Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you make er you know we 've my I would have explained as much as I can on the phone exactly how we operate . |
| 2 | ‘ Now I spend all the time I can on the water — more room . ’ |
| 3 | Somehow she rose over her excitement , though , and concentrated all she could on the task at hand . |
| 4 | Sycorax fainted , and Ariel bent her cheek to the discoloured cheek of the old woman and licked the salt that fell in her tears , and when she reached the cabin took her inside where the rush screens would keep the flies off her wounds , and made her as comfortable as she could on the ground , with fresh dressings on her burns , a cool soaked cloth on her forehead . |
| 5 | ‘ Those who can not hear must feel the rod of correction , ’ she declaimed , raising the stick as she advanced , Martha let out a shriek , leaped to her feet and , barely aware of her action , hit the old woman as hard as she could on the side of the head , knocking her against the wall . |
| 6 | She preferred to eat as many of these as she could on the spot , as they were too messy to take away . |
| 7 | Number three you could on the filter paper I 've out some of those P H test papers . |
| 8 | ‘ Be assured that if they crown anyone king than your elder son whom they have with them , we will on the day following crown his brother whom you have here with you . ’ |
| 9 | This situation is far more benign than people obsessed with freedom make it sound , because what comes to us by no choice of our own is a gift — a whole world which we could not possibly have made and at which , in spite of all its horrors , we can on the whole only bow our heads in wonder . |
| 10 | However , we have endeavoured to have as long a debate as we can on the issue yesterday and today . |
| 11 | Clifford and another constable who was in the car got down to the foreshore as quickly as they could on the offchance that the man was alive and needed help , but they soon saw that he was n't . |
| 12 | The Authority are pushing as much as they can on the scheme and there 's been no response to yesterday . |
| 13 | It was pitiful , the broken blade of a dagger that he had bound with strips of rag to give him a handle , and sharpened as best he could on the edge of the stone under the window ; the worn hollow , paler in colour , was there to be seen . |
| 14 | With Süssmayr 's help , he did what work he could on the Requiem , completing the Introitus in full score , and sketching the bulk of the rest , to the end of the Hostias , in short score ( giving only details of instrumentation ) . |
| 15 | As it would on the telephone , yes . |
| 16 | Why are there grave areas , areas of uncertainty and responsibility erm Rivers Authority er Area Manager I believe , Mr er presented the position from their point of view er in particular circumstances on the night of thirtieth December er the er Southern Water whose responsibility is primarily sewage erm er describes circumstances that they have been contending with and a great deal of criticism erm was what we had to anticipate if you like or do anything er to contend with the unusual circumstances of that night erm the consequence was that a large number of new houses in the very close to the that runs through Barnham and under the railway there erm and er not ordinary surplus water flooding , but sewage flooding and the consequences then for many years er it 's obviously going to give , quite apart from having to live with it , er it will on the properties themselves and adversely affect er the ability of individuals to sell them off . |
| 17 | Is the Secretary of State aware that the Opposition welcome the statements made by the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach at last night 's meeting , on the future progress of talks between the two Governments , and that Northern Ireland will be high on their agenda — as it will on the agenda of the Labour Government ? |