Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb base] on a " in BNC.
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1 | If you get the limited edition of Let's Knife , you too can Singalongaknife with the free karaoke CD : I am a sweet little cat/ and I dance on a flying saucer … |
2 | I always cleanse , tone and moisturise and I put on a face masque every week . |
3 | Yeah cos I went in that shop and I put on a size ten skirt and it was hanging . |
4 | Erm Mr Chairman on a point of information , the figures he has obtained on my figures are figures in a report issued by the director of social services and I think on a point of information he should acknowledge that they are the figures given by the officers . |
5 | What and you go on a you go on a course there ? |
6 | and you insist on a VAT receipt |
7 | The charitable world as a whole , as I 'm sure many of you know , has been severely hit by the recession er our donations received this year are dramatically down on last year 's and we operate on a shoestring but the provision of teams to go round the world , the provision of training , even with all the help we get from the R Y A still costs a lot of money . |
8 | I go inside and Chris goes on the top deck and we meet on a quiet corner near the end of the Landing Stage , ’ Maureen said . |
9 | There can be the desperate feeling that life has passed them by , and they stand on a precipice , wondering whether to jump into the arms of the first person who offers , or risk endless loneliness. , |
10 | And they start on a Monday and they had it finished by Tuesday and then they start on Wednesday and Thursday and and then they went on Friday and Saturday . |
11 | But I mean on a sort of wider thing erm |
12 | And then in the air it stiffens very slightly as it cools down , but I think on a nice warm day like this is might be . |
13 | ‘ If they want something manufactured to their own spec , OK , but we insist on a thumping great order or a high price . ’ |
14 | The salt we sprinkle on our food today is produced by the same methods our ancestors used , but we operate on a bigger scale . |
15 | Because of the recent return to figuration in the last ten years there is an enormous interest in British portraiture , but they put on a show like the ‘ Swagger portrait ’ only at the Tate Gallery ; why do n't they do it at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome ; why not the Palazzo Reale , Milan ? |
16 | There are of course all kinds of truths that are not of this sort ; but they lie on a lower level altogether . |