Example sentences of "you [verb] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if he becomes a nuisance , William , ’ he added , ‘ you bang on the floor and I 'll pick him up . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ That means it 's probably someone you met on the plane . ’ |
| 3 | Add that up , two three two three , is that what you got on the calculator ? |
| 4 | when you got on the bus , yeah |
| 5 | Someone sitting in a compartment in front of you when you got on the train at Didcot ? ’ |
| 6 | in Barbados and er some young chaps had saw me lying on the beach and er they stole my bag and they stuck a gun in my face and freeze lady , you do n't do any thing , you just let them take what they want and its a horrible feeling when your there , we were there for three weeks and it just totally spoiled the holiday but the ramifications of it do n't just stop once you got on the plane home , it was very frightening |
| 7 | That 's the type of sergeant you got on the job — Creepers . |
| 8 | Hard to get , that is , if you lived on the ocean floor and had been locked in a safe . |
| 9 | A rickety building called a ‘ hotel ’ is where you eat on the site . |
| 10 | ‘ Can you comment on the weapon yet ? ’ |
| 11 | Did you stay on the box ? ’ |
| 12 | You sit on the bed , I 'll sit beside you . |
| 13 | Fast paced , well acted , beautifully filmed in the famed Blue Ridge Mountains , possibly the last forested wilderness of the United States , this is a movie which insists you sit on the edge of your seat while skulls are cleaved and scalps lifted by the score . |
| 14 | You sit on the window seat and feel you are on the river . |
| 15 | You sit on the saddle and try and keep your balance and hold on to the handlebars . |
| 16 | ‘ But you sit on the committee , sir ? ’ |
| 17 | You know how it is — you sit on the underground with nothing to read , and you either stare at your fellow passengers or you drift into thinking . |
| 18 | Circle any typing errors you made on the printout . |
| 19 | If you lay on the ground whining it incensed them and the subsequent kicks and punches were harder and aimed at the mouth and head rather than the stomach and back . |
| 20 | cos if you concentrate on the kerb you tend to drive a bit too close to it |
| 21 | What 's going on all around you so then you concentrate on the ball again . |
| 22 | Here is the prop 's definitive advice : ‘ If you concentrate on the scrum and get your own put-in right without being shoved back and disrupted , everyone from the back row through to the threequarters can work off that . |
| 23 | However , pleasure at the growth of the amateur game is slightly tempered by an inevitable feeling of what you gain on the roundabout you lose on the swings . |
| 24 | ‘ I want you to sit on the step and watch out fer yer Mum and come in and tell me when you see her . ’ |
| 25 | You tie one length round Mr Azul 's upper right arm , as close to his armpit as possible , over his silk shirt ; you kneel on the bed and haul with all your might and the rope bites deep into the sheen of the pale silk shirt ; Mr Azul cries out behind his gag ; a strangled , anguished shriek . |
| 26 | Quality standards also require you to report on the progress of the case but this is not likely to be standard advice . |
| 27 | Since you could not go abroad you honeymooned on the south coast at resorts such as Bournemouth where there was barbed wire on the beaches . |
| 28 | When you land on the icescape you can imagine how the first men on the moon felt . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , Mum , do n't you jump on the bandwagon . |
| 30 | yeah old galley stove , galley oven just like the old fashioned oven it was , so you had your full hearth and used to bake in the oven and of course you cook on the top , and you had about five different rings cos the fire is to put the damper in the chimney to make the heat go round the oven . |