Example sentences of "[pron] on [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She argues that it often is still in the employers ' interest to recruit someone on a relative 's recommendation , since this gives employers more control over their workforce . |
| 2 | Carrefour sat on a low wall that stretched out from the side of a building , leaning his back against the building 's wall and tootling to himself on a child 's flute . |
| 3 | He 'll find himself on a brain-shrinker 's couch or in the bin if he does n't get a hold of himself . " |
| 4 | ‘ How did you fare , my darling ? ’ he asked her , and took her hand , seating himself on the bed 's edge . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you on the paper 's graduate trainee scheme ? ’ he asked . |
| 6 | It is a relief I suppose today , that I am able to speak to you on the basis erm of financial output which is a good deal more favourable than we expected even six months ago . |
| 7 | This awkwardness which might be successfully exploited by a writer in a different context , forces itself on the reader 's attention , detracting from the force of discreet . |
| 8 | So you 've got to watch what you take and if it 's not necessary you do n't take it if you 've got any sense but if you 're gon na take everything on the assumption ju just in case , the just in case , just in cases you know , do n't work all these the fail-safes ten times over you 're overloaded , ah but you 're so much unnecessary weight it all comes back unused , untouched . |
| 9 | Using sharp needles and ink , they were in the act of tattooing something on the girl 's back . |
| 10 | The problem I must admit the problem that surprised me with overheads is that erm people ca n't write and listen at the same time , or the other thing is , you put something on an overhead th every bit of it gets written down which is why I adapted it so that you did . |
| 11 | We tried one on a child 's jumper , chest size 66cm ( 26″ ) , using the template for children 5–8 , and this worked out very well . |
| 12 | There was one on the course erm Monday and Tuesday about how they introduce themselves . |
| 13 | When the project is completed copies of the project report , written up and assessed , gather dust , one on the tutor 's shelf another on the student 's . |
| 14 | Botticelli , works by Piero della Francesca and Andrea Mantegna and the museum 's most famous work , the Profile of a Young Lady by Antonio Pollaiolo , now used as a symbol of the Poldi-Pezzoli and a painting that adorns the face of many Milanese tourist brochures — including one on the city 's museums in which it has been reproduced the wrong way round ! |
| 15 | Taking them , the Captain locked one on the Negro 's left wrist , then grabbing Jess 's right arm , fastened the other on her . |
| 16 | A cell awaited her , and certain death — unless she could throw herself on the Queen 's mercy . |
| 17 | Most interesting warbird is the Sea Fury G-BUCM : this is the former RAF Museum example VX653 , and has been acquired by the Fighter Collection at Duxford in exchange for work carried out by them on the Museum 's Hawker Tempest II . |
| 18 | When a group is unknown , the advantage lies with the record company in signing them on the company 's terms . |
| 19 | Then , without altering his voice , he picked the handcuffs up , snapped them on the tourist 's wrists , and flipped the key through the air to McGowan . |
| 20 | He did n't move , so I pulled his hands out and positioned them on the boat 's edges . |
| 21 | balancing them on the fire 's black iron bars |
| 22 | Let us make schemata of coloured mandalas and hang them on the mind 's screens as objects of meditation . |
| 23 | Martin , get them on the ship 's communicator . ’ |
| 24 | His hands were getting messy ; he wiped them on the creature 's cloak . |
| 25 | then she bought a bunch of violets and put them on the baby 's pillow , blew us a kiss and disappeared . |
| 26 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 27 | she , she said to me on the way o , er as I was I said look I 'm going to scoot now and she said well I hope you do n't get any unwanted company on the way back . |
| 28 | She , she 's got him on a string ai n't she ! |
| 29 | Give him a mug of cocoa and a big kiss and send him on a month 's leave . |
| 30 | Questioning him on the BBC 's Election Call , Mrs Yvonne Anthonychallenged the Labour leader on the minimum wage , unemployment and relations with the unions . |