Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] [pron] on the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I am asking for a mandate from the supporters and shareholders to put me on the board . ’
2 Laura passed Rex the gun and Rex bopped him on the head with it .
3 If not , can the Leader of the House at least persuade the silent Department of Trade and Industry to say something on the subject ?
4 You had got perms and heaven knows what on the go .
5 And Moonshake lay theirs on the line .
6 As they walked to the hotel car park across the road , two young art student types , thin girls with long black hair and western eyes , stopped and asked him if he could help them work their camera , they were out on an assignment and it would n't go at all , and Rory fiddled something on the side and gave it back and said : ‘ That should be it now , the poor ould thing should be in a museum ’ , and as they went away looked back at him , and back again .
7 The telephone rang in the lounge and Carmen answered it on the extension in the kitchen .
8 Tiny natives in their feathered headdresses and skirts besported themselves on the water 's edge , far more ostentatiously than Kit knew them to do .
9 When we arrived they kissed each other good night and Albert kissed me on the cheek before he turned and walked off .
10 He sought mandamus directed not to the visitor but to the provost and fellows to reinstate him on the grounds that the provost and fellows had breached the rules of natural justice .
11 When Otto and Jean-Claude joined me on the terrace an hour or so later , they brought iced drinks .
12 She was admitted on a Tuesday , and her husband and son visiting her on the Friday found she 'd had no food in that time .
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