Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without even knowing it , we may make assumptions about them based on the fact that they 're called Charles rather than Kevin . |
| 2 | I suggest that it would now be best for everyone to concentrate on its merits and on its implementation . |
| 3 | My mother was absolutely marvellous about me going on the stage . |
| 4 | At the Job Centre they were a bit funny about me going on government schemes because I had the baby , but I did get on one eventually . |
| 5 | The vulnerability of minor revenue officials to demotion or removal made it imperative for them to remain on good terms with men of influence able to mar their careers , and shortly after his clash with the provost of Inverkeithing Main made his peace with the Cunningham family . |
| 6 | The Republic blitzed us , but it will be difficult for them to put on that type of performance in Italy . ’ |
| 7 | They used to send me their orders perhaps three weeks before they were coming , either for us to deliver or for us to erm have them ready for them to collect on their way up . |
| 8 | The world of nature was for them constructed on a mathematical plan , things were generated from numbers an idea to whose mystical overtones Aristotle objected . |
| 9 | If you use a marketing department for any reason , you will need to prepare a proper brief which includes what you want , when you need it by , the reasons for the request , and how much time you may think fitting for them to spend on your request . |
| 10 | He did not bother to look up when Corbett and Ranulf were ushered in but made a gesture for them to sit on the bench alongside the table while he continued noisily with his meal . |
| 11 | is the problem of soil erosion perceived to be important enough for them to unite on this issue so that their combined power leads to a coherent response ? |
| 12 | When they showed an interest in the water chute , she decided it was too dangerous for them to go on it alone . |
| 13 | Although the Army and MI5 still retain some independent intelligence gathering capabilities in the province , the system is now largely centralised and works well — the IRA itself has admitted that one of the reasons it has exported a growing proportion of its violence to the continent and mainland Britain is because it has become increasingly risky for them to operate on home territory . |
| 14 | You see , Great-Aunt Jane was a skilled dressmaker and made clothes for quite a number of young ladies in Baldersdale , and it was usual for them to try on the new clothes and have the final fittings in the kitchen . |
| 15 | The colleges , including Chester , have argued that the breadth and standard of their courses is good enough for them to compete on equal footing with the old polytechnics , which are now universities . |
| 16 | Playing against Celtic , however , is generally supposed to be difficult for someone who formerly captained the club and could not say that his regard for them ended on the day he was transferred . |
| 17 | Once US firms followed a path of low accumulation , there was a strong tendency for them to stay on it . |
| 18 | The general postulates of each theory have , however , much in common : the contrasts between them depend on the phylogenetic features brought to the varying ecological conditions of life in which the animals live . |
| 19 | Mrs Reed arranged for me to leave on the nineteenth of January . |
| 20 | We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap . |
| 21 | There was often just too much for me to finish on my own . |
| 22 | Er because it would be stupid for me go on stage singing and not do a selection of all those songs that th they 're the reason I 'm here . |
| 23 | I thought there might be more for me to do on this project . ’ |
| 24 | I write with a strong sense of the necessity of continuing our — talk , and without premeditation , under the impression that you were indeed as much struck as I was by our quite extraordinary to ask if it would be possible for me to call on you , perhaps one day next week . |
| 25 | He adds sadly : ‘ It 's impossible for me to go on a quiet date as I get recognised everywhere and asked for autographs . ’ |
| 26 | The idea was for me to go on the high-wire sixty feet above ground — on the shoulders of a Czechoslovakian circus performer . |
| 27 | We are indeed indebted to him for his loyalty to the Guild — today marks the end of two eras — 100 years for the Guild and the end of the Diocesan Episcopate of Bishop Harris — it only remains for me to express on your behalf our very best wishes to his Lordship for a very happy , healthy and long retirement . |
| 28 | It would not be proper for me to comment on individuals who may be trustees of that pension fund . |
| 29 | We are currently in discussion with the TECs about their budget and I do not think that it would be appropriate for me to comment on the particular circumstances of my hon. Friend 's local TEC . |
| 30 | I have been in the House long enough to know that it is not appropriate for me to comment on evidence given to a Select Committee until that Committee has reported . |