Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were wined and dined at great expense and the next time I met Tommy he thanked me profusely for assisting him on that evening . |
| 2 | A particularly interesting feature of the trestle piers was the method used for founding them on irregular river beds . |
| 3 | ‘ They must have a hell of a reason for wanting us on that boat . ’ |
| 4 | He wants to talk about The Miser , so you persist with that line of questioning in the hope of drawing him on other aspects of his career . |
| 5 | ‘ Listen , Dan , Kate 's sick of seeing you on that settee . |
| 6 | This , presumably , is because they make the journey at very great depths , far below the reach of drift nets or trawls and since they are no longer feeding there is little chance of catching them on baited hooks or in traps . |
| 7 | Erm , yeah Mrs she sort of has the power over level erm if she she sort of , it 's like she 's sort of keeping her on this level in the same household as her |
| 8 | As far as chartered accountant trainees are concerned , Mr Jones argues , ‘ you have all the aggravation of training them on high salaries and the disruption to a small office with their going off for long periods of study leave , and at the end you do n't keep them . |
| 9 | Signs of this were evident at Christmas and , happily , at Easter , too , Not only did Channel 4 go out in peak time with Granada 's king Lear on Easter Monday but also had the bright idea of showing us on that day , in Are you having any fun ? archive material demonstrating how the British had determinedly convinced themselves they were enjoying themselves as long ago as 1896 and as lately as 1964 . |
| 10 | You would n't of kept it on long ! |
| 11 | It was in meeting him on this ground that the British came closest to responding to him as a worthy adversary . |
| 12 | The office gossip had been quite useful in reassuring him on that point , and he had been able to view the uncomfortable ride in the lift with them in an encouraging new light . |
| 13 | Thank you again for your help and I look forward to seeing you on 13 June . |
| 14 | I look forward to seeing you on 13 June . |
| 15 | I look forward to seeing you on 13 June . |
| 16 | I look forward to seeing you on 14 June . |
| 17 | The other trainers and I look forward to seeing you on 22nd September . |
| 18 | I look forward to seeing you on 16th October , please note that all four Q.T. days will be held at Rutherford School , Penfold Street , London W.1 . |
| 19 | I find it particularly disturbing that this red herring has become so prominent in current discussions about animals , because there is difficulty enough in getting proper attention for the matter without wasting it on these academic artifacts . |
| 20 | I look forward to meeting you on 27th . |
| 21 | It was one of the rare instances when Joyce managed to excuse his failure without blaming it on Jewish influence . |
| 22 | They were impressed by her intelligent appreciation of political matters and took to consulting her on political problems that confronted them at work . |
| 23 | The council was informed about the anniversary two years ago but has dragged its heels over putting it on any agenda . |
| 24 | The accounts department is responsible for ensuring that top management is aware of the financial state of the company and for advising it on appropriate actions to ensure that it remains sound . |
| 25 | The accounts department is responsible for ensuring that top management is aware of the financial state of the company and for advising it on appropriate actions to ensure that it remains sound . |
| 26 | A model of the language is created by training it on some text that is already available . |
| 27 | They were arguing about whose fingernails were longest , thinnest and sharpest and thought that the only way to see would be by testing them on each other 's bony arms . |
| 28 | A second way of facing our question concerning the superiority of telescopic to naked-eye observations is to demonstrate the effectiveness of the telescope in a practical way , by focusing it on distant towers , ships , etc. and demonstrating how the instrument magnifies and renders objects more distinctly visible . |
| 29 | Keep pots moist — it 's vital that roots have no difficulty penetrating them — by sitting them on capillary matting . |
| 30 | Her Majesty has honoured the Works by visiting it on three occasions , the first on 11 March 1948 as Princess Elizabeth , when she toured the Works and inspected the two new saloons that had been converted from two ex-Chairman 's Saloons ( built Wolverton 1942 ) for the personal use of herself and the Duke of Edinburgh . |