Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she was reported to have er have said when they when they took her out , that there would be nothing nothing grow on the site of the house but runcho And I do n't know the they were awful hungry for land in that day you ken and there was quite , there was more than one occasion there was old folk just putting up with the house just to get the land that it stood on . |
| 2 | But I mean on a sort of wider thing erm |
| 3 | ‘ I mean on the cooking side of the job , ’ he explained patiently . |
| 4 | Yeah , the got to actually change the starter motor erm I mean on the A D fifties and the two litre they I would sort of , its only a hundred and fifty cc , but the next biggest thing they did was stopping er , a sixteen hundred so quite a lot of those , but nine times out of ten all they did was another part , so |
| 5 | Black will take it swinging it in flicked on by Rozario and the goalkeeper made up for er what might have been an error a moment or two ago by coming bravely in with Pearce right in front of him and Rozario I mean on the flick . |
| 6 | yeah , I mean on the burglary project we did a super video about victims , they did one for school which Steve was involved in which was excellent and you know so the quality is not in doubt . |
| 7 | I mean on the cottage . |
| 8 | We began filming with Richard Phillips on the sidelines ( by which I mean on the floor , through the windows , in the lounge and peering at the man peering through the lens ) , Nigel ( Grubby ) Foster and Michael Hall representing J Walter Thompson , the Agency . |
| 9 | I mean on the bottom . |
| 10 | you actually exchange , as soon as you 've exchanged contracts we 've got to get insured you see but erm I mean on the letter we got from the solicitor on Saturday it said , it , it looks as though your purchaser 's ready to exchange contracts in the forthcoming week |
| 11 | They 're going to be confused yes , very confused , I mean on the football pitch you usually get the trainer run man and they 're talking to the footballer and it 's looking at them all the time and he will ask questions , erm what 's your name ? |
| 12 | I remain on the outskirts of the main group , with a bottle of beer for company . |
| 13 | I bang on the door , but no one answers , so I push it open and go in . |
| 14 | I bang on the glass with my fist . |
| 15 | I sit on a rock and listen to the water lap and the boys whistle as they pull their tin boats across the long sweep of the stony bay . |
| 16 | ‘ Sometimes I 'm so frustrated that I sit on a rock and shout my head off . |
| 17 | There are times when I go down to the beach at The Pit and I 'm the only surfer down there and I 'm so frustrated with it all that I sit on a rock and shout my head off . |
| 18 | I sit on a bench and re-read the morning paper , and try to do the crossword in my head . |
| 19 | Congress , I 'm a Labour Councillor and whenever I sit on the Council I also ask Conservative members to declare their interest before they speak on an issue , so I better declare mine . |
| 20 | I sit on the floor beside the art student with the pink hair . |
| 21 | And there are the future situations I sit on the bed here and think about : my utter love for some man ; I know I ca n't do things like love by halves , I know I have love pent up in me , I shall throw myself away , lose my heart and my body and my mind and soul to some cad like G.P. Who 'll betray me . |
| 22 | When she clumps out I sit on the bed and ask Rachel , ‘ What the hell are we doing here ? ’ and she shrugs . |
| 23 | I sit on the bed and take off some clothes . |
| 24 | There is no deck chair for me so I sit on the lawn at Ma 's feet and draw some barley water up the straw , gently so as not to disturb Pa who is reading . |
| 25 | And I sit on the immunization su subcommittee anyway , so they better not dare . |
| 26 | On the last stretch , I sit on the prow again to feel the raw elements . |
| 27 | I sit on the side of the bed and decide maybe Rachel is right : I 'd be better off between the sheets than listening to this dross . |
| 28 | I sit on the bench beside her , dizzy with loving him . |
| 29 | ‘ Orficer , ’ she said , ‘ I sit on the bench in Cisister . |
| 30 | The cool water is around my ankles as I sit on the bank , basking in the warm sunshine . |