Example sentences of "on [pron] and [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You can just jump down on everyone and turn them into worms , ’ the imp added encouragingly , ignoring his last remark . |
| 2 | One which , in your case , is , I realise , unnecessary , tiresome , perhaps worse — but I will explain all that , I will tell your referees of the peculiarity of this circumstance , the onus will be on me and trust me , Colonel Hope , I shall not let Amaryllis or yourself down . |
| 3 | I want you to unload all your problems on me and let me take care of them . |
| 4 | I only take on fit guys that do n't heart-attack on me and get their family and friends down here sueing . |
| 5 | I had n't bargained for the next difficulty : ‘ It wo n't work , ’ he commented , ‘ because my son smokes and he 'll take pity on me and give me one when I run out . ’ |
| 6 | Privately Captain Simcox hoped the IRA would be a match for the Tans — well , perhaps that was expecting too much — but it would be something if they could put some manners on them and give them a bloody nose now and again . |
| 7 | For example , they can do more when they can produce written language because they can write to people who are far away , or to institutions , government departments , newspapers etc. ; they can keep written records ; they can write down ideas in order to reflect on them and reformulate them ; they can elaborate complex arguments which require written support ; they can create and keep artistic artefacts — poems , plays , stories ; and so on . |
| 8 | I was just supposed to keep an eye on you and let you lead us to the enemy . |
| 9 | We 'll patch in on you and join you if you tell us where you are . ’ |
| 10 | She used to stagger , and if you did n't watch out she 'd come down on you and crush you while you were a-shoeing her . |
| 11 | I 'm not going to jump on you and seduce you the minute we 're behind closed doors . |
| 12 | She wanted only to rid herself of the blocks Ewan had inflicted on her and lose herself in a new future . |
| 13 | She would make a dash for it and be in the garden before anyone had a chance to walk in on her and take her by surprise . |
| 14 | Rosa said , ‘ It 's nothing , ’ and picked up the laundry and set off again.Her legs moved , her feet went forward one behind the other , but she felt winter come down on her and numb her to the bone . |
| 15 | ‘ Not if some big flatfoot is just going to barge in on her and say I 'm shouting it all over town I was with her last night . ’ |
| 16 | Franca thought , he 'll lie on him and suffocate him . |
| 17 | John likes to keep the horses separate so that they do n't kick each other , but Hopscotch often jumps into Milton 's paddock to keep him company ; and sometimes if the weather is bad , one of the children 's ponies is turned out with him , otherwise Milton , who is a bit of a softy , will hang around by the gate in the hope that someone will take pity on him and take him back to his warm stable . |
| 18 | Sit on him and try it . |
| 19 | He must n't touch her or she would shatter to pieces , fall on him and ask him why he was ignoring her in favour of her sister . |
| 20 | Clearly his first task was to call on him and announce his arrival . |
| 21 | They act on him and impair his ability to distinguish between thought and perception , between concepts and objects . |
| 22 | There are enough of them to gang up on him and dominate him , even though he remains the group ‘ administrator ’ . |
| 23 | just read up on it and let us know ! |
| 24 | Young children often play with just one block at a time ; they may stand on it , sit on it and use it in their imaginative play as a parcel , steering wheel or tool . |
| 25 | Could play on it and make him talk . |
| 26 | Once I had begun to reap the benefits from my new system , I decided to enlarge on it and make it work even harder for me . |
| 27 | We could put Fiver and Pipkin on it and make it float again . |
| 28 | But one tried to put a good face on it and keep them to oneself . |
| 29 | put that spray on it and kill it |
| 30 | Charlotte watch that pen and get it out your mouth now either use it or put the lid on it and put it away . |