Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] on [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might get a backlash you might find that the rest of the citizens of this county want to know , want to know what on earth you 're doing pouring money into this area when the rest of the county gets nothing . |
| 2 | ‘ Sarella , I do n't know what on earth I 'm going to do . ’ |
| 3 | When you put them on board they just will change shape so they 'll fit in and they 're marvellous for for packing in . |
| 4 | To feed them on food which does them no good at all even though they like the taste would be irresponsible on waters where carp baits are the major part of the fish 's diet . |
| 5 | If he 'd strangled her on impulse it would have been there , and he could have slid her weighted body into the river , no one the wiser . ’ |
| 6 | As I say , nowadays I get the information from you over the phone , and then when we 've got somebody who said Oh no , it 's only a small flat , I 've got this this and this and that 's the big pieces of furniture , er if it 's somebody that 's done it on spec I say Well look give me a ring back in an hour if er when you 've come off the phone you er there 's something you 've forgotten . |
| 7 | And then , I always put it on hanger I can tell you . |
| 8 | Put 'em on bus we 'll never see 'em couple of hours . |
| 9 | No I did n't do it on purpose I 'm sorry I 'll try and stop |
| 10 | When Smith was recommending it on television he said , ‘ I wish we could get beyond colour as the criterion and choose to be governed by the best men for the job . ’ |
| 11 | The only way in which it even faintly stirs your brain cells is in causing you to wonder what on earth it 's doing on the stage at Watford . |
| 12 | The bell rang before she could open it and Jenna stood just inside the sitting-room in her long housecoat , wondering who on earth it could be ; the post had arrived over an hour ago and she did n't know enough people to be expecting visitors . |
| 13 | I 've got it on tape I can prove it . |
| 14 | Erm see if I can remember what on earth I did with the damn thing . |
| 15 | I was yards away down the other end of the table , yearning to hear WHAT ON EARTH he was saying and suffering pangs of guilt that I spent so little time encouraging him to unburden himself to me . |
| 16 | On top of that , they have shackled themselves with some of the most inane and restrictive laws imaginable , laws that leave you wondering what on earth they were thinking about . |
| 17 | It focusses week after week on the same seven characters , all of whom have reached that certain stage in life — they 're having children , their marriages are foundering , they 're wondering what on earth they 're doing in their work , or their parents are dying . |
| 18 | As he entered , he heard the pealing of a bell reverberating through the building above the din of battle , and he paused a moment , wondering what on earth it could be . |
| 19 | No Philip must have been er wondering what on earth it was doing there . |
| 20 | Wondering what on earth I 'd ever seen in that … that — for a moment the description failed her — that ruthless , dangerous stranger . |
| 21 | ‘ I only went once ( Chelsea , the MP 's lot ) , got frozen stiff and remember wondering what on earth I was doing there . ’ |
| 22 | He strode from her office , leaving Rachel wondering what on earth he could mean . |
| 23 | So I think he 's sitting there in Wolverhampton about this time wondering what on earth he is |
| 24 | A second later and Fabia was wondering what on earth she was thinking about . |
| 25 | Those who saw the 30 yard putt she holed stone dead at the eighth , or her playing of the 18th , where she hit a glorious seven iron to ten feet before holing for her birdie , could be forgiven for wondering what on earth she was talking about . |
| 26 | We consider it a problem , though invariably others do n't understand what on earth we are talking about . |
| 27 | So I get , if I get them on target I normally get a couple of wickets . |
| 28 | A business relies on a driving personality taking it forward , and the confusion about getting somebody on board who is working with you in the business and who is putting money board , is that they feel to some extent , proprietorial to that business , and you can find that that will result in those individuals who have done that tearing apart the business because they are trying to go in different directions . |
| 29 | A sense of inadequacy and frustration because one may not understand what one is observing nor know what on Earth one can do about it . |
| 30 | I 'd rather have it on bread I said . |