Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of those who met the future candidate on the Sailing Party were struck by his insatiable appetite for debate and a good time . |
| 2 | Hospitality : More beds are needed especially to accommodate the German team on Thursday , Friday and Saturday nights , and a few for Friday night only for long distance Medau performers — please ask in your classes ( ten mile radius from Croydon or along the route from Dover preferred ) and send offers to . |
| 3 | Soon after Mrs Thatcher came to power in 1979 she disbanded the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth , set up as a permanent body by the Labour government in 1974 to report periodically on changes in distribution trends . |
| 4 | ‘ My sister ! ’ he stated flatly , watching her , still allowing the rough grip on his hair . |
| 5 | Conjointly , a second attack was to be launched the following day on the Right Bank to capture Fort Vaux , whose enfilading guns had also stopped the Fifth Army on its other flank . |
| 6 | The case against the defendant was indeed a strong one and for that reason their Lordships would not be prepared simply to recommend that an acquittal be ordered , but they do not feel able to say that the jury would inevitably have convicted , if the defence had been furnished in advance with the three statements in question and if the jury had received the accepted direction on evidence as to character and guidance from the trial judge on the problem , whatever it was , indicated when they first returned to court . |
| 7 | Taylor , however , is hoping that ‘ Gazza ’ may not need to wear the protective covering on his face against the Poles and has arranged for him to visit the surgeon who performed the original operation to check on his recovery so far . |
| 8 | Always to wear the same expression on one 's face whether one is going in or coming out ? ’ |
| 9 | Although the discovery of the double helix made it possible to understand how information might be stored in DNA , revolutionary advances in areas such as nucleotide sequencing and computing have been needed before people can contemplate recovering the stored information on a large scale . |
| 10 | The first Tyneside agency was the Tyne Improvement Commission which transformed the river by deepening it , rechannelling it ( to such an extent that a piece of Durham ended up North of the Tyne ) and building the largest harbour on the east coast and the only harbour of refuge accessible in all weather and tide conditions . |
| 11 | Japanese plans to build an international airport on the Shiraho reef have been abandoned — in favour of building the same airport on the next reef along . |
| 12 | Let us start with the case that probably involves the heaviest hand on the controls , that is , state ownership . |
| 13 | Next development in that context involves the scheduled start on March 28 of a scheduled BA service to Los Angeles . |
| 14 | Giving her a look of disgust , he bent forward and flung the whole package on the fire . |
| 15 | When the charter to Maryland sought by George Calvert passed the Great Seal on 20 June 1632 Cecil Calvert was named the grantee , since his father had died earlier in the year . |
| 16 | Companies must comply with the Companies Act 1985 and display the following information on their stationery : |
| 17 | MPs belonging to the Jatiya Party boycotted the parliamentary session on June 12 in protest against the verdict . |
| 18 | anyway to go the other side on the other |
| 19 | Most patterns need to go the same way on all pieces joined , so this must be taken into account when ordering . |
| 20 | Others have distinguished the classical emphasis on duty and virtue from the liberal emphasis on rights and freedoms ( e.g. Oldfield cited above ) . |
| 21 | Slater narrowed his eyes and straightened the tartan cap on his head . |
| 22 | Britain was later found guilty of breaching the European Convention on Human Rights and the ruling played a key role in forcing the Government to put MI5 on a statutory footing and create two tribunals to deal with complaints . |
| 23 | Who is that being here in London who could throw the cold earth on my coffin without a smile on his or her face ? |
| 24 | In June 1688 , James II 's wife , Mary of Modena , gave birth to a son ( later known as the ‘ Old Pretender ’ ) and the threat of a return to continuing Roman Catholic royalty caused six politicians with Bishop Compton of London , secretly to invite William of Orange , the leader of the Dutch against Louis XIV of France , to claim the English throne on behalf of his wife , Mary , the eldest daughter of James . |
| 25 | ( 3 ) Return to the starting position and repeat the same movement on the opposite side . |
| 26 | His rebuke to the Congress , that " if this leadership is to succeed , it must have the men it wants " , effectively made the second vote on Yanayev a vote of confidence in Gorbachev , and Yanayev was then elected by 1,237 votes to 563 . |
| 27 | Anfield 's record-breaking striker is certain that neither Blackburn Rovers ' financial clout nor their present League position can ever console the Scot that he made the right decision on that dramatic day in February 1991 . |
| 28 | WHETHER it was Major , Kinnock or Ashdown who made the greatest impression on the viewers , we shall know on Friday morning . |
| 29 | Miss Gracie Fields was the visiting star whose War Bond show made the greatest impression on Canadian listeners . |
| 30 | But it was guarding the Japanese prisoners in Changi Jail that made the deepest impression on the 20-year-old sergeant from Billingham . |