Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pers pn] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would n't want to meet him on a dark night , ’ breathed Arthur , trying to make light of the incident . |
| 2 | He drove grimly and skilfully and he drove very fast as if he could not wait to get her on the plane to England and out of his sight . |
| 3 | You do n't fucking expect to see them on the side of a bar though do you ? |
| 4 | She now hopes that the world will no longer expect to see her on the arm of her husband , hugging or kissing him in public , behaving like a loving wife . |
| 5 | I did n't expect to see you on the moor at this time of night . |
| 6 | What she would give to punch him on the nose , and flatten once and for all his insulting , devilish assumptions . |
| 7 | You do n't want to stick them on the wall cos of bringing all the er paint off . |
| 8 | ‘ She did n't want to discuss it on the phone , that 's all I know . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd want to club him on the head with a soulier de satin after two hours , ’ said Roger , in a harsh hurrying tone . |
| 10 | We 're talking about a lot of money here , that has been spent , and has continued to be spent , and the sooner we get it sorted out the better , and I 'd like to see it on the agenda of the next budget review committee , which would prior to the policy committee , I believe next , and so we could perhaps augment er , Mr 's report with some findings of our own . |
| 11 | When we indicated that we would like to clear him on the spot he was very reluctant to let us on board saying that the boat was " in a hell of a mess " ! |
| 12 | At the last meeting of the committee I did in fact congratulate the director and his staff for the way in which community care had been implemented current year and I 'd certainly like to congratulate him on the way he 's presented er proposals for next year . |
| 13 | In the name of the International Lesbian and Gay Association ( IGLA ) , I would like to congratulate you on the positive stand that Amnesty International has taken at its recent International Council Meeting regarding people imprisoned solely for their homosexuality . |
| 14 | Lastly , I would like to congratulate you on the new look ( suck suck ) , and I especially like the PD pages . |
| 15 | I 'd also like to congratulate you on the exceptional photographs in the Stephen Hawking article which were both honest and deeply moving . |
| 16 | I would like to congratulate you on the production of WAM which I think is stylish , well presented and interesting in content , and encouraging in its attention to issues of class , colour , gender and international politics . |
| 17 | I 'd like to get you on a slow boat to China ? |
| 18 | ‘ Would you like to join us on a walk ? ’ they asked . |
| 19 | You would n't mind if he married your daughter , but you would n't want to put him on the front page . |
| 20 | Well let , let , let , let me tell you , I do n't want to put you on the spot , the , the , the analogy is of er the typical pattern of development of a neurosis , which Freud says is a trauma that happens often in infancy . |
| 21 | ‘ No , I 've got a little bit , but I do n't want to waste it on a hotel . |
| 22 | The question should then be asked : How much did it cost to have them on the streets because they surely were not at school ? |
| 23 | It takes imagination and a lot of practice to read a play to yourself in the same time as it would take to see it on the stage . |
| 24 | They may try to nail it on the perch again but nobody will believe it is still alive . |
| 25 | If anybody wanted to tell ( him ) something , they 'd have to write it on a piece of paper … ’ |
| 26 | No , well I 'm I 'm saying to you the same sort of things , in general skills and abilities there are certain things that we required to put in the er numeracy the literacy er , to some degree attendance and punctuality , although we do n't have to do it on a subject specific basis erm we , everybody wants to know about he young , ho whether their youngsters are trying i.e. effort ha , whether they behave in lessons . |
| 27 | yeah , we should have to put you on the book |
| 28 | Erm the other thing was that the people at senior level need to be reminded , if they do have a major problem erm that 's David and Malcolm , erm where , if they 've got a rather difficult case and it 's urgent and they want a , they do n't wan na have to put it on a , on a fax , they want , they need it there and then erm , and they do n't like the telephone call facility , I said well , well that 's primarily for consultants . |
| 29 | Why did you have to put it on an island ? |
| 30 | NB If an advertisement says , ‘ write for application form ’ then keep the letter very brief and without personal details as you will only have to repeat them on the form later . |