Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case of the chartered accountant who has just been found guilty of a serious reckless driving offence only came to the Institute 's attention by chance , when an Investigation Committee member heard about it on the radio . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm surprised I have n't heard about you on the grapevine . |
| 3 | But , Father , I never meant to kill , when I slipped out alone , and went to wait for him on the path by which I knew he must return . |
| 4 | At rehearsals , Les Cox agreed it would be wiser not to practise falling down the stairs as it was a skill which took months to acquire — better just to go for it on the night . |
| 5 | He had drowned , unable to move , when the rising tide had filled the channel : Marie remembered seeing about it on the local television news . |
| 6 | I 'll think about it on the way home . ’ |
| 7 | In short , Labour and the Liberal Democrats will have the argument won for them on the ground — and as long as they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation , rather than punitive redistribution , the current election election result has given them a platform from which effectively to challenge for power next time round . |
| 8 | Do n't worry , I 've told the solicitors that are appearing for us on the sixteenth of July that that 's the situation , that the have not joined in all of the partners |
| 9 | If there 's a traffic jam anywhere the new information unit will let you know about it on the hour as well . |
| 10 | It beat about them on the wind as men shook their fists and shouted , faces shining . |
| 11 | ‘ I can leaf through them on the train , and they might give me something to go on . ’ |
| 12 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 13 | Yes , Mrs Jones , we have a room booked for you on the thirtieth of July — can I be of any assistance to you ? |
| 14 | Things , however , came to a head one day when a veterinary surgeon on his rounds , in a regulation Volvo estate , was alarmed to see Noddy tearing towards him on the wrong side of the road , in hot pursuit of a Transit van . |
| 15 | That makes me a bit peeved , you know : we can serve them , but not mingle with them on the other side . |
| 16 | D' you reckon mom will agree to come with us on the skiing ? |
| 17 | I had an Abaya ( the long black gown ) which I had carried with me on the plane and a scarf to cover my hair , so I was able to enter the Ministry of Health without shocking the men too much . |
| 18 | Once , months later , when she went to the Regency on a Saturday night with some girlfriends she practically bumped into him on the stairs . |
| 19 | Knitweave can be thought of as a stocking stitch fabric with the weaving yarn caught into it on the purl side . |
| 20 | I was put to work with him on the same bench and he not only taught me toolmaking , he also taught me about the trade union movement and the kind of society he wanted to see . ’ |
| 21 | Paul had reasons for the private emptying of his ; he was still treating himself with a solution of the doctor 's recommended potassium permanganate crystals , and had to make his exit quickly when Willie was out of the room , as that gregarious gentleman would have come with him on the same errand ; then hurry outside with the tell-tale purple contents , empty them , rinse the pot at the pump , and come back . |
| 22 | ‘ They disagreed with him on the size of the tax reduction . |
| 23 | In any proceeding in which no pre-trial review has been fixed , the district judge may nonetheless give notice to the parties requiring them to appear before him on the day named in the notice , so that the question of giving directions may be considered ( Ord 17 , rr 10 and 11(4) ) . |
| 24 | She thought of the times she had put her hand into Nick 's , how she had sat beside him on the grass only half an hour ago . |
| 25 | Yeah , so she 's going to come to me on the bus on the twenty third . |
| 26 | How many birds did my true love send to me on the twelfth day of Christmas ? |
| 27 | When he proposed to her on the last night I think she took him because , having been in her room for seven days , she 'd met nobody else and could n't bear to see her investment wasted . ’ |
| 28 | Once a month we reported to them on the editorial , marketing and financial developments of the magazine . |
| 29 | In 1741 Collinson reported to him on the miraculous achievement at Thorndon : |
| 30 | He knelt beside her on the hearthrug . |