Example sentences of "i [vb base] [pers pn] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I send them on regular trips abroad to keep up to date with new technology … ’ |
| 2 | No no I said I want it on forty eight hours . |
| 3 | but I put him on some medicine I got from the chemist and it seems to have calmed it down but his nose is more er hot and cold |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , I put them on one side for you . |
| 5 | They arrived after practice , but , like a fool , I put them on untried for the race . |
| 6 | Yes , I did , I put it on that way |
| 7 | Well I put it on early and then somebody will have to come . |
| 8 | The tent-pole bag was torn , so I put it on one side with the sewing kit . |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't played guitar synth live for a long time , but what I use is a Photon MIDI converter , which I actually got about two weeks ago ; I put it on one of my Steinberger guitars . |
| 10 | He said I know I put it on full power . |
| 11 | I put it on this morning he did n't like it . |
| 12 | I get a bucketful of water and I heat it on this little stove and I strip and wash myself all over . ’ |
| 13 | I congratulate them on that and hope that in the future they will carry on that practice . |
| 14 | I do not want to add to the controversy that we had earlier by saying that , yet again — and I congratulate them on this — our colleagues have obtained more in the English legislation than we have — The Minister indicates dissent , but I won the last argument and I am not sure whether he wants another one at this late hour . |
| 15 | I shall refer briefly to one of the matters touched on by the hon. Gentleman , although I shall not speak on it for as long as I had intended , because the hon. Gentleman made wide-ranging reference to it himself , I congratulate him on that . |
| 16 | My hon. Friend has chosen a particularly important subject for today 's debate , and I congratulate him on that . |
| 17 | I was just reaching out to get the bottle — I keep them on that sideboard just behind me chair — when I heard this noise … . ’ |
| 18 | I bought an answering machine — I leave it on all day when I 'm working because it 's quite a foil ! |
| 19 | Chairman Michael started off on a nice tripartisan note which er I think we on this side er did appreciate and it 's true that this panel er has agreed a great deal , covered a lot of ground and er I think er avoided the sort of er , er controversy etc. , etc. , was which we 're now caring now we are arranging in practical groups does mean the Labour groups has introduced a sound note er Brian started off by saying that the Conservatives er were not interested in an economic development strategy , er I must point out that and this activity derives from the local government managing act nineteen eighty nine , and by the present Government . |
| 20 | ‘ I prefer it on this side of the sea , ’ I say at last , and I mean it , though I ca n't quite remember which sea I 'm talking about . |
| 21 | Twenty three okay well I 've it on twenty three I do n't know why it 's not working . |
| 22 | Although I take her on short trips to the shops , she ca n't cope with going too far from the house . |
| 23 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
| 24 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
| 25 | I have it on good authority that I 'm likely to live . |
| 26 | Of course , America is a different story , and I have it on good authority that Harmonys still abound there . |
| 27 | I have it on good authority that Fat Sam 's pleasure is coarsing . |
| 28 | I have it on good assurance |
| 29 | I have it on good authority from a cousin in Stockport , who has a drinking buddy who knows the car park attendant at Altrincham , that my name has already been linked with a managerial post at both Rotherham and Manchester United . |
| 30 | Furthermore , I have it on good authority that the same arkie has been invited to attend the South of England Rally this year . |