Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It beat about them on the wind as men shook their fists and shouted , faces shining . |
| 2 | That goes for everyone on the mainland as well . |
| 3 | Under communism there would be no exploitation , and society would be run by and for everyone on the basis of equality and community . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm insulted that he 's even talking about me on the tape — and I 'm sure the other players he 's mentioned feel the same . |
| 5 | ‘ I can leaf through them on the train , and they might give me something to go on . ’ |
| 6 | Their captain 's making it difficult for them on the blower |
| 7 | is it but you see you could er pay for them on the ferry then |
| 8 | Hurley was waiting for them on the tarmac near the terminal in his big blue BMW 520i . |
| 9 | The spiritual area is concerned with the awareness a person has of those elements in existence and experience which may be defined in terms of inner feelings and beliefs ; they affect the way people see themselves and throw light for them on the purpose and meaning of life itself . |
| 10 | Gould offered an enormous sum for them on the spot . |
| 11 | Performance of that order behind a BMW badge could shake a few prejudices , but these high-fliers may not be available in right-hand drive form until next year because of the demand for them on the Continent . |
| 12 | Comrades however had the last say when Dean Gordon grabbed a consolation goal for them on the stroke of full time . |
| 13 | In short , Labour and the Liberal Democrats will have the argument won for them on the ground — and as long as they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation , rather than punitive redistribution , the current election election result has given them a platform from which effectively to challenge for power next time round . |
| 14 | The idea was that the private sector would build and finance a number of roads and the department would pay a rent for them on the basis of how much traffic used them . |
| 15 | If we take sentences without contexts and devise interpretations for them on the basis of the mutual compatibility or otherwise of the type-meaning of the words in them , we are putting ourselves under constraints which have nothing to do with syntax ; by thus restricting and deforming our appreciations of the structure we prevent ourselves seeing what the effect of the syntax , qua syntax , is . |
| 16 | And all the other farmers were paying the guys who were working for them on the side , ten pound a day , for working from nine o'clock in the morning till about five at night . |
| 17 | and sell packaging film , covering 700 miles a week between them on the customer round . |
| 18 | Look up such excellent works as J. Rachman and Clare Philips ' Psychology and Medicine ( Temple Smith ) or Richard Totman 's Social Causes of Illness ( Souvenir ) and you will find a total of 14 words between them on the subject . |
| 19 | Ranulf the rat-catcher , Simon the tiler , and a host of others thronged the nave , sitting facing each other on the church 's two and only benches with Athelstan sitting between them on the sanctuary chair . |
| 20 | This is the means by which LCH becomes the exclusive counterparty to both seller and buyer in respect of a contract made between them on the market . |
| 21 | This is a choice between two types of reading , in that one can choose between them on the basis of whether the novel 's contradictions are to be articulated and sustained in the act of reading ( " rhetorically aware " ) or suppressed by the reading ( " aesthetically responsive " ) . |
| 22 | He poured her another glass of wine from the carafe which stood between them on the table . |
| 23 | driver for me on the phone , so he calls me up , oh we 've got load of them he said |
| 24 | ‘ I think I will ride pillion on the way out , but I reckon it 'll be the sidecar for me on the way back . ’ |
| 25 | Is not it true that some documents that the Public Accounts Committee receives are not published , such as the memorandum that the National Audit Office drew up for me on the accountability of United Nations agencies ? |
| 26 | And er then Mr said it was safe for his wife to return and children , that they , trouble was they could n't get a seat for me on the plane . |
| 27 | ‘ Mind you look after them on the journey and buy them sweets and comic books for the train . ’ |
| 28 | He then produced the £15 and counted it out himself on the corner of the table , not letting the chairman or anyone else do so . |
| 29 | Do they look after you on the plane Sue ? |
| 30 | He slapped a stone down , in the corner nearest him on the right . |