Example sentences of "or [verb] on [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it round the kitchen floor or spat on it , |
| 2 | Or sit on them until you explode ? |
| 3 | As noone has posted or commented on it I will in case some of you did nt hear it . |
| 4 | The distinction between public law and private law can , therefore , be used either to accord government special privileges , or to impose on it special responsibilities and duties and to subject it to special controls . |
| 5 | The cats would scratch them up , or pee on them . ’ |
| 6 | No picture without a gilded , a fretted , a chased , even a velvet-covered frame , no seat without upholstery or cover , no piece of textile without tassel , no piece of wood without some touch of the lathe , no surface without some cloth or object on it . |
| 7 | The rub is the general conviction , based on the man 's record , that the same pragmatism , unencumbered by ideology or ethics , that leads him to sign an agreement one day will lead him to renege or cheat on it the next . |
| 8 | Loosely , a policy is said to be time-inconsistent if , once it has been adopted , there is an incentive at some later date to renege or cheat on it . |
| 9 | The section then continues — ‘ But it shall comprise the following particulars : — ( a ) All such property as may belong to or be vested in the bankrupt at the commencement of the bankruptcy , or may be acquired by or devolve on him before his discharge ; … |
| 10 | Chiggers — the larval forms of minute skin-burrowing mites , board passing animals , or shoeless people , from the ground or drop on them from vegetation . |
| 11 | The big creatures stand quite high from the background , but this depth of cutting is only to make the contours clear ; the surface is a flat plane , details lightly modelled or engraved on it . |
| 12 | The rules which apply to such cases and can be derived from the cases are summed up in Chitty on Contracts as follows : ( 1 ) If the person receiving the document did not know that there was writing or printing on it , he is not bound . |
| 13 | Or remarked on it in your presence ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ So far as I know , ’ Miss Honey went on , ‘ nobody else in the history of the world has been able to compel an object to move without touching it or blowing on it or using any outside help at all . ’ |
| 15 | The rhizomes can be divided in late spring , to flower the following summer , ad each should have a bud or shoot on it . |
| 16 | Is there a talk about this or comment on it ? |
| 17 | The only thing you had to watch out was that she did n't start to stagger and put one of them feet down on you a bit sharp , or fell on you as she were a-swaying about with her jink-back . |
| 18 | However one designs the procedure — whether a parliamentary procedure or a public inquiry — the majority of poeple will think that it is unfair that it is being forced or inflicted on them . |
| 19 | ‘ I told him how I had to go for special lessons and how other kids would sometimes laugh or pick on me . |
| 20 | ‘ Miss You ’ is a v fashionable romp through the Rolling Stones ' 1978 hit with , amazingly , no DJs , edits or bleeps on it . |
| 21 | With a high sense not only of justice but of dramatic effect he informed the judge that the only courses open to him were ‘ either to resign your post , or inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and law you are assisting to administer are good for the people ’ . |
| 22 | Our company is based on sound and we stand or fall on it ; since the introduction of Smooth Tubes we have never been busier and it is insulting and naive to suggest our success is based on a few LEDs . |
| 23 | Try and get them on their side , or work on them or something . |
| 24 | We discussed preparation of the lines in Chapter Three , so all we want to emphasise now is that you remember to take a stake ( preferably fitted with a brightly coloured flag so that you do not lose it , or tread on it ) and that the line ends have swivel connections of adequate strength . |