Example sentences of "[noun] on [prep] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that arrogant devil Christie Goldsborough who 'd caused the trouble , so far as Frizingley was concerned at any rate , by egging Ben on to cut the wages at Braithwaite 's mill . |
| 2 | When we were all off-duty of an evening , Rosemary and I would get ourselves done up in our civvies ( strictly forbidden ) , and with our greatcoats and hats on to fool the eagle eye of the duty NCO in the Waaf Picquet Post , totter down the drive to await the arrival of the boys in the car . |
| 3 | There was a programme on about trailers the other night as well . |
| 4 | All you got ta do is turn the oven on to heat the meals up . |
| 5 | Parents take comfort in the fact that even though their children are egging men on to beat the hell out of each other , it is all in the cause of good triumphing over evil . |