Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through George Wigg I became reasonably close to Richard Crossman who consulted me on a number of occasions — I have already described the Spectator libel case — but who , I must confess , turned out to be a disappointment to me , since the reputation he had earned for more than occasional unreliability I found to be entirely justified . |
| 2 | She picked up my underclothes from the floor and laid them on a chair . |
| 3 | Well , if you do n't want them on , that 's the whole problems of obviously saying , erm , in fact , we do n't , if we do n't want them on a disk at all , we do n't have to have them . |
| 4 | Having briefly described ten tests of language , it is now possible to compare them on a range of criteria . |
| 5 | My journey into the hinterland of industrial England led me on a trek across familiar territory among familiar people . |
| 6 | As Reid led me on a tour of the hospital he said , ‘ She 's a po-faced old girl , but her heart 's in the right place ; and she understands the islanders . |
| 7 | ‘ And how was Mrs Parkin ? ’ asked Dexter , while Blanche took a packet of chocolate digestives from her filing cabinet and arrayed them on a plate . |
| 8 | ‘ We display them on a kind of rotation system , ’ he told her . |
| 9 | Canon says that Still Video is an ideal medium for multimedia presentations because users can mix photographs , text and graphics on a computer , record them on a still video disk and display them on a TV . |
| 10 | The EDFAX documentations states that the program allows users to compose and edit teletext pages of information store pages of information on disk recall pages of information from disk and display them on a screen create a local electronic magazine , database or notice board develop artistic and creative skills relating to the presentation of information develop language and communication skills gain an understanding of the videotext display format . |
| 11 | You always got someone on a hack to help you . |
| 12 | Owen made his on a December day in Washington at the Jefferson Memorial , a grim day , when he had discovered that his father was dying : ‘ And I do n't know whether many of you know , but around the ceiling , engraved in the marble , is a statement that was made once … and I guess I took that to heart . ’ |
| 13 | Send them on a postcard to Central South at Abingdon , where our postcode is OX14 1SA . |
| 14 | Send them on a postcard to Central South at Abingdon , where our postcode is OX14 1SA . |
| 15 | Now as soon as you have the five answers , and if you have n't heard the other four questions , then there will be a chance , as I said , to hear them again next week , when you 've got the five answers , I 'd like you to send me them on a Christmas card please , this is very , very important send them on a Christmas card please , to the following address . |
| 16 | Her husband Harold was a lamplighter and when he came home from work he was obliged to take off his boots in the passage and place them on a sheet of newspaper before entering the inner sanctum . |
| 17 | This can be done thus : take portions of a mature leaf and place them on a container of moist loam or sand and loam . |
| 18 | Always use the same set of scales and ideally place them on a piece of wood or chipboard for a more accurate reading . |
| 19 | The procedure is to remove some of the gut contents from ‘ affected fish and place them on a microscope slide . |
| 20 | If you want them on a coach , they 'll be I think there 's six up there is there ? |
| 21 | The rationale here is colourfully illustrated by Lord Ellenborough 's dictum in Gardiner v Gray ( 1815 ) 4 Camp 144 to the effect that a person does not buy goods simply for the pleasure of depositing them on a dunghill . |
| 22 | He beat me on a number of occasions , often for some trivial offence . |
| 23 | He describes the tour of Wales as ‘ a joke ’ , not meant as a jibe at the opposition but at Australian officials for keeping them on a whistle stop that would daunt American tourists . |
| 24 | ‘ Simon attempted to pass me on a bend , but he lost the back end of his car and all control . |
| 25 | For answer , he kicked back and caught me on a shin . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | When the two men drove away , the Garda stopped them on a routine check . |
| 28 | One or two mornings a week we sail upwind to another beach , basing ourselves on a campsite taverna for the day , and once a fortnight we take a day off . |
| 29 | When at last we emerged into the open we found ourselves on a plain , perhaps a mile wide , lying between the hills and the river . |
| 30 | Edrich and Close soon went , and on two occasions Roberts found himself on a hat-trick ; the second time , Selvey edged to Greenidge at slip — and he dropped morning was fine and only one more run was added . |