Example sentences of "on the [noun pl] [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 They 're trying to blame it on the parents but you do n't get a set of
2 and she says she sat , she sat er still you know with her arms folded and all like that and she says , oh she says I think you er collect the books and stamp them and put them back on the shelves and she said they all laughed , but she got the job in opposition to er , a few others you know
3 ‘ That 's not fair on the players and it 's not fair on the fans .
4 I think she 'd be better off spending , they 've got Windows on the machines but they run under DOS
5 I was working on the gardens and we had to sweep all the grounds .
6 " I do n't mind investigating poisonings on the farms but I object to being poisoned myself in my own home ! "
7 Some very pretty specimens used to come into our garden and perch on the windowsills but I do n't know what kind of birds they were .
8 I 'll sit you up on the pillows and you 'll be nice and comfy . ’
9 Right , that 's all the Z's multiplied by their corresponding Z's on the pairs and you add them all up .
10 They got the feeling that we were on the ropes and I , I mean if
11 Les helped to convert an old barn into a wildlife hospital on the islands and he recruited locals to learn how to treat the animals .
12 The Council has worked hard to secure agreement on the proposals and it must be stressed that the improved package offer presented recently to NALGO represents the best balance between the interests of staff involved and Council Tax payers .
13 Now one would think that er they would go out of business because no-one would want to live there , but as a result of government policy , which has meant that Council houses are n't available to people any more , because a local authority is n't allowed to build them ; people actually have the choice : they either are homeless and on the streets or they pay exorbitant rents for appalling accommodation .
14 It was not all that long ago that you could see young men discreetly selling Bibles on the streets and they would melt away when the KGB , the enforcers of the atheist state , appeared .
15 I 'd come across that and used that intravenously and thought well I really enjoy this and at the time the people who I knew were breaking into chemists and things , they used to come across very powerful substances , diamorphine , crystallised cocaine , morphine , that whole range of opiates and also amphetamines , black bombers and all the rest of it and then opium became more available on the streets and it was round about the same price as cannabis was at the time … .
16 The van would arrive every evening to give food to the homeless living on the streets and she was serving up the soup when she saw a man sitting in the doorway .
17 Combine it with the cheap , readily available heroin and cocaine on the streets and you have an explosive mix .
18 You sail away on the seas and I 'll commune with my spirit .
19 There are many interesting walks around the town and on the Dales and it is also possible to take a mini-bus tour from Middleham of the popular areas of Wensleydale and Swaledale , with a local resident acting as guide .
20 There 's an image of fire on the screens and they 're piled up like a bonfire with er natural things that have been brought in from the outside , and there 's slide tape projections of the forest around the gallery .
21 But I think Sabine Jourdain did most of the work on the paintings and I think you knew it . ’
22 The burden inevitably fell mainly on the mothers and it seemed that their loneliness could at least be lessened if they had a regular opportunity to share their experiences .
23 As soon as he had apprehended any kidnappers , the state prosecutor moved in on the hostages and he never saw them again .
24 At this , her hands crashed down on the keys and she jerked forward , saying , ‘ Do n't do that , Daddy , please . ’
25 It depends on the circumstances and you 're not , you 're not in a position to say what D S S will or wo n't do .
26 And I play on the mountains and I slide down the slag heap . ’
27 I know what we 'll do ; I 'll go up on the dunes and you hit the bell with your bit of wood and we 'll see if I can hear it .
28 ‘ It reminds me of my dear father one day at Sandwich , ’ she was saying , ‘ when we were picnicking on the sands and we had arranged to meet him at the nineteenth hole .
29 Now can we move to a discussion on the criteria and I 'll ask Mr to open on that .
30 Oh it was yes , I mean y when you take now erm er a boatman , I mean , and he , he like today well they ring up , I mean today I know the Ipswich Port Authority they lay the phone on the houses and they pay for it for 'em
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