Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can have Piers , not literally , I mean just on the tape . |
| 2 | I mean conceivably on the tail end of policy H one yesterday , the new settlement is n't going to accommodate all the development needs of Greater York . |
| 3 | I mean obviously on the whole he ca n't guarantee what sort of priest we 're going to get , but the whole meeting was quite positive . |
| 4 | I remain continually on the look-out for unusual behaviour from inanimate objects . |
| 5 | I lay there on the couch and shuddered at the very thought . |
| 6 | The café itself is so crowded with smoke that I sit outside on a bench . |
| 7 | but then on the erm , Saturday , and the , that 's , and then on I say then on the bloody Friday night what happened he fell out the bed I phoned |
| 8 | I begin to appreciate for the first time , as I stand here on the outside looking in , how very reserved is the world in which we work . |
| 9 | The aggression may spring from the threat to my inner peace and well-being brought on by the anxiety which I impose unconsciously on the situation . |
| 10 | If I go inside on a drugs charge again , I might as well kiss the kids goodbye , y'know what I mean … . |
| 11 | I wanted to check on the landing patch that I keep there on a semi-permanent lease . |
| 12 | That district authority and I agree entirely on the future of local government . |
| 13 | The papers are all subjected to these for several Conferences before they 're voted on and we lay great emphasis on achieving consensus on any motion , and I think today on the Palestine/Israel debate , which is obviously a very contentious issue , it went through in about half an hour , very calmly , very peacefully , because a lot of hard work had been done . |
| 14 | I think also on the inherent fault situation , I mean when somebody buys a vehicle the vehicle has to be of a standard obviously and if there are problems there then obviously people appreciate the fact that they can go back and this is really the point of dealing with a reputable dealer from the word go . |
| 15 | On the other hand I felt I could scarcely ask you to wait while I dealt with the strawboard — you were by this time I think just on the verge of a few conventional politenesses about my work , an awkward stage in conversations of this sort which is difficult to endure gracefully but which is even more difficult to interrupt . |
| 16 | I think better on a full stomach — but I know one thing I 'm doing immediately after breakfast . ’ |
| 17 | I think perhaps on the whole people understand that better than they used to . |
| 18 | I live literally on the corner as you go out . |
| 19 | This umbrella term covers a large number of different therapies , which concentrate strongly on the ‘ wholeness ’ of a person and their potential for good . |
| 20 | Matisse and Picasso , who form the backbone of the market in ‘ classic modern ’ prints , bring sums which depend both on the actual rarity of the image and its attractiveness . |
| 21 | The starting point is those aims which depend heavily on the particular contribution of DHAs . |
| 22 | Waves which break vigorously on a steep beach . |
| 23 | The first three are measures from the GRE assessment , all of which rely heavily on the ‘ standard ’ measures of housing characteristics from the Census . |
| 24 | The central aim of this research is to explore the basis of this relationship by focussing on three key aspects which bear directly on the effectiveness of public policy initiatives in this sector . |
| 25 | An important strategic requirement over the next few years will be to make progress with the resolution of these questions which bear crucially on the structure of a collegiate university and raise fundamental questions about the nature of undergraduate teaching at Oxford and its relationship with graduate teaching and supervision . |
| 26 | The public facade of the mass ceremony and the individual uniform concealed the blemishes , organizational and material , to which civilians were not privy but which bore heavily on the ordinary constable . |
| 27 | Between these officials and the mass of the peasantry were the mainly urban-dwelling traders , merchants and manufacturers , on whom the feudal obligations ( which bore heavily on the country folk ) were somewhat lightened . |
| 28 | Of course , one has to be careful in this context to recognise that many of the infractions I 'm referring to are not necessarily offences AGAINST others — but represent errors of performance , imperfections which reflect badly on the offender — so that one undertakes remedial work , NOT for the purpose of making amends but to re-draw the picture of oneself so that it corresponds more closely to the one which one would like to project to the world at large . |
| 29 | The effect which pines and other trees have on the emotions of those who visit them is formalized in the work of Dr Edward Bach , who developed a series of remedies , based on plant extracts , which work directly on the mental or emotional state of the person . |
| 30 | Deal them face upwards on the table in groups of two but so that each card can be clearly seen . |