Example sentences of "on [pers pn] [coord] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she said there 's a delay on them but the any that went , they 'll definitely be in tomorrow . |
| 2 | Many towns in southern California are bewildered by the new duties the plan would impose on them and the new taxes that would be needed . |
| 3 | This reminds me of the story about the old lady who boasted she had been wearing the same pair of stockings for twenty years — one year she knitted new feet on them and the next new legs ! |
| 4 | Exploiting Boniface 's injudicious move , Edward sought to rekindle popular support for his Scottish campaign by a debate in parliament on his and the papal claims , in the course of which he employed no little historical research to justify his own rights , to refute the pope 's , and to persuade the public of all this . |
| 5 | Lifeboat crews in turn depend on you and the thousands of Governors and other supporters that you represent to speed them on their way with the resources you provide so unstintingly . |
| 6 | The might before in the hotel lounge , with his wife , Lonnie , beside him , bemusedly aghast , he grilled a pleasant waitress until he knew how many tips she got each week , how many children she had , the frequency of men hitting on her and the general contour of her reality . |
| 7 | ‘ He likes all women , ’ Kylie giggled as she recalled his masculine effect on her and the other girls in the show . |
| 8 | Because she was so tall and slim all the clothes looked marvellous on her and the other girls would groan their envy . |
| 9 | They really did pick on her and the only reason was that she would n't stick up for herself . |
| 10 | But now British Rail has reversed its decision on him and the two others at a freight depot in Doncaster . |
| 11 | It was a red Transit , one of the new designs which look like they 've been punched in the nose , but there were no markings on it and the rear windows had been painted out . |
| 12 | When one thinks , however , that coming up the Sacred Way one 's first sight of the building would be the corner , the long Gigantomachy stretching in front of one , the combat of the east abutting on it and the seated gods closing the composition at the end , one understands that it is so designed to suit its position ; as the formal archaic structure of the west frieze suits the highly decorated frontally approached entrance-façade . |
| 13 | She wore a babyish frock with little pink flowers embroidered on it and the gentle charm which she used on people who might be frightened of her . |
| 14 | You bang down on it and the darn thing is n't there . |
| 15 | In th , over here , it only cost forty fa , forty five pound and you can play one or two players on it and the pro score is eighty eight per cent . |
| 16 | The greater the volume of business on a particular exchange , the greater the ability to trade freely on it and the more business it should attract . |