Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I like , I 'll throw my dinner on the floor and put clams in my hair and have tantrums , and … ’ |
| 2 | I got my schooling on the hoof . ’ |
| 3 | And when the public started seeing my name on the back of these albums , the subsequent demand was staggering ! |
| 4 | You say you met my daughter on the train to Boston , that she was running away from home , that she ended up on your doorstep when her brother refused to house her ? ’ |
| 5 | That morning I met my father on the middle landing of the stairs , and we were alone together for the first time in the holidays . |
| 6 | ‘ But it 's not decent to go to war over something like this , ’ I screamed , thumping my fist on the table so that the cups on the dresser rattled . |
| 7 | Forge my name on the back of the cheque and endorse it to yourself ? ’ |
| 8 | He went up and clapped my master on the shoulder . |
| 9 | Having doubts about this picture 's authenticity and surmising that it might be the same picture he had seen several years before , he again sought my opinion on the basis of a good photograph . |
| 10 | I was told to enjoy my life on the dole and they slammed the phone down . ’ |
| 11 | The Boyfriends haunted my stay on the North Shore . |
| 12 | I had forgotten my quest on the previous day in the pleasure of the poets ' company . |
| 13 | I could with ease place my arm on the roof as I stood by one of them in the road . |
| 14 | The weather was unexpectedly hot , and had brought out a sudden rash of men leering from shop doorways and cars for a glimpse of female flesh , while Vonetta struggled to find my flat on the sprawling council estate where I live . |
| 15 | I fixed my attention on the tower of the library which the priest , Sauniere , had built on the edge of a precipice overlooking the distant village of Esperaza . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm afraid of slipping in the dark and cracking my head on the edge of the bunker , ’ I had said . |
| 17 | However , as the bitter winter weather approaches , I should like to concentrate my speech on the basic problem of enabling people to find shelter so that hon. Members do not again have to face the awful reality of stepping around people huddled under snow-covered tarpaulins , lying in shop doorways in the streets of our city . |
| 18 | I gave a short address with one foot on each side of the peace-line [ a sleeping policeman — concrete ] basing my theme on the marvellous passage in the second chapter of the Gospel according to St. Luke — the song of the angels , seen and heard by the shepherds , ‘ Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace and goodwill to all people ’ . |
| 19 | I practiced my trade , I simplified my life , I was on my way to becoming the " Compleat Airman " , I also felt that I should get an overseas tour out of the way , and was quite pleased when I found my name on the PWR+ ; I then awaited eagerly to learn where . |
| 20 | I bumped my head on the door moving your mattress through the laundry , ’ said Tom . |
| 21 | The only problems encountered were that I tended to catch my chin on the high foam on the front and shoulder elastic was slightly against skin . |
| 22 | The Iranian government maintained its neutrality on the Gulf crisis [ see p. 37696 ] , reacting cautiously to news of the allied attack on Iraq on Jan. 16 . |
| 23 | The Inspectorate maintained their attack on the ‘ unacceptable variety ’ of curricular provision in their Aspects of Secondary Education ( 1979 ) and again in A View of the Curriculum ( 1980 ) . |
| 24 | He had asked Christina to attend this meeting too , saying he 'd value her opinion on the revised pool plans which Paul was bringing in . |
| 25 | They base their prognosis on the aggressive new product development and marketing that has been Cadbury 's hallmark in recent years . |
| 26 | Edwards and Rackages base their approach on the highly questionable premise that spectator violence is merely a playing out of tensions external to sport itself . |
| 27 | Tel ; ( 070 ) 510294 ) , base their operation on the Challenger I , a sleek , spacious 34m boat . |
| 28 | Typically organisations require employees to obtain two or three estimates and base their payment on the lowest one . |
| 29 | First , I accept that the inspectors ' production of an annual report and other reports on our schools is extremely valuable , as they base their advice on the inspections that they carry out . |
| 30 | Their choices follow : Lunn Poly 's marketing director Peter Rothwell observed that as a rule the staff in their 505 shops base their selling on the answers given by the customer in a questionnaire , to prevent mismatches between customers and the holidays they took , but he nevertheless felt safe in saying that two young couples , a bit adventurous , would do well if they invested in an ILG Drive Europe holiday along the west coast of France to Biarritz , good countryside and a nice old town , accommodation at the Mer et Golf apartments , two weeks in all with ferry and accommodation included for £255 each . |