Example sentences of "we [verb] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We make it on the premises , ’ replied the waitress , thawing in the face of Dimity 's enthusiasm . |
| 2 | We pat them on the back , as if they were dogs ; |
| 3 | He said nothing as we climbed the stairs , but he did n't switch the lights on as we passed them on the landing . |
| 4 | As we passed them on the road we glimpsed great crowds of people in the wide back seats , a jumble of merry faces at the windows . |
| 5 | You 'll see that reflected by the European press and the public as we introduce it on the continent next year . |
| 6 | I realize now that I should have fired him right then but I thought at the time that when we got him on the set he would be OK . |
| 7 | ‘ S funny , in n it , ’ he ruminated , ‘ ow we got yer on the run today , arter all yer wins over us in the past ? |
| 8 | But we were gon na do it erm , cos we got it on the Tamworth Heralds . |
| 9 | we laid her on the step and I said to Elizabeth she 's stopped breathing ! |
| 10 | I mean let me not allege that you 're one of the worst , but you say ‘ Dear Motorists , erm may we congratulate you on the acquisition of your new vehicle . |
| 11 | We used it on the ship , to keep the chickens ' food in . |
| 12 | Just had one jumped over the side from us once and swamp ashore again and we caught it on the on the land again and put it away . |
| 13 | Fuck Jean remember the day we found her on the floor ? |
| 14 | One week we decided to follow him to find out where he was sloping off to We found him on the roof ledge peering down at people in a car below . |
| 15 | We found him on the floor getting cold and with none of the other monkeys taking much notice . |
| 16 | ‘ We found nothing on the river bank , ’ said Farag , still sturdily but less confidently . |
| 17 | This we did , for in about an hour and a quarter from the time of our beginning the ascent , we found ourselves on the top of this dreadful precipice , and in possession of some very uncommon plants … ’ |
| 18 | Within three weeks I had handed in my dissertation , Lorne had assembled the rudimentary equipment , and with more bravado than common sense we found ourselves on the island of Celebes in the South China Sea . |
| 19 | Finally , helped by a rope suspended from the cliff top , we found ourselves on the central plateau . |
| 20 | We found it on the ice outside the North Bastion tower , yet you said you were in the city all night . ’ |
| 21 | We found it on the back . |
| 22 | We approached it on the basis of er , collecting information on the Children in Need definition which a , er , a paper came before you when the Children 's Act was implemented , and that gives local discretion to authorities to , to define Children in need . |
| 23 | Why do you think it might be important that we think about what we say and how we say it on the telephone ? erm There is a gap here for you to respond ! |
| 24 | Yeah cooked , we done everything on the fire |
| 25 | We do support them and as I say we buy our poppies , we wear our poppies and like this year we put them on the wreath as well you know er we 're very keen . |
| 26 | Can anyone tell me why we put it on the list of things we wanted to discuss then ? |
| 27 | Erm if we put it on the agenda , perhaps we could circ we 'll , we 'll recirculate the brief submission that we made , which was about a side of A four if you recall , to the er to the Department of the Environment . |
| 28 | ‘ We did not want the burden of administration falling on the taxpayer so we put it on the prime beneficiary , which is the farmer himself . ’ |
| 29 | But make sure we put it on the right side though ! |
| 30 | Hallo sir , you 're calling about your daughter , Jennifer , erm I 'm sorry , I do n't really have any more information to add to what we told you on the twentieth . |