Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't fool me on that score . ’ |
| 2 | If it is readily intelligible so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and the Legal draftsman can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance … . |
| 3 | If it is readily intelligible , so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and legal draftsmen can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance . |
| 4 | It struck me as extraordinary that the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) should attack us on that point . |
| 5 | I would do them on separate ones . |
| 6 | They would do you on one charge but they always laid three against you and you would have no escape . |
| 7 | And what they do , I 'm going to try and show you on this doll in a minute , the hips are abducted which means they 're brought right up against the chest and then they 're pulled round and they 're rotated in the socket and you feel and listen for a click |
| 8 | Very crudely we can base it on those elements which albeit often apparently antithetical or contradictory as they seem to be , have figured more or less constantly in discussions on " what design is " . |
| 9 | That 's right so you can do it on leaded light , you can do it on handles , but either you lay it on the customer right , which do you prefer ? |
| 10 | Shall I do it on that piece of paper so I do n't get mixed up on |
| 11 | No I might as well do it on that bench there . |
| 12 | I could n't stay here and not throw you on that bed and take you , again and again and again , until you could n't hide from me any longer ! ’ |
| 13 | You would probably see them on front doors and perhaps some of you have already got them , where about a third of the way up is a little brass plate , and it 's an integral lock that 's fitted into the door . |
| 14 | On winter days the thin spirals of blue smoke were particularly visible , although , in fact , you could see them on most days save when heavy rain , snow , or mist came down like a curtain over everything except the immediate slope of the hill and its scattered beeches . |
| 15 | Hoddle says I shook hands at the end and I 'll see you on New Year 's Day . |
| 16 | The next customer was a middle-aged man who must have been a regular , for he began by saying , ‘ Do n't often see you on this side , miss . ’ |
| 17 | I did n't employ you on that business because you had other duties . |
| 18 | I 'll keep him on that stuff |
| 19 | Anyone with suitable suggestions can contact him on Forties Delta . |
| 20 | The afternoons were also good for going to the cinema ; they had all of the stuff that would take about six months to make a brief appearance in her home town and she could see it on decent-sized screens instead of one like the end of a shoebox . |
| 21 | You can also work it on other machines which will knit holding position needles to working position on the slip or free pass setting . |
| 22 | She 'll only spend it on more booze and meths but I do n't care . |
| 23 | He will invest it while he is in jail , and use it in socially beneficial ways when he is released , while they will spend it on imported luxuries . |
| 24 | The Council feel that SARU should concentrate on raising money for the development of rugby in the townships rather than spend it on overseas tours to countries which can not afford to finance the visits . |
| 25 | I think it would be better if she does not meet me on this occasion . ’ |
| 26 | Let's see if we can move them on this year so that they start to think it 's a charity I know I really want to support . |
| 27 | It 's not that ‘ they 're saying , ‘ We 've got these things that do n't work well and we 'll dump them on unsuspecting countries . ’ ’ |
| 28 | Would it not help if the board gave a written assurance to the people who 've been complaining here that they will meet them on any occasion to discuss the problem in writing please because from Brenda it appears that it just does not happen . |
| 29 | A domestic did miss her on one occasion when her husband and son were present and corrected the situation . |
| 30 | I hope that the Minister will also assure us on those points . |