Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It is a coincidence that they announced it on the eve of my press conference , ’ he admitted . |
2 | There was a ditch the other side of it , which should present no problems provided they met it on the right stride . |
3 | ‘ They got me on the face , stomach and legs . |
4 | Poor devil , they got her on the stage and they said you know , when they |
5 | They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave . |
6 | They laid him on the cool grass and bathed his forehead . |
7 | Eventually , they laid him on the bed in his own room , and undressed him . |
8 | Following this , they laid him on the bed again , and when he started to groan May said , ‘ He 'll live , ’ and turning and looking at Mrs Funnell , she added , ‘ Unfortunately , ’ before marching out of the room . |
9 | They laid her on the couch , Jack huddled at her side . |
10 | They laid her on the grass and her wet hair was shiny , like it was slick with grease . |
11 | Did they make it on the premises ? |
12 | Then they clapped me on the back with too many hands , thrust upon me the plastiform wafer that confirmed payment of the rest of my fee , and proclaimed that they would create a song for the festival in praise of ’ the , most safe and reliable Delmore Curb , master courier ’ . |
13 | ‘ So we all go up in the lift , and the two bucks as good as carry the mother 's boy into the room ; he 's almost completely gone , and they sit him on the bed and they pour some of the champagne down him and then they come out . |
14 | They read it on the printer |
15 | ‘ It makes you think , when you hear people call you Chariie as they sling you on the slab . ’ |
16 | ‘ Why did they build them on the top of hills ? ’ she asked Christopher . |
17 | Sixty six she was , so in we go , and it 's got open to the general public , so this man said to her something about I ca n't serve you I 've had a robbery , she said I do n't know why they advertise it on the window if he 's , if he 's not prepared to serve me and when I looked round there was all the taken over , they had a burglary . |
18 | And they found him on the floor ? |
19 | Someone 's phoned in to say they found it on the grass . |
20 | They found it on the corner of Bread Street , a narrow , two-storeyed tenement with a shop below and living quarters above . |
21 | I think they mentioned it on the video . |
22 | No I mean usually they show you on the T V when they 're leaving do n't they ? |
23 | They show it on the Leeds United — The Glory Years video about three times and it always appears on the ten best goals of all time . |
24 | For them , they played it on the ground , and so their forwards could get to the ball … or pressure the defence for a back pass , or a throw in . |
25 | They catch you on the hop . |
26 | ‘ They let me on the train . ’ |
27 | They told me on the 'phone that you were not wounded . |
28 | But this ruse failed , for the education journalists were not interested in the nice distinctions I offered them when they interviewed me on the phone . |
29 | It was the way they put me on the right track that made me wonder — guiding angels in the Bible have a habit of appearing as two young men . |
30 | Ah well they put me on the top rate of pay , which was quite good , thirty five shilling a week . |