Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the reasons that I have given , I am sceptical of the existing system and therefore I rarely speak on such motions . |
| 2 | Actually just just quickly er I just noticed on that list of your questionnaires that we got back a couple that they did n't actually know what was going on . |
| 3 | Can I just say on this subject that while I understand the arguments on both sides of the fence , remember that for every successful composer there are hundreds who are not , and their cause is not helped by someone taping their album for a friend . |
| 4 | Can I just say on this sir that we we see policy I five as our interp sorry I twelve , it 's our interpretation that it 's really a recognition that office development is appropriate in or adjacent to er town centres and that we wo n't be seeking to er identify offices in or adjacent to town centres and take that element off the I five provision . |
| 5 | Can I just ask on that Ken ? |
| 6 | I 'm not sure , but I just thought , I 'm just paying for someone else to go on that holiday . |
| 7 | But Ruggia has someone else to count on this season . |
| 8 | I believe especially I never came on this campaign until after I went to see Arafat . |
| 9 | Hold on let me just put on these thingies . |
| 10 | In these circumstances which often arose on such operations , our Chief Engineer was wont to complain bitterly that his injectors or blowers , or what have you , would soon be fouled up . |
| 11 | She said I 've paid that , that 's not a hassle or , anyway she 's paid it , she 's said that 's not a hassle , but er , I thought well maybe I some money , I do n't know , what do you normally pay on these things , twenty five , twenty six ? |
| 12 | Lady Selvedge then rose and made her little speech — the one she always made on these occasions , for the ‘ cause ’ , whether Church , Conservative Party or District Nursing Association , was always a good one and it was safe to urge her hearers to spend just a little more than they thought they could afford , however relative the amount might be . |
| 13 | Right now he was groping Joanna who had taken her top off , as she always did on these occasions . |
| 14 | Do you ever go on any training courses or anything ? |
| 15 | She probably comes on another day . |
| 16 | He sits behind a desk and you stand a few feet away with a screw facing you really close on either side . |
| 17 | Since you can not pronounce any utterance without using some kind of tune and rhythm , you will undoubtedly use your own familiar patterns unless you consciously focus on these features in the new language from the beginning of your language study . |
| 18 | But she firmly stamped on that thought . |
| 19 | If you currently rely on several word processor operators to generate material that is then ‘ published ’ it might occur to you to simply have each word processor operator trained up on the electronic publishing system . |
| 20 | We rarely reflect on such mysteries . |
| 21 | ‘ Ca n't we just seize on each other . |
| 22 | I remember Christmas Eve 1930 , when we went as we always did on that day to the High Street to look at the lighted shops , seeing a little girl in a tattered dress and with bare feet , her nose pressed at the toy-shop window . |
| 23 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 24 | I mean , that 's the kind of thing one often hears on this programme , is it wishful thinking or d' you think we could actually achieve it ? |
| 25 | We therefore call on all churches in Africa as a must to put human rights at the forefront of their agenda and mission by : |
| 26 | Can I thank you for coming today , th th the media often has lots of comments from the chattering classes , saying unhealthy , British democracies , cos they only concentrate on this place . |
| 27 | So they , they welcomed the idea of a separation of powers but they also insisted on another principle , probably the most important principle of American government , and that is the principle of federalism . |
| 28 | They also called on both sides to refrain from military actions which could threaten the prospects for peace . |
| 29 | When I went to Webber Douglas they practically fell on any man as a rare species . |
| 30 | They went a little while ago , apart from that they never came on this end |