Example sentences of "to [pron] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following Bono 's unsuccessful attempts to speak to George Bush at the White House during the ‘ Zoo TV ’ tour , Clinton sent a letter to the band offering his services and later spoke to them on a live radio phone-in . |
| 2 | He was sobered to find that many Tahitians were already dying from the venereal diseases bequeathed to them on a previous visit . |
| 3 | Rather than offer it to them on a first-come , first-served basis , we offer it just to new business coming in . |
| 4 | Candidates for an overseas assignment should have had the opportunity to digest all information given to them on the new job , country , life style , compensation package and effects on their careers and families before being interviewed for the post . |
| 5 | I have sat around tables with senior male television executives and listened to them on the one hand bemoan the lack of good women presenters and on the other make suggestions of possible women candidates so inappropriate as to be laughable . |
| 6 | This being the case we can talk back to them on the same basis and presumably they will understand . |
| 7 | My concern for pollution was positively brought home to me on a recent weekend backpacking trip in the Dark Peak . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'll report back to me on a daily basis . |
| 9 | The changeling character is Sandra Bernhard , who is perched next to me on a gilt-covered chair in a mirrored room high up in the House of Dior . |
| 10 | Jessica answered all such charges in her autobiography ‘ Fame Is A Song ’ a copy of which , suitably inscribed , she presented to me on a subsequent New York visit . |
| 11 | I think that Harold himself always had a feeling , despite the nine years between us , that my succession would not make enough difference between his regime and the next , and he mentioned this argument to me on the 17th . |
| 12 | A young woman sat with her back to me on the far side of the great fourposter bed . |
| 13 | Erm Mr referred to er put great store it seemed to me on the long term effectiveness of of of reducing er building . |
| 14 | How many birds did my true love send to me on the twelfth day of Christmas ? |
| 15 | This happened to me on the Seven Mile Straight at recently , a lorry coming in the opposite direction in spite of road signs . |
| 16 | The opening of the Scherzo sounds remarkably like the twittering of birds in the trees , something I first noticed when it was played to me on an 1820s Graaf piano similar to the one owned by Schubert . |
| 17 | ‘ The benefit of massage is that it allows patients to talk to someone on a one to one basis . |
| 18 | ‘ The benefit of massage is that it allows patients to talk to someone on a one to one basis . |
| 19 | Finally , on Sunday morning Emerson woke up to find it raining — and Monza is not the track for rain , nor is rain a help to someone on the third row of the grid . |
| 20 | When Nails had the refrigerator factory to himself on a warm summer evening he felt amazingly content . |
| 21 | I did mention that er I 'm a retired tax inspector and I 'm very long retired , I 've been retired for thirteen years , thoroughly enjoying it , hope you too but your first questions w must be what the devil am I doing thirteen years retired tax inspector talking to you on a technical subject , why on earth ca n't you get the real thing ? |
| 22 | Look at the list of statements below and see which , if any , apply to you on a regular basis . |
| 23 | ‘ My father has asked me to talk to you on a certain matter . |
| 24 | 9 Every pack comes to you on a see-before-you-buy basis . |
| 25 | The term ‘ Information ’ does not include any information which ( i ) is generally available to and known by the public ( other than as a result of its disclosure by you or your Representatives ) , ( ii ) was available to you on a non-confidential basis from a source other than KPMG Peat Marwick , the management and employees of the Company , or the Vendors or their professional advisers , or ( iii ) has been independently acquired or developed by you without breaching any of your obligations under this Agreement . |
| 26 | Could you please give some indication as to when you 're likely to respond to the letter sent to you on the twelve of the first nineteen ninety three ? |
| 27 | I have got in my diary that I 'm coming down to you on the twenty third of December ? |
| 28 | The three other prints will then be available to you on the same basis and each may be paid for in the same way . |
| 29 | The short of mountaineer that invariably takes the empty berth next to you on an alpine refuge matrazenlager . |
| 30 | ‘ As a matter of interest , he specifically stressed that I must talk to you on an impersonal basis only . ’ |