Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so he j , now he does make an effort in some of his books and , I mean they say write small , I mean on one page if he wrote any smaller I need a ma |
| 2 | Well they were , they were really dependent on , I mean on each other , they were a unit even though they were two families in a way |
| 3 | When I insist on that priority , as I can tell you I most certainly will — with the full support of the Prime Minister in doing so — then I 'm sure my colleagues will see the point of that . |
| 4 | I sit on that bench for quite a while — till it starts getting dark . |
| 5 | I sit on this platform fifteen minutes waiting for a train . |
| 6 | and this kind of thing it 's getting er I just think I 'm going to end up more confused by trying to do it all at once than if I concentrate on one thing at a time . |
| 7 | ‘ Many people tend to specialise in a certain topic such as sport or pop music but I concentrate on general knowledge . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Right , Piper , we 'll forget the bloody left , right , left , right , routine , ’ snarls the Sergeant , ‘ When I knock on this door and you hear someone say ‘ come in' ’ , you go in , turn right , and salute . |
| 9 | I put on one kilogram . |
| 10 | I cite as an example the urban areas of the city which I partially represent — I speak for all of Birmingham when I speak on this issue , and I am trying to raise an important matter in which there may be some common cause . |
| 11 | Here is evidence , I read on one card , that the Pagan Mysteries were instituted pure . |
| 12 | When I get on that plane , I 'll just sit myself in a corner and concentrate on what I have to do . |
| 13 | I remember on one occasion the four of us went down to Glastonbury Fair where he sang , but due to a balls-up over the sound and the electricity , they did n't put him on until the next day and that was at about 5.00 in the morning when the sun came through . |
| 14 | I remember on one occasion I dashed out of the television studios to the bookshop in Norwich without a trace of make-up on and these kids fell off their bikes , saying ‘ Ugh , in real life you do n't look at all like you do on TV . ’ ’ |
| 15 | I remember on one occasion having strained my own courage to the absolute limit on a contract worth 10 million , which at that time was very large indeed , in order to obtain another 200,000 . |
| 16 | ‘ I remember on one occasion , soon after I began operating , cutting into an artery by mistake , and a great spurt of blood like a fountain came up into my face . |
| 17 | Indeed one of the best comments I remember on this subject came two or three years ago from Mats Wilander , another who struggled to find form on grass courts and might also be one of those happy to see them disappear . |
| 18 | As is well known , I frown on such harassment . |
| 19 | ‘ For the dearth of beer which I foresee on this trip . ’ |
| 20 | He told Orchard , who had tickled and spanked the girl after enticing her to his flat : ‘ The prosecution accept , and I proceed on this basis , that your motive here was in no way sexual . |
| 21 | Just to highli I 'd just like to highlight a few of the principles before I comment on this dishonesty of this Government in , on the one hand enacting a major piece of legislation and on the other hand doing it in such a way that Councils 'll settle for failure because resources have not been allocated . |
| 22 | I understand that there will not be one , but I end on this note : that will allow the official Opposition to say that they did not oppose the Bill because there was no vote on Second Reading . |
| 23 | No I am grateful to Mr because he 's finally crystallised in my mind something that 's been bugging me the longer I stay on this council about exactly what the Tories see their role here as and it 's now very clear to me , more than ever and that is that if you want to be obstructive and negative and if you go on long enough being obstructive and negative what you can end up doing is that you 'll find yourself eventually in a position going on long enough that you can make totally meaningless speeches but at least you 'll get nice headlines in the paper and that seems to me the whole essence of the Tory strategy . |
| 24 | on social , as what I do on blinking pension |
| 25 | Nobody 's got any expectations of what I do on that day . |
| 26 | Certainly it would be very difficult to introduce any statistical rational erm to the desegregation of Greater York to its district components , bearing in mind the small populations er in some of the Greater York er districts , we think that the general level of detail erm in the structure plan is appropriate , and we think to go down to any finer detail would be an inappropriate to a structure plan , and thirdly I think on that issue , er we would think that it would prejudice erm the work that District Council would want to do erm in their er local plans . |
| 27 | I think on that note we might now pass on er to er presentation of bills . |
| 28 | PAMELA : Since I must not say what I think on one hand nor on the other , let me depart your presence . |
| 29 | Now I have considerable respect for the House of Commons ' Environment Committee but I think on this occasion they must have been tired and emotional when they wrote that . |
| 30 | Sadly we 're seeing things too often which have expertise but I think on this occasion we should support the community arts team and not delete the item from the budget . |