Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as Joe was saying , he said , all we do is just go back to them and just try and say well look you know when you come to see us again do you want to accept this or regret it on the basis that you 're going to strike , but all the other section in the company 's accepted that . |
| 2 | I told the others , ‘ we either write some new songs and start behaving like a proper band again or knock it on the head , this time for good ’ . |
| 3 | Yes , erm , that 's right , or put them on the |
| 4 | Place the joint in a trivet over the tin , or put it on the oven rack directly above the roasting tin , so that the juices from the meat ‘ weep ’ into the potatoes and onions . |
| 5 | ‘ So only the person who served the lobster or put it on the plates could have poisoned it ? ’ |
| 6 | While running , Brownies must not drop the egg or hold it on the spoon with their fingers . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll go and collect her , or meet her on the way home . |
| 8 | But at home you might put an open packet on a bench in the greenhouse or spill some seeds , or leave them on the grass while you run to answer the phone . |
| 9 | Or write or write it on the table and the table |
| 10 | And although he is adamant that the hardware business will not be run down , he did say that in future the firm will carefully weigh up whether it is more more cost-effective to manufacture products and components itself or buy them on the open market . |
| 11 | You can either grown them in a pot , or sprinkle them on the cotton wool in the shape of your name or a pattern . |
| 12 | But however unpleasant monsoonal conditions can on occasion be , they are as nothing compared with the fearsome storms that hurl themselves on the Pacific with terrible regularity . |
| 13 | Jones revealed : ‘ A lot of people say to me ‘ that put you on the map ’ . |
| 14 | An interpretation I have often heard is that God 's ways are mysterious and wonderful , and it may well be that in the very last moments of the person 's life they had an encounter with God that set them on the path to eternal life . |
| 15 | Too easily we stand still and pat ourselves on the back ; before long we are losing ground . |
| 16 | Th thing is , you can put it on there , put it on sta you can er film it , and bang it on the big screen over there . |
| 17 | Emotivism claims that the distinctive meaning of ethical words lies in their power ( in virtue of our early linguistic conditioning ) to stimulate emotions and attitudes in a hearer , and vent them on the part of the speaker . |
| 18 | Certainly , according to Hardie , ‘ in the case of allocating insurance premiums on particular lines of cover when setting individual budgets for the following year , head offices could look at their operating units ’ past claims records and load them on the poor performers while even awarding the equivalent of no claims bonuses to the good ones . |
| 19 | They jerk from side to side and rub themselves on the plants , but there is no redness or inflammation of the gills . |
| 20 | For example , many a small child knows that to alleviate the pain and irritation of a nettle sting he need only reach for the nearest broad-leaved docken , ( Rumex obtusifolius ) and rub it on the offending part for instant relief . |
| 21 | She stripped the bed and lay me on the bed . |
| 22 | I often have to get up with Graham , carry him into the living room and nurse him into the living room and nurse him on the armchair . |
| 23 | Beside him on the counter were large dirty bottles of gilt glass from which he would take out the stoppers and daub them on the sleeves of passers-by . |
| 24 | But while these were unfortunate , and inclined to make Rachel crumple up her forehead and lecture her on the scientific method and the importance of mental clarity , there was no real danger in such remarks . |
| 25 | Make the invitations in the shape of a skull and crossbones and place them on the door instead of balloons . |
| 26 | Then , with the right side of the garment facing the machine , pick up the stitches around the neck and place them on the machine . |
| 27 | They erm , what they do they drive these big Tugmasters now with these lorries so that they plant all these erm forty foot trailers with er with er erm with a container on and place them on the ship . |
| 28 | It would be possible to test a large sample of readers , who would read nine texts and place them on the network . |
| 29 | From the clew first position release your back hand and place it on the mast below the boom . |
| 30 | Then take a second card from the middle pile and place it on the other outside pile . |