Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , because of their wide scope , when judging such clauses under s 3 of the UCTA , one has to treat them on the basis that they exclude or restrict liability for total failure to perform by reason of wilful default . |
| 2 | I think the first evidence we have of that , is when Brocklehurst has placed her on the stool and publicly humiliated her . |
| 3 | On the continuum of penal philosophy which stretches from the punitive to the reformative , the Nicaraguan penal system has placed itself on the far edge of reform . |
| 4 | So far as teachers are concerned , it might be necessary to tap a pupil on the shoulder to point out that s/he has dropped something on the floor , or to grab hold of a pupil to prevent an assault by that pupil on another . |
| 5 | The person with the cushion on their lap then has to stroke them on the head and say ‘ Poor pussy ’ without laughing . |
| 6 | See here , they 're gon na get thirty six for it as it stands put it on the market as |
| 7 | Use this form to tell us exactly how it has helped you on the farm or even in your contracting business . |
| 8 | There 's one if you pick up one there I think one of those cards there has got one on the planner and one on the erm |
| 9 | The reader who has bought your book has bought it on the understanding that this is what will happen . |
| 10 | In a way he has moulded himself on the likeness of Ben Hogan . |
| 11 | Like Malone , Anderson has laid it on the line to his players . |
| 12 | The review seemed to think that the swinging Sixties contained a readership , among others , that would be shocked by the novel 's candour and scabrousness about sex — ‘ no doubt he has touched himself on the raw . |
| 13 | The Renaissance was a rebirth of the Alexandrian-Roman spirit , and it has taken us on the same path . |
| 14 | Now the Supreme Court has put him on the spot . |
| 15 | This tournament has put us on the map and we are keen to develop it further . |
| 16 | Neighbour Dave Ward added : ‘ I hate the programme , even though I suppose it has put us on the map . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Whoever tried to kill us in the plane , whoever that was , has put us on the same side . ’ |
| 18 | Pilar Wayne now says she ca n't afford the upkeep on ‘ La Roca ’ in exclusive Newport Beach , California , and has put it on the market for £2 million . |
| 19 | 1992 has left them on the edge of relegation and out of the cup . |
| 20 | All this is so rich , heady and fast-moving that the viewer has to take it on the narrator 's trust . |
| 21 | Since joining BP as a petroleum engineer in 1974 , his career has kept him on the move . |
| 22 | It can from , in situations where the employer wants to take one on the life of the employee . |
| 23 | Ask Mr. if he wants to say anything on the main motion . |
| 24 | Trying to drive yours up , spread on the table , not on the carpet , cos you he has to move everything on the carpet it 's not so slippy . |
| 25 | Full-back Steve Mungall wants to join him on the score-sheet after bookmakers Stanley 's gave special odds on his scoring feats . |
| 26 | Jim Richards describes spotting him on the terrace of Shepheard 's Hotel , Cairo . |
| 27 | They are crippled by the number of people it takes to get something on the air , whereas in print , I mean it 's still a lot of people if you 're doing a daily paper , but one reporter can write a story and get it on the air , or get it in print . |
| 28 | This appears to put him on the right side of the new rulers , even if Steaua were answerable to one of Ceausescu 's brothers . |
| 29 | With the opening of the International Convention Centre the city hopes to put itself on the tourist map . |
| 30 | And I do n't see that it helps to blame it on the stars . |