Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 He wagered a necklace of great value so I proffered the ring on who would win her favours first . ’
2 And David Vine on who 'll win the Rothmans Snooker Grand Prix .
3 Quoting Machiavelli 's prediction on what could happen to anyone committed to bringing in change , Sir Ron warns that ‘ whenever those who are hostile have the opportunity to attack , they do it like partisans , while the others defend lukewarmly , in such wise that the innovator is endangered along with them ’ .
4 telly on it 'll pick the telly up .
5 Strangely , few barns had been converted into craft or light industry centres , the rent on which would provide a permanent income for the farmer .
6 If there was a light on I could find my way out easy , but it 's too dark and confusing .
7 A new mood of optimism prevails at Grace Road , where fundraising has been successfully completed for an indoor cricket school , building work on which will start in September .
8 There 's no point in dwelling on what might have been .
9 She might live to rue this impetuous decision , but at least she 'd never look back with regret on what might have been if only she 'd had the courage to dare .
10 I 've put , put this heater on which might give us a little bit of , a little bit of warmth
11 You can hear that one on Planet Cannonball and it had the most incredible effect ; the voltage on it would sag so much when you cranked it up that it sounded like a volume swell pedal .
12 As the tyre rolled , each point on it would enter the contact zone .
13 From this point on he would aim his life in a new direction .
14 From this point on he might have been in Oz for all he knew .
15 says if if there were a tape record on you would say , Now what are we having for tea ?
16 In these circumstances the court is likely to require professional evidence on what will constitute a reasonable standard of parental care .
17 A new theory on what can cause childhood leukaemia was covered by several newspapers including the Times which said the Health Department was considering changing its advice ‘ in the light of evidence that injections of vitamin K , given to half the babies born in Britain , may increase the risk of leukaemia ’ .
18 In the same period , Arthur Young , subsidized by the big landlords to promote agricultural improvement , put his finger on what must have been a general attitude , when he described cattle-stealers in the Lincolnshire fens : ‘ So wild a country nurses up a race of people as wild as the fen , and thus the morals and eternal welfare of numbers are hazarded and ruined for want of an inclosure . ’
19 ‘ To get back to Sir Conrad , sir , and taking as a working hypothesis that he was murdered by an insider , I would welcome your advice on what might have been the motive . ’
20 So you see that being a MIDI device has massive advantages : first , sound changes which might otherwise require the drastic resetting of several controls can be carried out instantly , by calling up a patch containing the new settings ; and second , when using another MIDI device , such as a multi-effects processor , the two can be linked via the MIDI sockets and a patch change on one can trigger a patch change on the other .
21 But alack , it does no bleat and bleat as if the little heart on it would burst .
22 Certainly , I have known some undergraduates who would rise brilliantly to such a challenge ; but they are an exception , and one can not base a course on what would suit the exceptional student , much as one would like to .
23 Diplomats believe Mr Sevan tried to accelerate the decision on who would make up an interim council to replace Mr Najibullah .
24 It 's sharp as a razor , a real hunting knife , but if you keep the sheath on you can hold it a bit .
25 And what 's inspiring about a treatise on who can own brown rice stores and how many people it takes to make up a windmill construction co-operative ?
26 mm er yeah they should be done by Friday I should think cos if all they 're doing is putting a coping edge on it 'll make it look nicer at the back .
27 Any attack on him would bring down excommunication on you .
28 But it is appropriate to ask whether the brutal attack on her would have happened if she had been armed with the kind of baton the Home Secretary has banned .
29 Fathers who choose instead to commit acts of oral sex or buggery on them will commit no offence save where the girl 's consent , in the narrow , legal sense of the term , is lacking or where it has been obtained by threat , which may be difficult to prove .
30 There is as yet no word on who will play the part of Toole 's hero , the bloated medievalist Ignatius J Reilley , though earlier suggestions for the part have included the late Divine ( Waters 's idea ) and the late John Belushi ( the studio 's idea ) .
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