Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pron] [vb -s] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | if it is considered that the information content is of paramount importance then it is valid to so construct a resource centre that every student may spend most of his time wired up to a dial-access system so that all he need do is dial a number , press a button and then sit passively absorbing what he sees on a screen and hears in his headphones … |
| 2 | His successors of whatever party will not be bound by anything the Noble Earl may say this afternoon , it is inconceivable that a Home Secretary in five or ten years time , also what Lord say in February nineteen ninety four , I really must n't do whatever er I thought of doing in er that given the fact that the Noble Earl Lord gave certain assurances , he will do whatever he considers on that occasion to be right |
| 3 | Let's see what it says on the back . " |
| 4 | Do you see what it says on the sides ? |
| 5 | his new wife and also Melanie , ha you know what it says on the top there |
| 6 | ‘ People ask us what happens on the programme and how we get the contestants . |
| 7 | I mean he he lies on the side of it and Sarah |
| 8 | If you want a gas stove — and they are very easy to operate — choose one which runs on a mix of butane and propane . |
| 9 | Erm Well I I mean I think it it depends on your own perspective |
| 10 | Wonder what it says on my birth certificate . |
| 11 | The most common disguise is that of the jongleur or menestrel ( within the fabliau tales there is barely any discernible difference in status or respectability between these two although conventionally it is supposed that the former is lower than the latter ) : a disreputable itinerant entertainer living , creditably , off his wits and his talents , but only too vulnerable , and given to wasting what he gains on the temporary pleasures of drinking and gambling in the taverns ; a social outcast but at the same time one called upon by the members of normal society , as Jouglet is , both to instruct the ignorant young man and to play for the villagers . |