Example sentences of "[pron] on [pron] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 As we pride ourselves on our service we would certainly like to hear from you if there is any reason for not renewing your entry .
2 We took Roydale and Fringe from the lads and when Tremayne had driven off and positioned himself on his hillock we started together up the all-weather gallop , going the fastest I 'd been ever .
3 I overcame this problem quite easily in the end : I just gave her less for supper when she was off my hand , got her weight down , say , half an ounce , and built up her appetite , so that when I had her on my fist she 'd be hungry .
4 She has been trying to stake a claim which I vow to you on my honour she has never had a right to .
5 I 've never use I 've never used nothing on my skin I never got nice skin oh no I do n't , no I do n't , well any waste of money is a gimmick .
6 I think erm I think is quite fair maybe if concessions could be raised to one fifty or two pounds but overall I think that people who can afford it spend such a lot of money on the raffle and we therefore give raffle tickets to those who can afford it could jealousy and on the raffle generally about a hundred pounds is made and if there , if there was more charge for tickets , people might not give so much for the raffles and also if you give but if you charge them a nominal sum and then shove other things at them on their options they might be more willing to give to optional choices like a raffle .
7 Oh catch them on their way you were a bit slow there were n't you , ah ?
8 If you put them on their sides they 're too .
9 He said : ‘ They were shooting in all directions but as I drove towards them on my tractor they started to run .
10 With me on his back he must fly down to the Gruncher .
11 Oh Brian annoyed me on my lesson I pulled up to the Kingsway right ?
12 We went to see Colin Wakeham to ask him on whose authority he 'd run the competiton .
13 ‘ Better get him on his way I s'pose , ’ he grunted , as he ducked under the bar flap .
14 Oh that copper , he said he , he said the thing is he said what you 've got ta do is give him as much shit and aggravation as you can possibly give him , keep him hot and keep him roasted up he said because what happens is he 's getting along , long and he 's thinking oh I can do this and I can do that and I can do the other , he said but if you can get your solicitor to keep him on his toes he ai n't got time to think about nothing , he said and if he has done that job himself , he 's laughing at the moment , I said well he must have done it
15 ‘ HERE is the new Shorter Oxford Dictionary of which the first thing that can be said with confidence is that if you drop it on your foot you will never walk unaided again ’ — Commentator Bernard Levin .
16 see , but if ya , er put it on your person she says , you dare n't put it near your throat because
17 Put it on your head you dickhead
18 If you drew it on your graph it would be quite steep and it would look as if you were going up ten centimetres for every centimetre you went along which is almost vertical .
19 You know , you 're worried about us threatening you on your borders , you 've been threatening us on our borders you get rid of yours we 'll get rid of ours , fair ?
20 However , if you write to us on your return we compensate you for outbound delays as follows :
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