Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] on [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well when I go , I went u I just wo n't have washed my hair on Sundays cos if I go there to get mum , I know damn well my hair 's gon na stink , so I might as well not bother . |
| 2 | Erm , like if you get the money , spend it , I always spend my money on loads of shit and I end up with nothing at the end of the day . |
| 3 | Indeed , my research on images of the gene in popular culture is revealing trends that make me wonder about the results of public participation . |
| 4 | Anyway , when I started my work on thresholds it came back to me and so did she . |
| 5 | People from the newspapers foolishly park outside my home on Sundays , I suspect to see either whether I go shopping or whether I go to church . |
| 6 | I was the only one who was moving further away , and that knowledge did n't improve my outlook on things in general . |
| 7 | Here , I decided to focus my attention on teachers and teaching with a view to extending our knowledge about their appointment , their jobs , their careers and their work . |
| 8 | Through their writings , I went in my imagination on trips to unknown parts — coral islands , hunting for treasure , discovering oil — joining the Library opened up an entirely new world for me . |
| 9 | Since then , my instruction on stalls and recoveries has been modified to emphasise from the start that there is no sensation , only symptoms , of stalling . |
| 10 | ‘ I guess it was a big gamble to turn my back on Neighbours but I felt I had already been in the show too long , ’ says Kristian , who will still be seen in the soap in Britain for another 12 months . |
| 11 | I thin I 'll spend most of my life on boats . |
| 12 | As an individual , I can look for ways of dealing with conflict in my own life through negotiation and avoiding imposing my will on others . |
| 13 | But it was as I got into my teenaged years I began to get bored with my walk on roles , sitting around for hours waiting to go on with make-up and costumes on was no fun any more , but I was far too young to do anything else but walk on say a few lines and walk off again . |
| 14 | ‘ For six months before the talks our team met at my house on Sundays , preparing papers . |
| 15 | Wasting his time like my spending my time on doors ! |
| 16 | Candidates will be required to exercise their judgement on matters of appropriacy and adequacy . |
| 17 | SCOTTISH beef farmers could be offering live , prime cattle to new customers from a range of European Community countries by the end of the year if their governments could be persuaded to lift their ban on imports of British animals . |
| 18 | Christians gravitated to Ireland not to impose their creed on others , but to immerse themselves in the teachings of the past — and to discover , in the seclusion and peace of the island , their own inner communion with their God , independent of hierarchical priesthoods . |
| 19 | This was made worse because most of our second phase was from ruck ball as opposed to their reliance on mauls , which kept forward momentum going . |
| 20 | The announcement came in the midst of renewed allegations about Winnie Mandela 's involvement in the death of a youth , " Stompie " Moeketsi Seipei , in 1988 [ see pp. 38179 ; 38324 for her trial on charges arising from his kidnap ] as well as in the murder of a Soweto doctor , Abubaker Asvat . |
| 21 | I let the twins use their money on drugs because I do n't want to turn them into thieves — ’ he paused , ‘ or hookers . |
| 22 | They buy 12-inches or spend all their money on drugs . ’ |
| 23 | On top of everything else , Italy is running out of opera singers , probably because the theatres have to spend their money on things other than academies for voice-training . |
| 24 | They have spent all their money on gewgaws and revolting tinned restaurant meals . |
| 25 | The consultant in the old voluntary hospitals ( see above ) depended for his or her income on patients referred by the GP . |
| 26 | The UN Security Council was planning to vote last night to adopt a resolution enforcing its ban on flights over Bosnia . |
| 27 | Kavelin lost his position as tutor and the government reinstated its ban on discussions of serfdom . |
| 28 | Of the many pretty villages to see , Clovelly , ten miles away , with its narrow winding cobbled streets and its ban on cars , is a delight . |
| 29 | He attacked the British Government for its stand on refugees from war torn areas of the former Yugoslavia and criticised the British public for offering solutions to the crisis in the former Yugoslavia when conflict in Northern Ireland continues . |
| 30 | The Department of Transport spends ninety per cent of its budget on raods , but do we really NEED more of them ? |