Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I 'm fighting my sister he kicks me on the wotsit . ’ |
| 2 | Ali pats me on the hand . |
| 3 | TIM PEACOCK joins them on the road and discovers that they 're dab hands at snooker , Ian T Tilton gets them in the frame . |
| 4 | TIM PEACOCK joins them on the road and discovers that they 're dab hands at snooker , Ian T Tilton gets them in the frame . |
| 5 | She joins me on the carpet , and we all sit blowing on our coffees and warming our hands on the mugs . |
| 6 | ‘ To the well-deserving Gaius Seius I leave and wish to be granted in addition that neither from him nor from his heirs should be claimed whatever he owes me on the basis of documents or accounts or has borrowed from me or I have guaranteed for him . ’ |
| 7 | Maria ties up the contents in parcels , and ( I believe ) exposes them on the hillside like unwanted infants . |
| 8 | That 's what has them on the run although , in the end , they 'll be forced to give birth . |
| 9 | i , but it needs two of us , it needs somebody on the inside and somebody on the out just to stop them flying through it . |
| 10 | he holds himself on the sofa |
| 11 | With older children it could be that each child makes his/her own list on a piece of paper ; with younger children maybe we do it as a class , and the teacher writes everything on the blackboard ; or perhaps nothing is written down by individuals , with each giving what they will need to the teacher who 's a " quartermaster " . |
| 12 | The leader then calls for items , and the first person from one of the teams brings the article and places it on the chair . |
| 13 | What about other people who has anyone on the basis of individuals that have come in here , do many individuals come in and actually have problems related to living in the flats ? |
| 14 | ( He gets up and ‘ accidently ’ scratches the record — which knocks it on the head for Vixen — and me , since we are reviewing the singles on the editor 's stereo . ) |
| 15 | Often the wonderful natural natural story-teller in Walker breaks through the marshmallow and has us on the edge of the chair , but finally and lamentably this is a failure . |
| 16 | Stewart joins us on the line now good morning Mr . |
| 17 | FURLANETTO PRIDES HIMSELF ON THE range of work which he chooses to undertake , particularly recently when he recorded the ‘ other ’ Don Giovanni by Gazzaniga ( see ‘ Opera Reviews ’ in this issue ) . |
| 18 | Mr Llambias ' services do not come cheap — they are a combination of a retainer ‘ sufficient to make them think really seriously ’ and a success fee that is a percentage of the fee income of the smaller firm ( sometimes 5% or 7.5% ) — but he prides himself on the longevity of the mergers he arranges . |
| 19 | This awkwardness which might be successfully exploited by a writer in a different context , forces itself on the reader 's attention , detracting from the force of discreet . |
| 20 | She sees through his unctuous manners to his black-hearted designs , and shoots him on the spot , but it too late , and she is surrounded by Kuomintang forces . |
| 21 | The fact that he rapes her on the night that Stella 's baby is born , on their bed , and in his wedding pyjamas makes Stanley seem even more bestial . |
| 22 | No it says it on the paper . |
| 23 | Developed as a result of all the efforts being poured into the LCD screens for portable computers , the LCD tablet allows anything on the computer 's screen to be projected via an overhead projector onto a conventional screen . |
| 24 | Henley prides itself on the accessibility of its Faculty whose services extend well beyond the formal classroom environment . |
| 25 | This is a family-run hotel and the management prides itself on the fact that Citalia guests have always received a warm welcome . |
| 26 | The OALD prides itself on the number and quality of its examples — it contains far more than any comparable dictionary . |
| 27 | Just when you think you 've got it straight , along comes the Fool with his pig 's bladder and whops you on the nose . |
| 28 | And even if the driver sees something on the line ahead of him , he usually can not stop in time . |
| 29 | Of course , this is not all there is to life , and Hildamay finds true contentment by adopting a nine-year-old girl who introduces herself on the tube . |
| 30 | Councillors should know beforehand what they are expected to discuss and a councillor may absent himself if nothing really concerns him on the agenda . |