Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So many of them are based on wordplay , puns . ’ |
| 2 | This being the case , I can not thank personally in any way other than through your column , but if this person should read this letter I would be very pleased if I am contacted on Darlington . |
| 3 | I should make it clear that I am drawing on notions of an idealised business environment when I refer to unambiguous communication being the motive power which occasions accountability . |
| 4 | I am writing on behalf of the Princes Trust Community Venture in Cornwall . |
| 5 | I am writing on behalf of organisations in Bath and Wiltshire which provide residential services to people with learning difficulties . |
| 6 | I AM writing on behalf of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection to ask you to support the Walk for Laboratory Animals on Sunday , September 26 , at 31 venues . |
| 7 | I AM writing on behalf of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection ( BUAV ) to ask your readers to support the Walk For Laboratory Animals which is happening on |
| 8 | I AM writing on behalf of the ships company of HMS Active , and in particular the Petty Officers ' mess , to formally thank the city of Liverpool for the excellent hospitality that has been shown to us during our visit . |
| 9 | I am speaking on behalf of West Belfast Action for the Unemployed , a group of local community activists and welfare rights workers . |
| 10 | Heyward however shifts ground : ‘ I am hooked on Jesus . |
| 11 | I am standing on platform eleven at London 's Liverpool Street station , listening to a British Rail Tannoy announcement , delivered as dispassionately and routinely as an abattoir attendant 's delivering a bolt through the skull of yet another helpless , terrified , steer : ‘ British Rail would like to apologize for the late running of the six-thirty to Lowestoft . |
| 12 | He said , ‘ I am working on Randolph Henry Ash . |
| 13 | Sainsbury worker Toni Madsen said : ‘ I am working on Sundays because I need the money . |
| 14 | If I am working on pupil autonomy , then I have to find some way to remind pupils that it often helps to talk out loud to someone , and to establish an atmosphere in which they readily approach each other and me for this purpose . |
| 15 | I am concentrating on music and developing my acting . |
| 16 | I am going on holiday to Malaysia and I would like to bring back some fish . |
| 17 | I 've become very fond of Ellis and I 'm prepared on occasion to be tempted into his latest hare-brained scheme , but I 'm buggered if I 'll carry on like Richard Hannay and his chums in a John Buchan novel . |
| 18 | Hello er , I 'm phoning on behalf of Mrs Ada er she 's got to come in for a scan on the fourth of February , nine o'clock , now we 've only just got back from the hospital today , cos she oh , she had to go today for one , yeah , and we 've just |
| 19 | ‘ Although , for the record , I 'm acting on Hanne 's behalf as much as yours . |
| 20 | This time I 'm writing on behalf of a friend who has a problem . |
| 21 | I 'm hooked on ginger . |
| 22 | Again , I 'm speaking on America 's behalf here because I do n't live in Europe . |
| 23 | Okay , I 'm speaking on behalf of reality . |
| 24 | I 'm speaking on behalf of Leeds City Council . |
| 25 | I 'm seeing on Tuesday to see how he wants to g us to go about it in Norway . |
| 26 | The MP added : ‘ I 'm calling on Saville 's to withdraw as quickly as possible from the deal and allow the local authorities to acquire the land . |
| 27 | I 'm calling on behalf of Barry the Labour candidate . |
| 28 | I 'm walking on water — I 'm Jesus , I can walk on water ! |
| 29 | It 's weird walking on it — I can feel my feet sink into it like I 'm walking on rubber . |
| 30 | No I 'm coming on Saturday . |