Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A number of nurseries are offering it now , and you are likely to find it on the plant stalls of plantsmen 's gardens open to the public . |
| 32 | A warning should be sounded that a candidate whose work experience has not equipped him or her to handle the case study paper is unlikely to pass it on the strength of a little practice and revision course . |
| 33 | He tried to flog it on the bus |
| 34 | This reconstruction of Rawls ' argument for the doctrine of neutral political concern attempts to found it on the notion of autonomy through the notion of moral self-determination . |
| 35 | Our next meeting of our local group we refused to launch it on the day that we were doing the training , and if you 'd seen the launch yesterday it was absolutely bloody abysmal . |
| 36 | It 's incredibly kind of you to meet us on the offchance . |
| 37 | and they 've got to sell them on the waiting list |
| 38 | The person with the cushion on their lap then has to stroke them on the head and say ‘ Poor pussy ’ without laughing . |
| 39 | As Ted 's star began to wane , John became the Palace 's leading scorer , to set them on the way to higher things and immediately topped our scoring chart again in our first season in Division Two , 1921–22 . |
| 40 | They would provide him with an army to set him on the throne in return for his establishment of a presbyterian form of church government throughout the realm . |
| 41 | But to tackle him on the basis of a fleeting reflection was tricky . |
| 42 | From America , how earnestly he 'd longed to reach her on the telephone ! |
| 43 | Faustus 's fate is also made clearer by the addition of a scene before the final chorus where the scholars come to visit him on the morning after his final hour and find his body torn in pieces ( V , iii , 1–19 ) . |
| 44 | It was good enough however to set her on the way to winning vital experience — and other roles soon followed . |
| 45 | And luck , a commodity the spirited teenager had never been short of , played a crucial part in the events that were to set her on the path to millions . |
| 46 | For instance , I wanted to feed him on the baby food in jars and I keep telling her I do , but I end up feeding him the powdered food like my mum wants . |
| 47 | We scoff at the pretentious person who buys the Tatler to exhibit it on the coffee table , so why should we not view with less than admiration the newspaper which bribes its readers to buy it for reasons other than its content ? |
| 48 | Too busy joy-riding in their nice shiny patrol cars to hoof it on the beat . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ We like you to open it on the spot , just in case there 's a query . ’ |
| 50 | You must be careful not to overdo it on the beach however , because the nightlife in Malia is simply explosive . |
| 51 | Typical of Geoff 's talent was the opening goal he scored to set us on the way to a Wembley victory over Everton in the Zenith Data Systems Cup Final in April 1991 , cleaving his way though The Toffees ' defence to head home from a corner and , perhaps partly because of Palace 's and Geoff 's success at Wembley , he was awarded his first full International cap when England travelled to Turkey for the European Nations Championship tie on May Day 1991 . |
| 52 | Fortunately , in this series of articles we will use more conventional maps to set us on the treasure trail , because it is my belief that correctly interpreted , the Ordnance Survey maps of the British Isles already contain most of the information necessary to track down some of the treasures that time has so cunningly concealed ! |
| 53 | The prefects had the power to cane you on the hand with a ruler . |
| 54 | ‘ Quite a lot of people , ’ said Maisie acidly , ‘ are prepared to hit you on the head . ’ |
| 55 | I did n't expect to see you on the moor at this time of night . |
| 56 | In spite of trying to help them on the voyage , Margery was left alone at Dover . |
| 57 | I agreed to take the girls there , and for a month I wrote down French words in a little pocket book , to help me on the journey . |
| 58 | I can get a boy from the village to help me on the farm . |
| 59 | You 'd be able to hear me on the radio , smiling . |
| 60 | Given the shortage of good creative talent , this is not that unusual , and if you find that your agency is using freelances , your immediate reaction should not be to fire them on the spot : give them credit for both knowing their own limitations and for buying good work from outside , always assuming that it is good ; but press them to get a permanent team working on your account soon — it is not in your interest to lose continuity of creative work on your account . ) |