Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | See them using traditional skills on new forged ironwork as well as restoration work . |
| 2 | Lobbying by pharmaceutical companies has already watered down a proposed directive which at first suggested forcing them to include detailed information on dosage and usage on advertisements . |
| 3 | Let me inscribe these words on this papyrus of a person that I have become and trust , my saviour , that one day they will enlighten me . |
| 4 | As late as the eighteenth century some of the most renowned painters of France , Boucher , Lancret and Watteau among them , found it no more beneath them to paint gallant scenes on the artificial eggs presented by the king to members of his court at Easter than Cellini did to be called on to unpick the precious stones from Clement VII 's tiara as the Imperial troops advanced to sack Rome in 1527 . |
| 5 | Do you know what it did to me to see that animal on top of you , about to … ? ’ |
| 6 | He did not , as I had feared , ask me to perform covert assassinations on his behalf and nor did he insist on my using my eidetic capabilities to project myself into the noumenal world that he inhabited with such terrifying ease . |
| 7 | Exotic nuclei have more protons or neutrons than do stable nuclei , and studies of them provide valuable information on the balance of nuclear forces when atoms deviate from the most favourable ratios of neutrons to protons . |
| 8 | Mr Y wrote me a note , ‘ would I make some notes on her , there is a possibility of her going into the unit ’ ( withdrawal unit for disruptive pupils ) . |
| 9 | ‘ I made one speech on the subject and I 've not referred to it since , and there seems no purpose in doing so . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Actually , I did n't think I made much impression on her . |
| 11 | ( 55 ) I found a bottle with which I made numerous marks on the ground surrounding our tents and a few yards into the jungle , as far as I dared venture . |
| 12 | I made this ascent on a lowering afternoon that turned thundery , and I stood only momentarily I will admit on the bridge , as the storms brewed noisily up in the mountains all around and the lightning began . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , I do not believe for one moment — I made this point on enough occasions to the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) — that , if we had not given potential investors the opportunity to buy a power station that could be converted to gas , there would have been much hope of bringing a gas pipeline to Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | Anyway , in the end I made 1,800 pesos on the funeral . |
| 15 | I mean that plastering on that inside of that cupboard is perfect ! |
| 16 | Big job , I mean that job on the on the phones was ! |
| 17 | I mean that box on the left hand side there could be Ralph Gardener Community High School and where it says science or maths or whatever |
| 18 | In so doing I lay great emphasis on the Biblical text because I consider the Scriptures to be our ultimate authority in matters of doctrine and life . |
| 19 | said I 've got to get this one back for her mum or whatever said I 'm in a hurry then I met some guy on the field , talking to him and er |
| 20 | I wanted to beckon him ; whenever I met local people on the road , there was never time to talk . |
| 21 | By a coincidence I met this man on the summit of Sergeant Man in the Lake District two months later . |
| 22 | As Mr Charles , our chief male nurse and I passed each other on our way to and from the admission ward and our offices we had first one and then another sorry tale to tell . |
| 23 | People left smiling and as I passed one lady on her way down the hill she grinned at me and said ‘ Perfick ’ ! |
| 24 | In the section below I make some observations on male-orientation in functionalist theory . |
| 25 | Could I explain one alteration on Q P16 Simon given our recent changes . |
| 26 | ‘ I got caught writing on a bus ; I was arrested and charged and told I was going to get a caution . |
| 27 | Incidentally I got that information on the third law from a very reliable source . |
| 28 | I was the criminal , in and out of prison all my life , and I got fourteen years on the prison-ship . |
| 29 | I got more letters on that than anything else in my early days . |
| 30 | ‘ It was when I was working on Wildlife Safari to Argentina , filming in a subtropical province in the north , that I got this lump on my back . |