Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Logging remains crucial to the economy in the central provinces of Binh Dinh and Gia Lai and the bans are seen as being largely for international consumption , with little effort made to enforce them on the ground . |
| 2 | It was , understandably , the peace which was essential information for the descendants , for it influenced their present actions to some extent ; and the solemnities were intended to impose themselves on the memory of the participants and witnesses and their children . |
| 3 | In my judgment , this draft having been sent to the plaintiffs by Sir Richard Temple , and retained and cashed by them , we ought to draw the conclusion that the plaintiff , who kept and cashed the draft , agreed to accept it on the terms upon which it was sent … . |
| 4 | ‘ Would n't want to meet him on a dark night , ’ breathed Arthur , trying to make light of the incident . |
| 5 | A bit o' glass 'ad caught him on the fore'ead , but otherwise we 'ad n't a scratch to show for it between us . |
| 6 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
| 7 | Most of us want to see ourselves on the screen — although it may turn out to be an unpleasant experience ! — but we 're not usually terribly interested in watching the performance of others . |
| 8 | I asked her to come to see me on the day after her arrival and at the hour of sunset , the best time for the wonderful view that I then had to offer her . |
| 9 | It suddenly crossed my mind that perhaps he thought I had come to see him on a professional level , that I was in need of spiritual help or whatever . |
| 10 | However , because of their wide scope , when judging such clauses under s 3 of the UCTA , one has to treat them on the basis that they exclude or restrict liability for total failure to perform by reason of wilful default . |
| 11 | I think the first evidence we have of that , is when Brocklehurst has placed her on the stool and publicly humiliated her . |
| 12 | On the continuum of penal philosophy which stretches from the punitive to the reformative , the Nicaraguan penal system has placed itself on the far edge of reform . |
| 13 | Marc got up , face like a thunder-cloud , the look he gave Peter designed to shrivel him on the spot . |
| 14 | ERIC Butler , a charity worker , fought back with his swordstick when a mugger tried to strangle him on the London Underground in 1987 . |
| 15 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 16 | So far as teachers are concerned , it might be necessary to tap a pupil on the shoulder to point out that s/he has dropped something on the floor , or to grab hold of a pupil to prevent an assault by that pupil on another . |
| 17 | After the series of treaties in 1854 – 58 which helped to launch her on a rapid and irreversible process of change it could even still be questioned whether full-scale diplomatic representation there was worth what it cost . |
| 18 | She tried to find herself on the map , but the printed boulevards and blocks writhed whenever she looked up at the street , making new patterns . |
| 19 | But even before it came to public notice earlier this year , poor Mr Engholm was having to struggle to impose himself on a fractious party . |
| 20 | He tried to flog it on the bus |
| 21 | My mother has rung me on a Sunday morning and said oh you had a row last night and I 'd say how do you know oh your father went to paper shop this morning . |
| 22 | Although karate developed in Japan , that country has never won a team world championship , whereas Great Britain has won it on no less than four occasions — a record unmatched in the history of karate . |
| 23 | The person with the cushion on their lap then has to stroke them on the head and say ‘ Poor pussy ’ without laughing . |
| 24 | Be here on time and do your work well and I might consider hiring you on a regular basis once the child is born . ’ |
| 25 | See here , they 're gon na get thirty six for it as it stands put it on the market as |
| 26 | They are lovely to visit — especially when you want to feast yourself on a Dorset cream tea — but it is the rolling countryside and stunning coastline which attract the many lovers of the outdoors . |
| 27 | One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck . |
| 28 | Use this form to tell us exactly how it has helped you on the farm or even in your contracting business . |
| 29 | He gave me the most trouble by returning more potential Pathfinders than any other CO : hut not only — aircrew he walked about Gransden with a wad of railway warrants in his pocket , and anyone who offended got one on the spot . |
| 30 | Could our good Christian Mrs Dallam possibly expose her daughter , and her friends ' daughters , to a woman like Marie , who has shown herself on a public stage for money , and lived with one man while married to another ? |