Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun pl] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a youngster in the 1950s my greatest delight was to run on to the pitch at Murrayfield after the full-time whistle , pat my heroes on the back and not wash my hands for a week , much to the disgust of my mother . |
| 2 | And now I really make my jokes on the spot . |
| 3 | I shook the rain out of my hair and wiped my feet on the doormat , then stepped into the porch and tried the inner door . |
| 4 | That is why I cherish the work of Messrs David Alford and Ted Hynds of the People , who condensed my musings on the subject of my nasal ingestion of the powdered and refined fruits of the coca leaf into the terse , pithy and intriguingly erect motto , ‘ Cocaine And Me , By Funny Man Fry . ’ |
| 5 | I tap my fingers on the table and look at McDunn 's cigarette packet , hoping he 'll get the hint . |
| 6 | ‘ At the same time , ’ he said , ‘ I must also get to know my colleagues on the Board as fast as possible . |
| 7 | I trained my binoculars on the reeds closest to the hide ; an up-and-down bobbing movement had caught my eye . |
| 8 | I gulped , and fixed my eyes on the blood-red pen on the desk . |
| 9 | My fingers are froze , so I warm my hands on the cup for a bit before I try drinking . |
| 10 | And since the frozen peas and firm bandaging were applied by the fair hands of a comely maiden , I began to think that perhaps I could reasonably update my views on the ankle , Eros-wise . |
| 11 | Most descriptive studies in Britain base their classifications on the Registrar-General 's ranking of occupations from I to V , according to their supposed prestige , with a major division between middle-class or white-collar workers ( I , II , and III non-manual ) and working-class or manual workers ( III manual , IV and V ) . |
| 12 | Concepts such as ‘ asking the wrong question ’ then simply function as the vehicle through which the court can substitute its views on the meaning of such phrases for that of the tribunal . |
| 13 | The participants place their fingers on the top of an upturned glass or pointer on castors . |
| 14 | To get the distances correct , have them place their hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them . |
| 15 | To add to the general gothic touch , the now released pigeons fly around depositing their droppings on the dead body . |
| 16 | Amid signs of increasing desperation , Bush appeared to adopt a two-pronged strategy , using his powers as President to take actions calculated to improve his popularity , while his campaign staff increased the negative content of the campaign by intensifying their attacks on the character of Clinton , particularly in regard to his attempts as a student to avoid being drafted to Vietnam . |
| 17 | Even the Nato arms controllers meeting in Vienna , whose job it is to negotiate East-West reductions in conventional armed forces , can only pursue their objectives on the basis of confrontation between their alliance and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 18 | Today you have watched our mandarins banging their foreheads on the flagstones — but not for our emperor ! |
| 19 | In the Wimpy after 2001 we imitated the apes banging their bones on the ground with our knives and forks on the formica table . |
| 20 | Replacing the plate , she stood up and went back inside the house , banging her slippers on the step to get rid of the snow . |
| 21 | Rose ignored her , keeping her eyes on the rattling carriage , holding herself in a permanent half crouch , like a sprinter at the starting post . |
| 22 | My blaster , ’ she said , backing towards a wall and keeping her eyes on the widening gap between the doors . |
| 23 | Swallowing hard , she crawled once more under the rail and inched forward , keeping her eyes on the ground as she went . |
| 24 | She opened the door , keeping her eyes on the patch of darkness beyond the lamp . |
| 25 | The three-tined sai is a karate weapon that has its origins on the island of Okinawa . |
| 26 | Furthermore , British Rail has its eyes on the Bankside site for bringing up the spoil from the tunnel for Channel traffic which it is , so absurdly , driving under the middle of London at astronomical cost . |
| 27 | when it comes in , pours in those , the house faces west er consequently although it 's very pleasant in the afternoon and evenings when you 're not watching television erm , it has its drawbacks on the other hand the garden is most unfortunately orientated alright ? |
| 28 | Like all young girls , she has her favourites on the circuit . |
| 29 | As a result , the majority of farmers continued to concentrate their efforts on the production of food for their own families , rather than for the market . |
| 30 | The development tools allow programmers to concentrate their efforts on the finer points of the program without having to worry about compatibility problems . |