Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all have shortcomings which I will not go into on this occasion , but which make them inappropriate models on which to slip the garments of orthodox doctrines of Atonement and the Trinity . |
| 2 | Some reports claimed that the allegations ( described as " totally groundless " by the Chinese Foreign Ministry ) were certain to increase US congressional pressure on President Bush not to renew China 's most favoured nation trading status . |
| 3 | Oh that 's jolly convenient for the p erm go and put me little cross on the way then . |
| 4 | He denied two charges of abandoning the pets in circumstances likely to cause them unnecessary suffering on October 23 last year . |
| 5 | Denis , who watched my part of the show every night , would often give me odd notes on inflections he 'd have preferred done another way or phrasing he thought I could improve on . |
| 6 | 2 Most socialists have become increasingly critical of the monopolistic and authoritarian role of Communist parties in one-party systems in a way that has made them cast doubt on the desirability of insurrection . |
| 7 | Community Care 's news pages will bring you up-to-date information on the latest research and innovations in practice . |
| 8 | A solicitor is an independent legal adviser who will give you professional advice on tax . |
| 9 | They 'll give you useful info on the other characters . |
| 10 | Nurses : Your district nurse , health visitor or continence adviser can give you practical advice on how to manage . |
| 11 | Our specialist staff can give you impartial advice on how to meet your pension needs in the most cost-effective way — while Barclays own insurance policies represent excellent value for money . |
| 12 | He can give you free advice on the security precautions that best suit you and your home . |
| 13 | It swells and shrinks , changing its output as it does so ; the official magnitude range is from 0.4 to 0.9 , but over the past decades I have seen it matching Rigel on rare occasions , while it is not often as faint as Aldebaran . |
| 14 | The Russians should have the courtesy to move over for some miles into middle Asia , where there is an abundance of space that lies close to them but far from us : let Russia give us sufficient coast on the Black Sea so that , from there we can resettle our beggars and peasants in Asia Minor … |
| 15 | That game kicking off at seven thirty , so about two and half minutes before that game gets under way and er we 'll be bringing you regular reports on that one , plus tonight 's other Coca Cola Cup third round replay , Peterborough against Blackpool , that one kicking off at seven forty five , and that 's the time of kick-off in our local match at Lane , Notts County against Pisa in group A of the Anglo-Italian Cup . |
| 16 | This time next week of course , Colin and I will be in Brescia , Andrew will be in this seat and we 'll be bringing you full commentary on that game between Notts and Brescia . |
| 17 | I can see them bloody lines on her stocking |
| 18 | So that there 's a kind of assessment built in there … but that piece of work goes forward in the end and is more , slightly more , formally assessed in the sense that we give them direct feedback on performance , and that runs from technical notes , director 's notes , to a very much more abstract formal assessment , which is essentially subjective , ‘ How does one feel about this piece , the atmosphere it creates ’ , … and that 's quite different from director 's notes , which can be of a technical variety to do with voice , movement , audibility , characterization , anything ; the things that are actually being described , analysed , looked at in the end … |
| 19 | ‘ Then what do you spend you ill-gotten gains on ? ’ he queried bluntly . |
| 20 | The mountain goat is built primarily for steady , tireless climbing rather than speed and great agility : its short legs and short body , which allow it to place all four feet close together , also give it great stability on narrow , uneven ledges . |
| 21 | The very flexible hooves of the mountain goat give it maximum grip on precarious slopes and dizzy ledges . |
| 22 | From there , she was able to make regular visits to Vietnam — and so give us essential reports on where our help was needed most . |
| 23 | The vicar , Charles Fry , taught me elementary Greek on Saturdays in my latter years at school , and in return I wrote some letters at his dictation , for which he generously gave me a shilling an hour . |
| 24 | I 'm not looking to give you constructive feedback on them , I 'm just looking to see what grade it gets so you go down and put it in a pigeon hole . |
| 25 | You will meet the Esquire Editors , and our fashion editor Marion Hume will be there to give you personal advice on how to put your looks together . |
| 26 | Your own doctor or nearest family planning clinic will be able to give you up-to-date information on this . |
| 27 | There is a serial killer abroad who delights in stabbing Belushi 's one-night conquests , smearing them in Yves Saint Laurent Rich Ruby lipstick and then sending him cryptic notes on a wonky word processor . |
| 28 | I 'd called him Chinless Wonder on the same basis that regular enlisted men in the Army call Sandhurst graduates ‘ Ruperts ’ . |
| 29 | Death rates increased all the time , as hormonally charged adolescents flocked to give it heavy Brando on Honda C50s . |
| 30 | Our greatest asset had been a copy of The Scotsman , originally bought to give us wise counsel on the weather . |