Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [verb] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back on his varied career , Haslam is somewhat guarded about passing on any pet theories on how to manage at the top . |
| 2 | This is an obnoxious requirement designed to suit the water board 's storage calculations and not the consumer 's wishes , ; you can determine which system is installed by turning on each tap in turn and putting your thumb over the outlet . |
| 3 | If by any chance the cassette has already been used for recording on another machine ( for example , on a VHS mains VCR ) , remember to check that the cassette 's safety-tab is still in place , otherwise , you may be baffled by your camcorder 's refusal to do any recording ! |
| 4 | They they come down there but they have n't got enough oxygen to get up and so they got ta stay on this thing with this creature . |
| 5 | I 'm with you yeah , see Sam 's got some learning , when he comes to spellings to me , again I would , I would print yeah , he only scrawled that down last night , he says I 've got some spellings on sports mum , I said do you know any of 'em ? , he said no , I said when 's you test ? , he says Friday , well I got ta book on all sports and then I read it because sports and you think hockey 's one of them , oh yeah , racket , which is spelt wrong I 've had to , I think it 's got a U in , but again I mean sometimes , I mean I 'm a good speller , I do n't know about you , but I look at them sometimes and I have to go and get the dictionary have to check em |
| 6 | I wanted to , look , I 've made a list , list out for Nan and I 've , there 's , the C D you 've got ta put on that list , and I also wanted a C |
| 7 | The respondent is entitled to argue that section 18 should be construed in a way favourable to him and for that reason I have refrained from pronouncing on that matter . |
| 8 | The Association is being helped in putting on this presentation by L. |
| 9 | At the end of this necessarily lengthy examination of the decided cases I have found nothing which causes me to depart from the view I expressed before embarking on that examination as to the appropriate procedure to be followed under section 7(3) and section 8(2) considered simply on the basis of the statutory language . |
| 10 | In the same way that one would expect the British Medical Association to be called upon to comment on any issue of human rights , we should come to expect the Library Association , along with other organizations such as Article 19 to be called to comment on any issue of censorship , and not just in the literary context . |
| 11 | Ted was a sturdy and dependable full-back who could be relied upon to play on either flank . |
| 12 | Okay the engine is pushing as hard it can to try and , like a lot of people running behind leaning on this car pushing it forward , and why , why is n't it going f usually if you keep pushing something it goes faster and faster . |
| 13 | So if for any reason I feel like adding on some points I will do , and equally I 'll decide to take some points off if I feel like it . |
| 14 | Leeds attacked the kop-end goal , and looked like scoring on several occasions . |
| 15 | Likely it was because she had recognised in him from the first the trait matching her own : the ability to make money , for especially was she enamoured of his Sunday second-hand car-sales and of the fact that he insisted on working on that day and handling this side of the business himself . |
| 16 | If , for example , I am engaged in reading a text on a subject in which I am well versed ( where the ideational or content schema is familiar ) , which has been written in a manner conventionally associated with writing on this subject ( where the interpersonal or formal schema is familiar ) , then I shall only need to pay attention to the linguistic signs to the extent that they key in this schematic knowledge and indicate how it is to be extended . |
| 17 | Besides denying Dr Darsee government research funds for 10 years , the panel also recommended that Dr Darsee be excluded from serving on any NIH advisory committee for the same period and called for the heart institute to collect from the hospital the estimated cost of the aborted research put at $122 371 . |
| 18 | Encouraged by reflecting on these events , we walked home arm in arm . |
| 19 | ‘ But I want to make it clear to both of you — as I shall to Mrs Abberley — that any further information you come across touching on this case should be communicated to us immediately . |
| 20 | The government can , however , promote a more extensive adoption of efficient technology than would be achieved by relying on such market forces . |
| 21 | It was too close to Christmas to bother about embarking on any sort of adult education before it , so I pacified Toby by saying I 'd got plenty of time and would look into it after the New Year , and we settled down to wallow in being together and getting into the Christmas spirit . |
| 22 | This profile contains information such as : what they consider to be their mother tongue , ( which is not always a straightforward matter ) , what other language with whom , in what medium and in which domain etc. , ) what other languages they have learned , acquired and used in their lives and also highlights the diverse linguistic abilities that people already have before going on any course — this often comes as something of a surprise — even to the people concerned ! |
| 23 | In short , the directors are not legally restrained from appearing on both sides of the bargaining table , but they must observe the necessary processes . |
| 24 | Are you gon na tender on that orange ? |
| 25 | Like th are you gon na stay on another day or what are you doing ? |
| 26 | We 're gon na , we 're gon na stay on this issue of ownership and surpluses for a little time , cos it 's actually so important , but it 's not unreasonable for your pensioners to think that here was this pot of money to which one could dip into , but the only thing is the pot of money disappeared did n't it ? |
| 27 | The customer that you 're gon na choose on that B M S listing okay ? |
| 28 | That 's all we 're gon na hear on this tape now |
| 29 | And the other thing is what , I just wonder what 's gon na happen on this trip because erm , some of them are away are n't they ? |
| 30 | I wan na say on that question we were talking about earlier on about the young people and some facilities for them . |