Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you get the limited edition of Let's Knife , you too can Singalongaknife with the free karaoke CD : I am a sweet little cat/ and I dance on a flying saucer … |
| 2 | I sit on a flat stone in one — the straw thatched roof would just have cleared my head — imagining what was kept in the neat stone alcoves . |
| 3 | I sit on a smooth stone and watch yellow-breasted finches in their dipping flights across the still-warm air . |
| 4 | ‘ I depend on a manual wheelchair for all movement away from my car . |
| 5 | ‘ I look forward to seeing you again soon , though I hope on a social rather than a professional basis . ’ |
| 6 | For this purpose I draw on a wide-ranging survey by John Lyons , which carries on naturally from the analysis by James Harris that I have just quoted . |
| 7 | Er I do a plug the alb of the album Midnight Postcards we call it , I 'm plugging that now until Christmas , promoting that er on television and radio , and I er in between I go on a short holiday to Africa and then January I start Alfie until May , and then I think I 'm gon na do a T V movie or a movie in June July , and then in end of July I go to America for four four till the end of November with Alfie . |
| 8 | And then in the air it stiffens very slightly as it cools down , but I think on a nice warm day like this is might be . |
| 9 | I know I live on a fierce and magical planet , which sheds or surrenders rain or even flings it off in whipstroke after whipstroke , which fires out bolts of electric gold into the firmament at 186,000 miles per second , which with a single shrug of its tectonic plates can erect a city in half an hour . |
| 10 | I like to understand the meanings of words and always refer to a dictionary when I come on a new word . |
| 11 | I settle on a simple cotton dress , black , and a pair of dangling earrings . |
| 12 | Stranded in the middle of a threatening black neighbourhood , he is rescued by a tow-truck driver , Danny Glover , and the two of them embark on a tentative , rather sweet black-white buddy relationship . |
| 13 | This , in turn , gives your reader a sense of what sort of debate or discussion you see yourself as being engaged in ; and it is this , alongside whatever concrete arguments you make on a given topic , which shapes a reader 's or examiner 's general response to what you write . |
| 14 | If you insist on a public debate then I suggest you give us your views in a more suitable manner . " |
| 15 | if you land on a certain square you can keep it ! |
| 16 | Both were winter occupations and helped keep you warm on a cold day . |
| 17 | Here are some easy rules to remember before you embark on a major scheme : |
| 18 | I 've sometimes made some rather awful mistakes when I have thought first about what I would like to give rather than what my friends would like to receive , so do try to find out before you embark on a special garment . |
| 19 | The money you save on a hyped discount today will probably have to be passed on to the car 's next buyer as well , although discounts you negotiate privately may not be . |
| 20 | But there were some people you know on a smallish farm , they did n't have an oil engine , then they would have to turn the scrapper by hand . |
| 21 | The final point to consider is that if you decide on a joint endowment , your girlfriend may decide to cash in her present endowment . |
| 22 | You operate on a living body . ’ |
| 23 | Most network applications are n't that different from those you use on a standard PC . |
| 24 | The headmistress had tried to insist that she go on a racial awareness course , she who had taught children of different races for over twenty years . |
| 25 | What I like about them and where I think their strengths are is that they do put science , the physical sciences , in that bracket of activity which is fun , excitement and leisure and enjoyment and that it moves away from the notion that it 's something you do on a wet Friday afternoon at school . |
| 26 | What I like about them and where I think their strengths are is that they do put science , the physical sciences , in that bracket of activity which is fun , excitement and leisure and enjoyment and that it moves away from the notion that it 's something you do on a wet Friday afternoon at school . |
| 27 | They are good for your career , if you write on a specialised topic , ie in your case , related to home economics . |
| 28 | Barratt Developments takes £500 off every £25,000 you spend on a new home . |
| 29 | ‘ If they want something manufactured to their own spec , OK , but we insist on a thumping great order or a high price . ’ |
| 30 | Here , we concentrate on a partial equilibrium story and explore how economic agents tackle a rather difficult dynamic decision problem ; in later work we shall embed this story in a market context , but this first step will enable us to isolate certain elements in the market story . |