Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an extreme case , someone may act on them for the reason that , or on the principle that , ‘ a little bit of what you fancy does you good ’ . |
| 2 | She was always surprised that things did n't fall on her from the sky more often , considering how much was up there these days . |
| 3 | They all run the recently-released version 6 of the company 's Unix SVR4-based DRS/NX operating system , though Unix Systems Labs ' Destiny will appear on them during the first quarter of next year . |
| 4 | Balanced with a diet of the gospels , I would look on it as the church planters ' manual . |
| 5 | These Pakistani fast bowlers are rare talents , and it is disappointing to hear them speak in such negative terms , for it will rebound on them in the years ahead . |
| 6 | Do n't eat or drink too many and do n't snack on them during the day . |
| 7 | The following proposed amendments to the Constitution are for your careful consideration so that you can comment and vote on them at the A.G.M. on Friday , 19th March 1982 . |
| 8 | She said that because he was a volunteer she felt she could not call on him in the same way as with a paid worker . |
| 9 | Ministers have taken the decision despite warnings from some civil servants that their failure to fund research into nuclear safety could backfire on them at the Sizewell public inquiry now under way in Suffolk . |
| 10 | * Get into the habit of standing back from your essay so that you can comment on it for the benefit of your reader ( see p. 104 ) . |
| 11 | That is a remarkable achievement and I hope that we can build on it in the future . |
| 12 | We welcome that and will do all we can to sustain and build on it in the future . |
| 13 | They did not pick on you for the hell of it . |
| 14 | A thousand salutes 0 Caesar and may Jupiter smile on you at the Neronian Games . |
| 15 | No one should embark on it without the most careful consideration . |
| 16 | Even if it may be some time before they are commercially acceptable , pioneer work is essential if our planet is to feed the teeming millions of people who will live on it by the twenty-first century . |
| 17 | Earlier , Sharon Freda McLean denied killing Linda McMullen and said that it was co-defendant Lisa Burgess who started to kick and stamp on her in the Wrexham Peace Gardens . |
| 18 | On second thoughts we could plasticize and sit on it on the patio . |
| 19 | Then all we have to do is sit on it until the time 's right , ’ Hitch told him . |
| 20 | You 've done nothing but hit on me since the day — ’ |