Example sentences of "on they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One might say that the ‘ candid camera ’ technique used for some television programmes , where people have tricks played on them for the benefit of the viewers , is rather in this mode of observation , though it is to be hoped that social researchers would not encourage people to make fools of themselves in the way television producers do . |
| 32 | Like the NEB , it was set up to operate separately from the direct institutions of central government and the Scottish Office , although dependent on them for funds ( up to £75 million in the mid-1980s ) and its board included representatives of business and labour as well as government . |
| 33 | As well as feeling a sense of sadness and loss , the son or daughter begins to realize that the parent is now depending on them for strength and care . |
| 34 | We can guess that both the lords and the village community found a uniform system , in which all the tenants had land of their own , and all worked to till the lord 's domain , had its advantages ; in particular , that the lords preferred the service of serfs , whose lives they did not have to organize in detail , to that of slaves , who were dependent on them for food and clothing and a roof over their heads . |
| 35 | Now she let her eyes dwell on them for a moment — Sally glowing with pride , Edward with a slightly dazed expression on his handsome face . |
| 36 | When playing with Dominoes , Lotto cards , Snap cards , etc. , the predominant thought has been to use the pictures or patterns on them for matching one-to-one , yet the example quoted shows valuable spin-offs that lead to other equally important mathematical experiences . |
| 37 | When we received it we thought it was great , but after chewing on them for a while , mum got a bit worried as the pieces we were chewing off looked like hard plastic . |
| 38 | Typical of the kind of pain Dustin would put himself through , in order to get ‘ inside ’ a character , was the way in which he developed Ratso 's limp by placing stones in one shoe and then walking on them for a day . |
| 39 | Someone up there must have wagered a few bob on them for another Grand Slam . |
| 40 | The extent to which British administrators depended on them for information varied greatly according to the social composition of the district and the competence of the civil servant in charge . |
| 41 | I set out my toys and teddy bears and put price tags on them for 25p and 50p . |
| 42 | If you want to share them , put a new condom on them for each user or wash them thoroughly in hot water ( as long as the toy is not electrical ! ) . |
| 43 | The tabloids turned on them for selling the idea of drugs to schoolchildren and having too much sex . |
| 44 | Because the racket has a diagonal string pattern , spin shots ( top spin and slice ) become easier to play , basically because the strings on such a pattern are longer and therefore the ball rests on them for longer . |
| 45 | The cuttings will remain in this position until the following autumn — 12 months — during which period you will need to keep an eye on them for pest and disease and , of course , include them in your routine precautionary spraying and care . |
| 46 | When pressure was put on them for more radical appointments , invitations were mostly too late to make any significant impact . |
| 47 | Some of the threads will have small drops of sticky fluid on them for trapping insects while some threads will have no stickiness . |
| 48 | Magazines are very seldom reviewed but we depend on them for up to date information . |
| 49 | For some , such as elephants , and lions , the process is a gradual one , as the youngsters drift farther and farther from their parents and become less reliant on them for food . |
| 50 | Although the Chinese transformed rhinoceros horn into forms of customary refinement , it seems unlikely that they went to the trouble of removing agglutinated masses of hair from rhinoceros snouts and lavishing such skill on them for purely aesthetic reasons . |
| 51 | I was doing chequebooks and cards , and I had a very good run on them for about four months , but what with taking drugs and that I collapsed one time when I was working out on the street . |
| 52 | I had to work on them for a long time . |
| 53 | If in future , however , reporting of each estimate is extended to include descriptive profiles of quality of life — that is , health states and the valuations placed on them for the new and comparison treatment — then this may enhance credibility and allow reworking in alternative settings . |
| 54 | He turned his back on them for a moment , hands planted on his hips . |
| 55 | Leave both glasses in the same place and keep an eye on them for about half an hour . |
| 56 | That way you will be paying interest on them for many years . |
| 57 | And they quote epistles of St. Paul so difficult that the theologians , who have been working on them for two thousand years , have not got to the bottom of them . |
| 58 | However , in school their energy was not always tapped and was sometimes directed towards disrupting the school or , as one pupil said : ‘ to get our own back on them for the way they have treated us ’ . |
| 59 | The woman looked down on them for a moment ; not seeming to see Lucy at all , she was looking at Josie . |
| 60 | I 'd like , if I may , to report your provisional findings , and to ask him to delay action on them for a week . |