Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [verb] on [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 're not proposing that you turn off the mainframe on Friday and turn on your Unix or open systems machines with your database on it on Monday . |
| 2 | John Lucas , the future philosopher , remembered being taught Greek grammar by Ramsey and sitting on his head while reciting Greek verbs . |
| 3 | ‘ A friend of mine , Peter Matthews from Dublin , came off one in the Isle of Man in May and fell on his head and is just getting over it now . |
| 4 | I know Gary what chop my neck Gary and go on my neck is it ? what then ? |
| 5 | It 's got a bad stigma to it and that 's what 's the main problem with it , y'know , this junkie in a dirty squat with a needle hanging out of his arm and OD'ing and dealing on his doorstep and everything and looking like the pictures you see of people falling to bits , but for me personally it 's not like that , y'know , I do try to conduct a normal law-abiding life . |
| 6 | Turn into Husova Street and find on your right the wonderful façade of the Clam-Gallas Palace . |
| 7 | It overturned on attempting to take the sharp corner into Ruskin Road and fell on its side in front of a doctor 's house . |
| 8 | Fifteen years ago Ally MacLeod said we 'd bring home medals from Argentina and reneged on his promise spectacularly . |
| 9 | Holly struggled free of Bigwig and crouched on his haunches , scuffling his front paws and growling , as rabbits will when angry . |
| 10 | Freedom of speech or association , the right to sue in the courts of the United Kingdom and to rely on its laws apply broadly to all who are present in the realm ; certain of the social services — school education , health care — are available to citizens of the European Community countries and to certain other non-British citizens . |
| 11 | In a word , when I came thither first there was about one family in a street that worshipped God and called on His name , and when I came away there was not passed one family in the side of a street that did not so , and that did not , by professing serious godliness , give us hopes of their sincerity . |
| 12 | Nick went to Hepzibah and leaned on her knee . |
| 13 | He 's been going even longer than Johnny Carson and appearing on his show is a pleasurable experience , with great Irish hospitality thrown in . |
| 14 | Blanche nodded to Dexter and pulled on her Aquascutum coat , noticing how threadbare it looked . |