Example sentences of "on [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fine golden hairs , which but for the sunlight on them would have been invisible , shone against the soft brown skin of her thigh . |
| 2 | Bank loans and , particularly , credit cards may account for a much greater volume of spending than the total debt outstanding on them might suggest . |
| 3 | Thus any change in the structure of dendrites and the location of the synapses on them can change the neurophysiological relations of pre-and postsynaptic cells . |
| 4 | Once these principles are formulated a model based on them can make not only explanatory retrodictive accounts of observed data , but predictions about new situations . |
| 5 | Fathers who choose instead to commit acts of oral sex or buggery on them will commit no offence save where the girl 's consent , in the narrow , legal sense of the term , is lacking or where it has been obtained by threat , which may be difficult to prove . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , this suggestion by Rees does contain one useful pointer : if managers are non-altruistic , controls on them must influence their pay in order to affect performance . |
| 7 | It 's added a certain anticipation as well to the placement job I 've been doing — ‘ Oh come on someone must have something to say ’ was a regular feeling/thought as I looked at the monitor in anticipation . |
| 8 | ‘ Now I 'll go back and tell that silly little receptionist what a silly little toad he is too and if he does n't turn over the keys to the apartment that I booked and paid a deposit on I 'll scream all the way to his boss . ’ |
| 9 | it 's a pity cos I mean if we put , if , if Billy went away on I could use it |
| 10 | If there was a light on I could find my way out easy , but it 's too dark and confusing . |
| 11 | I 've put , put this heater on which might give us a little bit of , a little bit of warmth |
| 12 | Both authorities emphasised the importance of the health helpline to start from April 1 on which would offer the chance of feedback from patients with grievances . |
| 13 | Strangely , few barns had been converted into craft or light industry centres , the rent on which would provide a permanent income for the farmer . |
| 14 | Thus so far as difficulty in settling for ourselves , or agreeing with others , on the right answer to an ethical question turns on disagreement or doubt about factual matters , agreement on which would cause settled or agreed ethical attitudes , there is a place for reason in ethics . |
| 15 | But looking at some still pictures of it I reckon I made a mistake early on which could have denied ‘ Obbo ’ of scoring a more orthodox try . |
| 16 | In almost all cases children have some relevant experience to draw on which can account for otherwise surprising ideas . |
| 17 | A new mood of optimism prevails at Grace Road , where fundraising has been successfully completed for an indoor cricket school , building work on which will start in September . |
| 18 | But behind this typical example of dreary industrial architecture , much is going on which should encourage us . |
| 19 | Whatever dreams or desires are turning you on you 'll want to pursue and promote them to the Nth degree this weekend . |
| 20 | Do n't climb on the chair with your feet , your socks , come on you 'll hurt yourself you sit down or get off ! |
| 21 | I 'm telling you , you wo n't have the fire on you 'll have the bleeding lot on . |
| 22 | Well if you see an old man sitting there with a a shining fronted cap on you 'll know that 's me Granddad , in a white beard . |
| 23 | Alright , no Michael do n't go out you 've got nothing on your , come on you 'll get cold , come here |
| 24 | Taking that on you might say with interviewing , that you know , You 've got to do an interviewing course every three years . |
| 25 | Anyway , if you 're still watching when the news comes on you might see me . |
| 26 | says if if there were a tape record on you would say , Now what are we having for tea ? |
| 27 | To go on you must hunt through the hottest part of the day . |
| 28 | Now if it 's tablets they 've taken we do n't do whatever Angie did years ago in , in Eastenders and , and then she 's walked up and down and given gallons of coffee , what you do is keep your casualty at rest , nil by mouth because you , if you give them any fluid whatsoever it 's going to dilate , dilute the tablets that are in the stomach , and once they 're diluted they 've gone into the system quicker , mm , so there 's nil by mouth , now if you 're going to get up and walk them up and down because come on you must walk up and down , what 's happening to this per these tablets ? |
| 29 | oh come on you must have some change |
| 30 | it 's no good saying to someone come on you should know this if they do n't it does n't help does it . |