Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] [verb] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although regretting the need for such prosecutions , may I congratulate him on the vigour with which he prosecutes those who peddle such odious doctrines ? |
| 2 | Should I lay them on the doorstep and vamoose before she responded to the bell ? |
| 3 | Should I do it on the back of that ? |
| 4 | I flash upon my own family ; the way I have to think a moment before deciding who to include in my family , whether to include the step-parents or the siblings on my father 's side whom I would not know should I see them on the street , the hastiness of Mom and Larry on Sunday swirls between galleries and sushi , untapered by excess or sentimentality , busy with books and foreign films and the Sunday supplement of the New York Times , the wisdom of Ivy Leagues and schedules too dense to live by , to wake by , to sleep and breathe by . |
| 5 | Might I congratulate you on the birth of Henry , or Harry as I notice he is to be called from the announcement in the papers . |
| 6 | ‘ How much 'll ye gie me on the bike ? ’ |
| 7 | Could you leave it on the the er |
| 8 | Could you advise me on the best type of sash cramp to buy ? |
| 9 | Well could we have it on the sixth and change the committee day ? . |
| 10 | I mean let me not allege that you 're one of the worst , but you say ‘ Dear Motorists , erm may we congratulate you on the acquisition of your new vehicle . |
| 11 | Shall I accompany you on the violin ? |
| 12 | ‘ Shall I get him on the line , sir ? ’ |
| 13 | Would you hang it on the wall ? |
| 14 | Will I do it on the other side ? |
| 15 | ‘ Will you take me on the road here to see one or two things that I might like to see ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Can I put it on the teacakes ? ’ |
| 17 | Before doing so can you advise me on the argument of stables v stalls . |
| 18 | ‘ Can you see anyone on the Steep ? ’ |
| 19 | Can you assist us on the approach which you have adopted in terms not only of greenbelt function , but of the need for a strategic reserve ? |
| 20 | Can you put them on the back of that shoes ? |
| 21 | Anyway , I was living in Boston at the time , but I was in a studio in Oslo and saw a Lexicon there , noticed that the company was in Boston and said , ‘ Can you put it on the guitar and see what it sounds like ? ’ |
| 22 | Okay , can you put it on the edge of your plate and then we 'll have a song or |
| 23 | Marky can you put it on the table please ? |
| 24 | Can we reconstruct one on the basis of what we currently know ? |
| 25 | Yes I leave on the eleventh of March so can we have it on the eight of March ? |
| 26 | Can we play it on the big one ? |
| 27 | Can we get him on the phone and talk feet ? |