Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [pron] [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply expressed , there is no point in talking politics to the powerful if you are powerless and can not force them to listen and act on what you have to say . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't concentrate on what you say while I 'm driving , ’ said Melissa gently . |
| 3 | I do not want to cover the whole subject , this evening ; I shall focus on what I understand to be the thrust of the debate — tackling the causes of crime . |
| 4 | Erm , the Chief Fire Officer will enlarge on what I 've been saying . |
| 5 | The foundations of interviewing lie in the mundane observation that individuals can report on what they feel , are , have , tell others about their lives , disclose what their hopes and fears are , offer their opinions , state what they believe in , say what they did last week , how much they spend on food , who they see regularly , and so on ; in short , they can impart masses of information about themselves . |
| 6 | ‘ I will report on what you say . |
| 7 | In addition there were about 20 interesting and enlightening comments ranging from , " You can search on what you want with this if you just type in some buzz-words " to " It only looks for keywords — does n't analyse the search " The comments are given in full by Walker and Jones . |
| 8 | But now it 's : how dare anyone step on what I have vacuumed ? |
| 9 | The sort of interest we require the applicant for judicial review to have will depend on what we think judicial review is for . |
| 10 | It must depend on what we find at Arivegaig . |
| 11 | first choice of a litter may depend on what you require of your acquisition . |
| 12 | ‘ That will depend on what you 've got to offer him , ’ Luke responded , wickedly challenging . |
| 13 | His attitude to Theo hardening daily , he said he knew very well that ‘ whether Father and Mother take it quietly or not will three-fourths depend on what you tell them . ’ |
| 14 | The choice of dinghy class will depend on what you want to do . |
| 15 | The list is long and varied and what you choose or the combinations you try will depend on what you want your event to achieve . |
| 16 | However , this again will depend on what you want to use the computer for . |
| 17 | Your choice could depend on what you think your deficiencies are . |
| 18 | ‘ Shall we re-cap on what we know about Charlie Hatton ? ’ |
| 19 | I wish they could have on one I hear . |
| 20 | If we are planning on providing quality education then we must build on what we know are good basic principles , as listed below . |
| 21 | In this way we can build on what we believe we do well — providing excellent customer service and quality beer brands . |
| 22 | Indeed , if I may build on what they have said and sum up my position on the future of the European Community , it is this : in the new Europe that has emerged from the ashes of the second world war and now from the grim shadows of the cold war , new possibilities for peace and prosperity across Europe exist which have probably never before been seen on that continent . |
| 23 | ‘ But I am allowed to say I was deeply disappointed , because he let things go on which I 've never seen before in my time back in England . |
| 24 | The FA are aware of Souness 's comments , particularly about referee Brian Hill , whom he accused of letting ‘ things go on which I 've never seen in my time back in England ’ . |
| 25 | I 've told him and he gave that wee white one and it 's , I still take the kind of , but I do go on them you know , when I 'm really bad . |
| 26 | You can only go on what you feel . ’ |
| 27 | We Danes get so little sun that when it does shine on us we like to take full advantage of it . ’ |
| 28 | I mean anyone who says they ca n't manage on what they get , er they ca n't feed the kids on what they get , probably go in the pubs five or si six nights a week , and smoke too much and but erm I mean these never go without a meal or anything like that . |
| 29 | It may be because people are not aware that these benefits exist ; they do not wish to ask for help while they can manage on what they have ; or they may be too proud to claim , thinking that it is like asking for charity . |
| 30 | So they 'll either phone Grattan or phone Next and it will come on what we call manifests , the green sheet you sign |