Example sentences of "on [pers pn] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's er had no affect on on me doing the job in any way . |
| 2 | You can use several Pump Wagons together , or advance them with chariots or big monsters , but their random move means you ca n't rely on them to hit the enemy at the same time . |
| 3 | As well as being unsightly , they have also been very painful , resulting in my not being able to wear tights , etc. and often not being able to touch them to rub various oils and ointments on them to ease the pain . |
| 4 | But after receiving a 129-signature petition , councillors accused the critics of being shortsighted , calling on them to support the development . |
| 5 | The recently formed Council of Labour should summon a rank-and-file conference of all the radical political movements in Ireland and call on them to discuss the creation of an all-Ireland socialist party . |
| 6 | The first GCE O and A level examinations were held in 1951 ( S levels were at that time an essential part of the system as well , since on them depended the award of State scholarships to university candidates , before the days of Mandatory awards ) . |
| 7 | Later , under Roman occupation , they maintained with unbreakable courage their strict monotheism ; so much so that the Roman governor did not even dare to bring his standards into Jerusalem lest the medallions on them depicting the emperor should be thought to infringe the Second Commandment . |
| 8 | However , Australian conservationists feel that in this , as in many aspects of environmental protection , the onus is on them to show the rest of the world how to cope with the problems . |
| 9 | SOUTHAMPTON manager Ian Branfoot paid tribute to United after his team had been thrashed and said : ‘ Put your money on them to win the title again . ’ |
| 10 | But a lot of women tend to see Christmas through because there is pressure on them to keep the family together . |
| 11 | Turn the television off then , go on you push the button . |
| 12 | Whenever this happens , the onus is on you to control the call and steer the conversation to a successful conclusion . |
| 13 | We , I used , erm the school were next to that so I , it was my job to go and , on you know the scrap |
| 14 | Yes , ye were startled ; — and in balance true , Weighing the mischief with the promised gain , Mountains and Vales , and Floods , I call on you To share the passion of a just disdain . |
| 15 | It 's just sh right , Eleni and Lucinda , go on you explain the story . |
| 16 | The fields around Barnard Castle can be quite green and pleasant , but a few miles further on you meet the snow line . |
| 17 | The reality is of course very different , and although more initiatives are being introduced , much at present depends on the individual nurse 's attitude towards continuing her education , and on her initiating the process for herself . |
| 18 | Poor Anna had been very indiscreet , the fascisti were going to arrest her or put pressure on her to leave the country for good , but he had been assured that if the principessa were to live again with him quietly in Rome nobody would touch her . |
| 19 | Eve had never felt remotely like a charity child , nor had there been any pressure on her to join the Order . |
| 20 | We prevailed on him to ensure the appeal was heard in public , and worked through Wales Wildlife and Countryside Link to help form a Campaign Consortium to prepare evidence to present to the inquiry . |
| 21 | Notice had been given to the defendant , as if he had himself been the owner of the houses , calling on him to pay the proportion chargeable in respect of them . |
| 22 | Two hundred yards on he brought the car to an equally violent halt . |
| 23 | To relieve the monotony of the black head , yellow sighting lines had been painted on it to enable the golfer to line up his putt on the ‘ sweet spot ’ — the dead centre of the putter head . |
| 24 | Yes er but I do n't think he knew what I did , I think he thought I used to take the boiling water upstairs you see int he bedroom and er I think he just thought I was sitting on it to open the womb . |
| 25 | In my opinion Lord Roskill was undoubtedly right when he said in the course of the passage quoted that the assumption by the defendant of any of the rights of an owner could amount to an appropriation within the meaning of section 3(1) , and that the removal of an article from the shelf and the changing of the price label on it constituted the assumption of one of the rights of the owner and hence an appropriation within the meaning of the subsection . |
| 26 | As time went on it became the custom for an armiger to display his cognizance on his seal , which thus became tantamount to his signature . |
| 27 | The labour-intensive car-cleaning method involves either my supervising them carefully or running the risk of the paintwork being scratched by sponges full of grit because they have been dropped in the gutter , and the car bonnet dented by the smallest child climbing on it to reach the windscreen . |
| 28 | For on it depends the significance to be attached to the revolution . |
| 29 | The shop floor had sawdust on it to absorb the dirt and bits of squashed fruit . |
| 30 | In the recently concluded County NatWest and Blue Arrow case , there was only one count — yet comment on it included the assertion that the Serious Fraud Office used a ’ scattergun approach ’ . |