Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were soon to discover that Masha might be in no condition to set us on any track . |
| 2 | In some cases , again , his links with the local gentry can be inferred only from his readiness to use them on sensitive business after 1483 . |
| 3 | In some cases , again , his links with the local gentry can be inferred only from his readiness to use them on sensitive business after 1483 . |
| 4 | One such benefactor called me on that recent morning when the old fellow with the hooked nose drifted into his final coma . |
| 5 | The lead boat briefs you on several places to visit , and arranges a couple of rendezvous for social events . |
| 6 | Almost a year after his ‘ There 's Nothing Like This ’ hit single and reactivated album put him on first-name terms with the British public , Omar Lye-Kook is still based in north London , operating out of his father 's tiny Kongo Dance offices and recording down the road in Willesden . |
| 7 | This may lead those who would otherwise oppose the practice to defend it on cultural grounds . |
| 8 | When walking the course , it is important to note how each fence strikes you on first impression because this is how the horse will see it . |
| 9 | The taxpayer received it on 8 December and it was lodged in the High Court on 15 January 1991 . |
| 10 | For real benefit , allow your exercise to help you on more than simply a physical level . |
| 11 | However , when the researchers reached the shop floor they discovered that robots were far too expensive for management to waste them on unskilled jobs . |
| 12 | IF YOU NEED A LIFT TO THE POLLING STATION OR IF YOU WANT TO HELP IN OUR CAMPAIGN RING US ON 771300 |
| 13 | In summer these are carried inland in sea spray ; in winter impregnated snow from the sea ice deposits them on coastal rocks and snowdrifts . |
| 14 | He had a council to advise him on these policy decisions , and he and his council recognized the great similarity between the powers of the assembly and those of the House of Commons in passing laws and imposing new taxes . |
| 15 | Finally , another academic justified it on motivational and cognitive grounds : |
| 16 | ‘ We have no need to answer you on this matter , ’ is the calm response of Shadrach , Mesach and Abed-nego to Nebuchadnezzar 's threat . |
| 17 | Police in Lurgan want anyone who witnessed the accident to contact them on 0762-325144 . |
| 18 | In April 1988 the Secretaries of State for Education and Science and for Wales appointed a Working Group to advise them on appropriate attainment targets and programmes of study for English . |
| 19 | It was like when she was eight , and Dead Daddy put her on Hero-9 to keep her under control . |
| 20 | I asked the ZZAP ! editorial team to advise me on this one , but they replied ‘ we 're too busy ’ . |
| 21 | The art of management , however , was more than the successful bribery of fifty per cent plus one , if for no other reason than the fact that there was never enough of the articles of bribery to employ it on such a scale , even if the voters had been willing to be so bought . |
| 22 | At the end , the photographer kissed her on both cheeks . |
| 23 | But it was n't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy good home cooking — stews with dumplings and meat pies with pastry crusts and steamed sponge puddings , and there was no money to spare for proper hairdressing salons . |
| 24 | It would be a chance to see her on neutral ground , maybe even a chance to explain that it was n't his bloody fault that Laura had shown up at the door only seconds before she herself had . |
| 25 | They would also remove any personal belongings which were removable and next day place them on prominent display , according to Polperro 's Quiller Couch , ‘ … to disclose the disgraceful want of vigilance supposed to characterise the owner ’ . |
| 26 | Only one person managed it on public transport . |
| 27 | Well that 's going free to the first person to ring us on three double one , one double one with the answers to these three questions , listen carefully . |
| 28 | But you see the point , so in our species and of course in most societies this is true men are breadwinners whether in an agricultural society or an industrial society erm you know one often feels that if you 're the man in the family you earn all the money your wife spends it on most of the time erm it certainly happens to me er |
| 29 | A man describing himself as being in the public relations business had phoned Julian Klein 's office and made an appointment to meet him on this day , but had not divulged the nature of his business . |
| 30 | The Colonel kissed him on both cheeks . |