Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [pron] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once he had decided on his man he moved in with a determination that usually beat the carefully-laid plans of other interested clubs , often to dramatic effect . |
| 2 | With a First National Bank loan secured on your property you have the opportunity to borrow up to £50,000 for any purpose whatsoever . |
| 3 | In fact even if one succeeds in dissociating oneself from some of the more romantic claims that are made on its behalf it 's easy to get the discouraging impression that communication without words is after all a residual topic and that once orthodox language has been subtracted all that is left is a rubbish heap of nudges , shrugs , pouts , sighs , winks and glances — or to put it another way that non-verbal communication is simply the behavioural exhaust thrown out of the rear end of an extremely high-tech linguistic machine . |
| 4 | In addition to that you get depreciation of one thousand one hundred and forty four pound per year which , by my reckoning is ninety five pound a month in addition to that , as a Methodist Minister you get a standing charge of five hundred and twenty eight pound per year which is forty four pound pe er , per month and then you also through i in the year if you have a major repair needed on your car you get a hundred and eight pound now , if in fact , I had , I have a Vauxhall Nova , and let me take these figures as you are at twenty four P a mile , or twenty four point five P a mile and if that 's all we are recommended , recommending , in other words , there 's no lump sum at all er , that would mean that I would be getting forty nine pound but Methodist , this colleague in Llandudno if he did |
| 5 | the structured thought patterns I found that the most important because when I was up at the table on the second presentation I was able to have my thoughts relating to the layout already and with in fact just the single element of the subject shown on my paper I could immediately focus on that and in fact give the details of that right the way through . |
| 6 | Yet even as she felt humiliated on his behalf she recognized that she too had been drawn into complicity with Emilia 's will . |
| 7 | I 'd got on my feet you see |
| 8 | If they have been so informed , I would be very grateful if I could be told on what date they were told . |
| 9 | The taxing master must , of course , be told on what basis he is to conduct the taxation . |
| 10 | It can , of course , be based on whatever criteria you want . |
| 11 | The formula for calculating how much additional pension based on your earnings you should get is fairly complicated , and the present formula will change in the future . |
| 12 | Because my head landed on his teeth it hurt me more than if I 'd smacked down on the bridge of his nose . |
| 13 | It was known on what path he would be returning — or at least , according to what he had led us all to believe . |
| 14 | I ca n't get it out it 's stuck on his collar I hope she comes back for it next week . |
| 15 | I picked it up and checked on what news it gave of the train . |
| 16 | It would have depended on which hospital he 'd have been sent to . |
| 17 | If it 'd depended on my father we 'd have been dead years ago . |
| 18 | Our mum 's several times her rings has gone on her cooker she 's had to buy a new element and she 's switched to gas . |
| 19 | And , as soon as she had paid the driver and he had gone on his way she stood for some moments , looking at Ven 's house , photographing it in her mind 's eye because she knew — she would never come this way again . |
| 20 | The Warwickshire jurors , on being asked on what authority they had returned that ten townships ‘ with their woods , wastes and fields ’ had been afforested by King John , and that in 1154 there had been no royal forest in their county , replied that they knew by what their ancestors had related and by the common talk of the country . |
| 21 | When two firm hands descended on her shoulders she tensed . |
| 22 | If ol' Desmond D knocked on my door I 'd go out of this life the way I came in : kicking and screaming . |
| 23 | The previous evening , I could not have completed the last fifty yards without his help , but now if he had climbed on my back he could not have been more of a hindrance . |
| 24 | If all children had Superglue put on their fingers they 'd soon stop doing it . ’ |
| 25 | Now as he strode north determined on its recovery he was ashamed and astonished at his own folly . |