Example sentences of "they [verb] [noun sg] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main effect of the 1992 programme may well turn out to be psychological , that is to turn the attention of producers from the EC , and other developed economies , towards the European market and to encourage them to gather information on the markets of Europe . |
| 2 | He and I think that consideration should be given to allowing Committees to bring people before them to give evidence on a Bill during its passage through Parliament . |
| 3 | Perhaps if I could deal with Mr 's point first though cos I 'll just refer you I think to paragraph three point two , three year accident record there , fifty five injuries , seventy one casualties , many of them taking place on the distributor road network . |
| 4 | At the age of sixteen , this writer had slept with an older , married friend of her Father ; she had arranged to meet him in a churchyard after dinner and they made love on a tombstone . |
| 5 | They made love on the cool marble floor of the terrace , and much later went to bed and slept in each other 's arms for the first time in months . |
| 6 | As they made landfall on the Plain of Bones the old dragon reared , gave one last bellow of defiance , and toppled to the earth , dead . |
| 7 | They have surrounded a garrison at Bati , to the east , and on 19 September they attacked Mile on the Assab road , closing it for 36 hours . |
| 8 | Of course , whether people are refused credit because of their probable inability to repay , or whether they do not apply for it because they expect refusal on the same grounds , the results are the same . |
| 9 | These student assessments were used as part of the formative evaluation of the course in that they provided information on the functioning of the course as , for example , in the presentation of the references . |
| 10 | All but one of the consultants said they provided feedback on the house officer 's progress , although one admitted it was little more than ‘ five minutes at the end to say thank you . ’ |
| 11 | There was a lot of noise , much broken glass and Bernard and Laura could only guess with horror at the disreputable behaviour until they found evidence on the lawn the following morning . |
| 12 | Inside they found oil on the concrete floor and , imprinted by that oil , a tracery of tyre marks . |
| 13 | They have a function when they focus attention on the object of the verb . |
| 14 | They had good food , and they played football on the snow . |
| 15 | They played chess on the park benches , and on Buda Hill there was a mega-chessboard , with the men almost human size . |
| 16 | At p. 254 he explained how the judges were using a power derived from the Crown as the fountain of justice when they conferred authority on the benchers of the Inns of Court to act as their delegates in maintaining the discipline of the Bar . |
| 17 | Well if they put salt on the road , according to the A A , i |
| 18 | They put pressure on the record company and the promoter to sell those extra 500 seats . |
| 19 | They put Odette on a rigid , six-month diet and after losing two stone , she found her asthma did improve . |
| 20 | Next day , her father was all smiles as they ate breakfast on the terrace in the morning sun . |
| 21 | ‘ They caused trouble on the least provocation . |
| 22 | Therefore they shed light on the comparative institutional questions with which we are concerned . |
| 23 | Insofar as they shed light on the problem of recurrent unemployment , the findings of longitudinal studies again appear inconsistent . |
| 24 | Other critical statements made about a plaintiff are irrelevant unless they shed light on the defendant 's state of mind at the time he wrote the article which gave rise to the action . |
| 25 | But lots of people travel in the snow-washed variety — especially cocky skiers who say they wear denim on the slopes because they never fall over . |
| 26 | The prosecution alleges that , to justify the shooting , the soldiers said they opened fire on a stolen car after it had struck one of their patrol . |
| 27 | The better-known Worsted Acts of 1777 ( 17 George III c. 11 and c. 56 ) , which set up an inspectorate to work with a prosecuting committee of employers , were described by the Hammonds as a piece of " class legislation " because they allowed conviction on the oath of the employer who owned the yarn in question and because they empowered extensive searching of weavers ' homes . |
| 28 | They give information on the east coast of England , the English Channel and the western seaboard , including Ireland . |
| 29 | In American universities they poured scorn on the cult of material prosperity . |
| 30 | As they began work on the new songs Mike Stock had mapped out for their latest discovery , the world 's most successful record producing trio explained they now realised what they had on their hands . |