Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , Dr Richardson has met him on many occasions , and he conveyed the university 's invitation to the Dalai Lama . |
| 2 | The Gulf has seen nothing on this scale before . ’ |
| 3 | Despite bad publicity surrounding child abuse allegations which has dogged him on previous stops in Thailand , Singapore and Taiwan , Jackson 's Japanese fans made clear that , for them , their idol could do no wrong . |
| 4 | Mozart has shown us on many occasions in his scores how delightful a melodic phrase can sound when given to bassoon and flute at two octaves distance . |
| 5 | The psychoanalytical school , almost by definition has based itself on supra-historical assumptions which have been almost valueless in detailed analyses . |
| 6 | Board masters are guests with years of experience of Scourie fishings , and my favourite is a wonderful gentleman called Stanley Tuer ; a man of advancing years , but fleet of foot , who has exhausted me on many a long hill walk . |
| 7 | The North Face Ve 25 is a mountain tent which has proved itself on many expeditions |
| 8 | After five years in operation , Channel Four has proved itself on both counts . |
| 9 | When that time comes , I 'm sure that you will return home to make your future , satisfied that you have quenched the thirst that has driven you on this journey , and be ready to take up your permanent place in the world . |
| 10 | Those who think that Jenny herself is a little dull at times might conclude that Patrick has impaled himself on that point , like one of those Romans whose language he used to teach . |
| 11 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
| 12 | His car was still outside ; it was the open-top Volkswagen Beetle he 'd bought himself on that first day straight from the showroom window . |
| 13 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 14 | Well yeah but , cos I mean I 'd left it on all night before . |
| 15 | Er there 's the general insurance side which is based in Bournemouth and you may have had to contact them on previous occasions for quotations for motor and er house insurance , that sort of thing . |
| 16 | ‘ Basic computer keyboard skills have to be there — we would n't want to go the lengths of having to train them on that — but training on our specialist software means bringing them in for a week and we 'll probably bring them in every three months to keep updating them . ’ |
| 17 | You 'll just have to trust me on this one , baby . ’ |
| 18 | I should never have done it on that day . ’ |
| 19 | If any BW officer had reservations about the project they could have phoned me on 10th or 11th June , particularly as everyone knew the work was scheduled to start on the 12th . |
| 20 | She must have seen it on some of the murdered woman 's belongings when you first entered the priory but she probably could not place it immediately . |
| 21 | It was just basically , one of those things , and Abbey paid out , because they said we would have done it , we would have accepted him on this anyway . |
| 22 | ‘ Might she not have had it on crooked ? ’ |
| 23 | And the vigorous , life-enhancing breakers that plunged inland , that might have deposited her on soft , rich , regenerative soil , were involved in a never-consummated effort , frustrated by the moon . |
| 24 | I I do n't I do n't I do n't have any more time , we 're just gon na have to leave it on that very er worrying note , but thanks all very much for taking part . |
| 25 | When this year 's competition in Nottingham is completed , Great Britain , like Japan , will have hosted it on 3 occasions . |
| 26 | And if you 'd got a good suit , you 'd take that , then fetch it out for the weekend , so they 'd looked decent , and when you took it back on Monday and he said I 'll have to drop you on that , Ah , so you wo n't this week . |
| 27 | with , he 'd have put them on one side and said |
| 28 | And we had put it on fire and it had died down , you could have put it on two or three shovels , when we were leaving the place do you see , and it was all quiet and all all right now , and off we went home . |
| 29 | It would seem highly unlikely , except at the times when falling piece rates forced them to , that domestic workers averaged such hours through the week , although they must have worked them on some days , if only to make up for slacker work early in the week . |
| 30 | Over the two matches we were every bit as good as Liverpool and , if we 're honest , we know we should have beaten them on both occasions . |