Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [indef pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There 's one if you pick up one there I think one of those cards there has got one on the planner and one on the erm |
| 4 | In 1929 an architect was engaged and recommended doing nothing on the clubhouse . |
| 5 | It can from , in situations where the employer wants to take one on the life of the employee . |
| 6 | Ask Mr. if he wants to say anything on the main motion . |
| 7 | Trying to drive yours up , spread on the table , not on the carpet , cos you he has to move everything on the carpet it 's not so slippy . |
| 8 | At one extreme , it is possible to try to commit everything on the tape to paper . |
| 9 | No doubt , as the election approaches , the Conservatives will seek to blame everything on the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) — a close friend of the Chancellor , whom I am glad to see in the Chamber . |
| 10 | Sometimes you may want to reach everyone on the list , but more often you will only be using certain sections or even picking out a dozen or so specialist outlets . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'd done nothing on the first two days here and I thought it was all going wrong . |
| 12 | Something seemed to have excited them , they 'd found something on the foreshore . |
| 13 | It 's no good looking at the cigars available and attempting to choose one on the basis of certain criteria . |
| 14 | Are you going to do one on the potty now ? are n't we ? |
| 15 | You 've got to do one on the slip off and one on the slip on , at the same part |
| 16 | You 've got to repeat everything on the board is he ? |
| 17 | Right , is there anyone else would like to ask anything on the district wide plan to Councillor at this stage ? |
| 18 | I mean I 'm , I 'm , I 'm only going on the fact that I I tend to do everything on the cheap so I tend to get if I can find somebody who does photocopying I can do it then we 'll do it . |
| 19 | They are crippled by the number of people it takes to get something on the air , whereas in print , I mean it 's still a lot of people if you 're doing a daily paper , but one reporter can write a story and get it on the air , or get it in print . |
| 20 | I tell you what we 'll do , we 'll try to find someone on the way who knows the counter-spell and send him back to wake the Gnomes up . ’ |
| 21 | Then we 'll have to tip someone on the floor . |
| 22 | ‘ He must have had somebody on the boat , ’ said Owen . |
| 23 | Here he began a comprehensive study of Japanese volcanoes , but became increasingly absorbed by the subject of earthquakes ( having experienced one on the night of his arrival in Japan ) . |
| 24 | When he moved in the house had five bedrooms , so he decided to convert one on the first floor into an en suite bathroom . |
| 25 | Up till about 1980 I had little experience of float fishing for big bream , and I do n't recall ever having read anything on the subject . |
| 26 | Moreover , a romantic feeling persists that to smoke puts one on the correct side of the political divide , along with the exploited rather than the exploiters . |
| 27 | Mr Colman if I might add that re- orientation has brought with it the need to change our pricing strategy and therefore rather than going package by package right through the whole thirty four , we 're actually trying initially on the engines to go in one bang to price everything on the engines and do it in the next few months . |
| 28 | so if you did fit anything on the back of the head they 'd had the comfort , they know what was wrong like |
| 29 | It appeared to have something on the side . |
| 30 | ‘ What if we did find something on the bank ? ’ asked Farag . |