Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] on this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man describing himself as being in the public relations business had phoned Julian Klein 's office and made an appointment to meet him on this day , but had not divulged the nature of his business . |
| 2 | Erm , yeah Mrs she sort of has the power over level erm if she she sort of , it 's like she 's sort of keeping her on this level in the same household as her |
| 3 | With one of those insights which showed a mind much subtler than that of many of his contemporaries , he had drawn an analogy between logical positivism and surrealism ; but he told me on this occasion that he had once asked A.J. Ayer , as he then was , what political beliefs were compatible with logical positivism : to which the reply had been , not altogether to his surprise , that they would be decidedly left-wing . |
| 4 | But , we 've seen them on this side as well ! |
| 5 | Well I used to the grindstone was in the cart shed , you see , and er I used to turn the handle whilst he ground his knives down and then he 'd take them in the slaughterhouse , after he got them ground , and put them on this stone to get them smooth , to get a fine edge on the knife . |
| 6 | ‘ We have no need to answer you on this matter , ’ is the calm response of Shadrach , Mesach and Abed-nego to Nebuchadnezzar 's threat . |
| 7 | Ancient towns , majestic chateaux , houses clinging precariously to sheer cliffs and deep natural caves await you on this tour of remarkable south-west France . |
| 8 | And what they do , I 'm going to try and show you on this doll in a minute , the hips are abducted which means they 're brought right up against the chest and then they 're pulled round and they 're rotated in the socket and you feel and listen for a click |
| 9 | When you ask him for leave to serve him on this mission he will welcome it as the solution to his anxieties , for even if you are only gone from Kinsai for a time , it will seem to him that you do not mean to impose upon his favour . ’ |
| 10 | It was in meeting him on this ground that the British came closest to responding to him as a worthy adversary . |
| 11 | and you need more so really you needed to have done it on this line . |
| 12 | I put it on this morning he did n't like it . |
| 13 | But who is qualified to lead us on this Crusade ? |
| 14 | Now , nobody er er , a at this stage at the er Financial Resources Committee er , challenge us on this figure , I think we will just stage of of doing arith arithmetic of adding it up , but no doubt that the staff will be comparing what going to be , er what within a but have prepared for next year with what we 're supposed to do this year and ours is an increase of another percent . |
| 15 | The next customer was a middle-aged man who must have been a regular , for he began by saying , ‘ Do n't often see you on this side , miss . ’ |
| 16 | What have they got you on this morning ? |
| 17 | I mean , she 's got it on this morning , open with a Benetton |
| 18 | I 've got it on this tape about fifteen times cos everybody supports Arsenal , I said stays in the cup longer . |
| 19 | Well just wipe it , it does n't matter , just wipe it on this towel . |
| 20 | Wipe it on this towel . |
| 21 | ‘ What will she be testing us on this afternoon ? ’ a small girl asked . |
| 22 | I think it would be better if she does not meet me on this occasion . ’ |
| 23 | Let's see if we can move them on this year so that they start to think it 's a charity I know I really want to support . |
| 24 | Although the ministers were too polite to commit themselves , even when I pressed them on this point , it was clear to me that they felt they , and their church , had been used . |
| 25 | Mm , mm I 'd of put them in the , even with these new glasses I these dark ones , you know the dark ones I had to put them on this morning I had to put these dark glasses on cos the light hurt me eyes , so I had to put these on |
| 26 | I was , however , able to reassure her on this point , as I could see no prospects of my ever getting close enough to any American for him to even ask my name , never mind ask me to marry him — and in the 1940 's you did have to wait to be asked . |
| 27 | But I have not seen much evidence that it is really possible to do it on this scale . |
| 28 | ‘ They decided not to use it on this trip because opening it might disrupt the passengers . |
| 29 | Without the oxygen produced from water by green plants , life as we know it on this planet would be impossible . |
| 30 | Peter not only hears it on this occasion but several times in the future , as the book of Acts shows . |