Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [pron] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm going to have to impose on your time a little longer , Doctor . |
| 2 | There began to appear on his stall the occasional letter , its edges artfully worn , its folds artfully aged . |
| 3 | On 28 April 1992 a whisky reception was held to launch on its way the Library 's travelling exhibition on the poet Hugh MacDiarmid , whose centenary is celebrated this year . |
| 4 | Hidden by her handmaids she is seen to blush , then turns to Actaeon and throws water in his face to blind him , to stop him seeing her naked , but that is not enough and she knows it is not enough , and soon he feels the horns growing on his forehead , dat sparso capiti vivacis cornus cervis , she caused to grow on his head the horns of the long-lived stag , as if the cost of seeing her naked had to be death , first metamorphosis then death . |
| 5 | By saying this a I appear to inflict on his person a kind of mineral water torture : he twitches and tics , fusses and winks , and the bruised ends of his finger tips madly tempt him . |
| 6 | Yet she continued to keep on her table the photograph which told so little . |
| 7 | She quickly began to sketch , and at the same time tried to imprint on her mind the combination of colours that made the whole scene so eerily effective . |
| 8 | Nor is it easy to see on what basis a stricter protection for the wife should have been demanded by the facts in Shears and Sons Ltd. v. Jones than was demanded by the facts in Howes v. Bishop [ 1909 ] 2 K.B . |
| 9 | Here too negative arguments can be adduced : it is hard to see on what basis the testator can legitimately attempt to limit his daughter 's right of testation ; it is improper to dictate the terms of the will of another person . |
| 10 | Certainly , it is not easy to see on what basis the magistrate could have taken that fact into account when deciding whether or not to commit the applicant ; for the point only arises if there was sufficient evidence to justify the committal , in which event the magistrate was bound under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 1 to commit the applicant . |
| 11 | Such a view begins to turn on its head the old assumption that individualism is the sine qua non of progressive education . |
| 12 | Rehabilitated by the partnership with Sien , refreshed by the gleams of baby life , confirmed by Theo 's continuing supply of materials and basic finance , and by his unflagging moral support , he was ready to move in closer , as if to feel on his skin the buried heat of creation and experience its terrific energies . |