Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they were , they were really dependent on , I mean on each other , they were a unit even though they were two families in a way |
| 2 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 3 | You have been patient and you have worked hard , and I fear on many occasions late into the night I 'm sure , you have proved adaptable and er you have been good-tempered . |
| 4 | When I insist on that priority , as I can tell you I most certainly will — with the full support of the Prime Minister in doing so — then I 'm sure my colleagues will see the point of that . |
| 5 | ‘ I insist on that . |
| 6 | I sit on that bench for quite a while — till it starts getting dark . |
| 7 | I sit on this platform fifteen minutes waiting for a train . |
| 8 | ‘ Right , Piper , we 'll forget the bloody left , right , left , right , routine , ’ snarls the Sergeant , ‘ When I knock on this door and you hear someone say ‘ come in' ’ , you go in , turn right , and salute . |
| 9 | I put on this as this rose blossoms each year hope you will too . |
| 10 | and erm , ha , got home , did n't wan na go out , there was me I got changed , I put on those new leggings I was all in black I thought I looked rather nice , you know , and Gary said what you all dressed up for ? |
| 11 | I put on some gold dangly earrings I 'd found in the bottom of my bag and came out feeling a new woman . |
| 12 | I cite as an example the urban areas of the city which I partially represent — I speak for all of Birmingham when I speak on this issue , and I am trying to raise an important matter in which there may be some common cause . |
| 13 | Bob wanted chicken tikka massala and then he said give me the list and wrote down on it two chicken tikka massalas so I look on that and I ca n't see anything two chicken kormas , one and two chicken tikka massalas . |
| 14 | I look on this as our joint enterprise . ’ |
| 15 | After you leave junior school you grow out of smacking guys who are scared of you , but I look on this as a job to do — like polishing your shoes . |
| 16 | Well I , I look on this all with a I do n't think , I do n't think we regret East Devon a step with every everything you come to . |
| 17 | I feel er something of a stranger walking in on the Maastricht reunion er annual dinner er at the er I have to say that erm I er would n't wish to cross swords with the honourable gentleman on the detail of the Maastricht bill but certainly but certainly I 'ave to say that for many people and maybe even some people on this own side who may be prepared to admit it , the false divide between Euro sceptics and Euro fanatics is one that does n't appeal to the new generations of members and I suspect on both sides of the house , we are in our considered view in Europe and we need to make the best of it and treat Europe on its merits rather than re-live the battles of the er late seventies and early eighties . |
| 18 | exactly where I stand on this ! |
| 19 | Here I lie on this crimson equatorial shore , far from where the great electronic city dissolves itself under its own photochemical smogs . |
| 20 | I hear on all sides of the excellence of your establishment . ’ |
| 21 | And well I I I know I know on some of my schemes that can have a very dramatic effect . |
| 22 | I can do what I like on these pages , and nobody on earth can prevent me . |
| 23 | When I get on that plane , I 'll just sit myself in a corner and concentrate on what I have to do . |
| 24 | Indeed one of the best comments I remember on this subject came two or three years ago from Mats Wilander , another who struggled to find form on grass courts and might also be one of those happy to see them disappear . |
| 25 | As is well known , I frown on such harassment . |
| 26 | my Lord the I rely on , on this passage and your Lordship has also got the full section dealing with er the nature of the directive er from er the er from the and book , I rely on this as er as indicating both the text of the , of the treaty itself and this passage from the learned authors as indicating that it is within the power of the United Kingdom |
| 27 | ‘ For the dearth of beer which I foresee on this trip . ’ |
| 28 | When I go on half term I ought to all things . |
| 29 | He told Orchard , who had tickled and spanked the girl after enticing her to his flat : ‘ The prosecution accept , and I proceed on this basis , that your motive here was in no way sexual . |
| 30 | Yes , well it is er , yes , well I comment on that , when I get more |