Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with the Government 's popularity having plunged over the past 11 months , he may have a struggle on his hands to beat off the Liberal Democrats , who were runners-up in Newbury last April . |
| 2 | In addition he has a duty to consider whether , in the public interest , he should make a report on any matter arising out of , or in connection with the accounts , in order that the matter should be considered by the council or brought to public attention . |
| 3 | He must take a grip on himself . |
| 4 | He must write a paper on it some day . |
| 5 | He 'll have a bet on it or something . |
| 6 | He 'll need a collar on just in case his neck 's injured , but I do n't know if you 'll get it round the spikes . |
| 7 | Kurchatov visited Harwell and suggested that he might give a lecture on Soviet work into thermonuclear reactions in gas discharges . |
| 8 | if he could borrow a screwdriver on the end of our little shops there . |
| 9 | As Larry Speakes , the president 's press spokesman , put it , ‘ I always had the impression that … as ( Ollie ) flew across the country he could visualize a camera on him , and although nobody knew who he was and his mission was secret , the whole thing was being made into a movie . ’ |
| 10 | None the less it is clear that Marx felt that before he could complete a book on pre-capitalist societies , he had to find out much more about these societies and their transformations . |
| 11 | ‘ If the Governor set aside four hours every day for two months he could spend a minute on each decision package , not enough time to read it , let alone make an analysis of its merits ’ ( Anthony , 1977 , p. 19 ) . |
| 12 | Tell Sid he could lose a lot on his Gas shares |
| 13 | But he could put a note on it . |
| 14 | If you complained , he 'd put a curse on you . |
| 15 | He 'd been so lovely , and her shoulder still burned where he 'd put a hand on it after the game . |
| 16 | I remember seeing his ball disappear into what I thought was sand dunes left , but he 'd hit a woman on the head and nearly killed her , and his ball had flown back 60 or 70 yards into the fairway . |
| 17 | ‘ My father was an atheist , yet he used to mark a cross on the top of bread before cutting it . |
| 18 | I suppose he had forgotten that when Bill Jordan , president of the engineering workers ' union , asked him during the 1987 election campaign to announce then that he would hold a referendum on unilateralism after the election , he declined and replied that people would come round to it once they understood . |
| 19 | Is the right hon. Gentleman saying that he would give a commitment on any terms less than those that we are prepared to give ? |
| 20 | In deciding to take no action against the licence , Mr Peter said that he bore in mind that it was due to be renewed shortly when he would want a report on the company 's arrangements in regard to drivers ' hours and records . |
| 21 | He would toss a coin on the desk before them . |
| 22 | She knew that he would cause a scene on her when he came in if she did not go out to talk to him . |
| 23 | Will he therefore take this opportunity of welcoming the positive statement recently made by Mr. Shimon Peres , the leader of the Israeli Labour party , that if elected in June he would put a freeze on the settlements in the occupied territories . |
| 24 | I certainly welcome any statement made by any Israeli politician to the effect that if in government he would put a freeze on the settlement policy . |
| 25 | If any one of his rules was broken — and he had a number — he would put a notice on his front door which said that the offender was scartata , rejected ; it could be for a few days or anything up to a fortnight . |
| 26 | Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on his Department 's strategy for dealing with acute poverty and deprivation in the Cynon Valley and other districts with a high percentage of low income households . |
| 27 | Mr. Geraint Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the present state of the Health Service in Wales . |
| 28 | Mr. Livsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the National Health Service review as it affects Wales . |
| 29 | Mr. Raffan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the Government 's National Health Service review , " Working for Patients " , as it caters for the distinctive health care needs and circumstances in Wales . |
| 30 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the operation of hospital trusts . |