Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bit o' glass 'ad caught him on the fore'ead , but otherwise we 'ad n't a scratch to show for it between us . |
| 2 | I think the first evidence we have of that , is when Brocklehurst has placed her on the stool and publicly humiliated her . |
| 3 | On the continuum of penal philosophy which stretches from the punitive to the reformative , the Nicaraguan penal system has placed itself on the far edge of reform . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Use this form to tell us exactly how it has helped you on the farm or even in your contracting business . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | The reader who has bought your book has bought it on the understanding that this is what will happen . |
| 9 | In a way he has moulded himself on the likeness of Ben Hogan . |
| 10 | Like Malone , Anderson has laid it on the line to his players . |
| 11 | The review seemed to think that the swinging Sixties contained a readership , among others , that would be shocked by the novel 's candour and scabrousness about sex — ‘ no doubt he has touched himself on the raw . |
| 12 | The Renaissance was a rebirth of the Alexandrian-Roman spirit , and it has taken us on the same path . |
| 13 | Now the Supreme Court has put him on the spot . |
| 14 | This tournament has put us on the map and we are keen to develop it further . |
| 15 | Neighbour Dave Ward added : ‘ I hate the programme , even though I suppose it has put us on the map . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Whoever tried to kill us in the plane , whoever that was , has put us on the same side . ’ |
| 17 | Pilar Wayne now says she ca n't afford the upkeep on ‘ La Roca ’ in exclusive Newport Beach , California , and has put it on the market for £2 million . |
| 18 | 1992 has left them on the edge of relegation and out of the cup . |
| 19 | Since joining BP as a petroleum engineer in 1974 , his career has kept him on the move . |
| 20 | He said he 'd heard it on the radio this mornin' . |
| 21 | His daughter Diane Perry said she was rung by her husband from work after he 'd heard it on the radio . |
| 22 | Then I 'd wondered if some women who 'd stopped me on the path had taken it . |
| 23 | She had the fleeting impression that she 'd caught him on the raw . |
| 24 | He 'd met her on the beach walking with a dog , a wire-haired terrier called Dolly which had come sniffing up to him . |
| 25 | ‘ We 'd done nothing on the first two days here and I thought it was all going wrong . |
| 26 | But at least he did n't spot that until he 'd got me on the committee . ’ |
| 27 | It was their way of saying thank you to the locals who 'd helped them on the road to stardom . |
| 28 | He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past . |
| 29 | Something seemed to have excited them , they 'd found something on the foreshore . |
| 30 | She 'd found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of teasing about her impromptu topless dip in the sea and her valiant rescuer , and she 'd fenced it as calmly as she could . |