Example sentences of "on [pers pn] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But after receiving a 129-signature petition , councillors accused the critics of being shortsighted , calling on them to support the development . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | But a lot of women tend to see Christmas through because there is pressure on them to keep the family together . |
| 8 | Whenever this happens , the onus is on you to control the call and steer the conversation to a successful conclusion . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Eve had never felt remotely like a charity child , nor had there been any pressure on her to join the Order . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The shop floor had sawdust on it to absorb the dirt and bits of squashed fruit . |
| 18 | I rely on it to supplement the Curbash Compensation Fund . ’ |
| 19 | In many ways , we play our best football away from home because the responsibility and pressure on us to take the game to the opposition is not so great . |