Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As he wrote years later in his long unpublished memoirs , ‘ hazard or Providence made me knock on the door of the Hôtel Terminus of the Gare du Nord . ’ |
2 | A witness says she saw them knock on the door . ’ |
3 | They have every right to be different — it 's very presumptuous of us to invent personalities for them simply because we 've seen them act on a cinema screen , but it can still be a shock when they 're not as you 'd hoped . |
4 | to your Council did I knock on the door and say standing for the Liberal Democrats , they said well we 're not sure it 's the way we are going to vote for you , we may vote for somebody else . |
5 | CAN I count on the support of my friends and family ? |
6 | Where can I obtain similar coloured paints and what primer should I use on the places where bare metal is visible . |
7 | Yeah but sh he should I mean on the road , you should be able to just write in and say , I want this to happen . |
8 | Should I go on a diet ? |
9 | Do I go on the race track or do I go straight up ? |
10 | Do I go on the racetrack |
11 | Can I get on a postgrad two year course next year ? |
12 | And then I erm I went to er I went to R I shall I start on the scheme , going around , to the shops , and I got a job on Long Row . |
13 | Can I sit on the bed ? |
14 | Can I sit on the chair ? |
15 | No she came up to and she said can I sit on the end of the table . |
16 | Shall I sit on the dog ? |
17 | Whose face should I pin on the Sheriff of Nottingham … |
18 | But the pigeon 's adaptation to such a diet of large objects is so good that seeds only a little smaller than a nutmeg will pass right through the bird and be ejected together with a small quantity of droppings which will help them grow on the forest floor . |
19 | Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down . |
20 | And one day Uncle Edouard said he might let me work on the Aston Martin . |
21 | ‘ Can you comment on the weapon yet ? ’ |
22 | Did you stay on the box ? ’ |
23 | How the hell do you jump on a Lucy , a lady , a Lucy , someone who appears fragile as glass , goes warm and soft like a trusting animal in your arms , then tough as steel with her polished NO — ? |
24 | ‘ Oh , Mum , do n't you jump on the bandwagon . |
25 | Only when you have made your plans , decided on your work sequence , bought your appliances and thought about the style of room you would like to create , can you focus on the treatment of the rest : the framework of walls , floor , window and ceiling as well as the sort of tiles , splashback and worktop you would like . |
26 | Well i that was to sort of try and make you focus on the gifts of the Holy Spirit that we 're going to receive , that we receive through or that you have strengthened through Confirmation , rather than receiving because they 're already there . |
27 | Would you sa you know on the basis of erm your contact with , with tenants erm in terms of living in flats , are , are there any good points that people have made about living there t I mean |
28 | Not poems that make you feel on the edge of space but poems that make you feel you contain space inside yourself . |
29 | Local people very angry about it , how do you feel on the subject ? |
30 | Do you do anything what do you do on a Sunday ? |