Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that my slimmers felt so much healthier encouraged them to continue on the diet while they were losing weight and it became clear that they had no intention of falling back in to their old habits . |
| 2 | But some , such as the Portuguese man-of-war ( Physalia ) and the velella , have sacs full of gas , which enable them to float on the surface , trailing their poisonous tentacles to catch fish that come to browse in the surface water . |
| 3 | He did not bother to look up when Corbett and Ranulf were ushered in but made a gesture for them to sit on the bench alongside the table while he continued noisily with his meal . |
| 4 | They 're telling me to go on the stage and act , but I ca n't do it , it 's the one thing Mum and Dad are dead set against . ’ |
| 5 | It 's why Uncle Vernon wanted me to go on the stage . ’ |
| 6 | The idea was for me to go on the high-wire sixty feet above ground — on the shoulders of a Czechoslovakian circus performer . |
| 7 | Billeting allocation was frequently chaotic : host families could be hostile ; children might be selected according to their good looks and manners ; in rural areas , farmers often gleefully snapped up the strongest boys and set them to work on the land . |
| 8 | Permit me to rap on the table and murmur ‘ Pass ! ’ |
| 9 | In addition , work which has been prepared on a word-processor and presented to teachers or assessors encourages them to concentrate on the content without being prejudiced by the presentation . |
| 10 | A creative use for a pair of extension microphones used for recording location sound in stereo is to position one of them to concentrate on the foreground sound , leaving the pick-up of more general background sound to the other microphone . |
| 11 | Th they told me to default on the mortgage that I 'm paying for the property that my wife lives in , because the assessment does n't take into account that I |
| 12 | Officials did n't even want them to appear on the track as they stage-managed another two-hour show for the audience at home . |
| 13 | The German gunners reply crashing in a couple of minutes later caused pat and I to get on the floor fast . |
| 14 | We need someone to speak on the side of public morality . ’ |
| 15 | Reading the article in this issue on Remembrance led me to reflect on the statement in our Royal Charter which says that one of the objects of the Association is to : |
| 16 | He swung himself to sit on the edge of the bed , and dropped his head in his hands . |
| 17 | And to top it all off there were the dispiriting revelations that Liverpool 's manager Graeme Souness , had not only phoned his congratulations through to John Major from his private hospital bed , but also , allegedly for mega-bucks , allowed himself to appear on the front of the Sun on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster with his tongue down the throat of a former TV hostess . |
| 18 | He enjoyed her body , though he would n't allow himself to dwell on the pleasure it gave him , and being away from her , even for one day , was a kind of purgatory . |
| 19 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |
| 20 | If the patient is safe sitting up , he should be left alone for privacy while he is passing urine or faeces , and he should have a bell to summon help , or perhaps a stick with which to knock on the wall or floor . |
| 21 | As Withel tensed himself to turn on the tourist Rincewind lashed out and caught the thief on the jaw . |
| 22 | And they will undoubtedly object to the more unbridled formulations that enter the three fictions ; the biography of Eliot has plenty to say on the subject , too , while maintaining a comparative , and suitable , reserve . |
| 23 | She was mysterious about herself but had plenty to say on the subject of her boyfriends . |
| 24 | ‘ I want you to sit on the step and watch out fer yer Mum and come in and tell me when you see her . ’ |
| 25 | Quality standards also require you to report on the progress of the case but this is not likely to be standard advice . |
| 26 | I want you to concentrate on the way the rooms themselves bring about certain kinds of behaviour . |
| 27 | This will enable you to concentrate on the business of making profit and on the skills and attitudes of the people contributing to it . |
| 28 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 29 | This enables you to comment on the content of what they 're doing . |
| 30 | The Tomy Easy Heat Bottle Warmer has been designed to allow you to feed on the move . |