guests with years of experience of Scourie fishings , and my favourite is a wonderful gentleman called Stanley Tuer ; a man of advancing years , but fleet of foot , who has exhausted me on many a long hill walk . |
| 13 | Like Malone , Anderson has laid it on the line to his players . |
| 14 | Unaware that a fly has accompanied him on his maiden voyage , he turns into a sex-obsessed , sugar-addicted mutant . |
| 15 | We 've had a good living out of it but if that same system has brought them on their feet , you know and built them nice homes er right they 've delved into Company 's House now , all the dirty water not dirty water all the whatsit has come up how much they 've drawn from these quarries . |
| 16 | When that time comes , I 'm sure that you will return home to make your future , satisfied that you have quenched the thirst that has driven you on this journey , and be ready to take up your permanent place in the world . |
| 17 | He got three months ’ jail but has served it on remand . |
| 18 | Dr Halden is married to my daughter and has taken her on an extended tour of the Continent . ’ |
| 19 | Her fate has taken her on a different journey , a route where the monarchy is secondary to her true vocation . |
| 20 | Since then her work with the band has taken her on a Scottish tour which included the Edinburgh Folk Festival , and she also performs with the four other ladies who make up Belfast 's first close-harmony vocal group ‘ Cuigear Ban ’ . |
| 21 | The law of Docherty 's life has taken him on a rollercoaster through football management . |
| 22 | Chris Bonington 's passion for climbing and adventure has taken him on expeditions all over the world . |
| 23 | The Renaissance was a rebirth of the Alexandrian-Roman spirit , and it has taken us on the same path . |
| 24 | Now the Supreme Court has put him on the spot . |
| 25 | This tournament has put us on the map and we are keen to develop it further . |
| 26 | Neighbour Dave Ward added : ‘ I hate the programme , even though I suppose it has put us on the map . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Whoever tried to kill us in the plane , whoever that was , has put us on the same side . ’ |
| 28 | Our nightly promenade up and down the road has put us on speaking terms with the whole neighbourhood . |
| 29 | Pilar Wayne now says she ca n't afford the upkeep on ‘ La Roca ’ in exclusive Newport Beach , California , and has put it on the market for £2 million . |
| 30 | But it was diving into a frioend 's pool at a private party in the Oxfordshire village of Nettlebed which has left him on Traction at the Stoke Mandeville Spinal Injuries unit . |