Example sentences of "on [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ladies and gentlemen I would like to move a very small amendment to do a the second a membership on on item four on where it says up to three represent the area etcetera erm now the which I am currently a member of includes three libraries erm which are and and there are in fact five County Councils involved in the area of those three libraries when in fact Bushey has its own Bushey and there was a but I would like to see |
| 2 | As always there is much more going on than its seems , and some bright new star of the genre is likely to emerge out of nowhere . |
| 3 | So it 's just not true that we know less about what 's going on than we know about our own beliefs about what 's going on . |
| 4 | And suddenly I realised that there was a whole lot more going on than I 'd even thought of . |
| 5 | Just got in , well it were n't , it had n't gone right the way through , we just turned it over and chu , chucked the sheets and blankets back on once they 'd stopped smouldering and got back on it ! |
| 6 | Oh no it 's not bad , I think it were er the first swear word I remember that went , went on it were wait a minute tape two , tape one ai n't got none on that I know of . |
| 7 | He 's very enthusiastic er superb on that I thought erm kept on asking I 've put here , you actually ended up with five names |
| 8 | on that I think 's gon na be interesting I 'll say oh well I 'd like |
| 9 | becomes a m much major , more major part of his appraisal then , I mean branch managers tend to be fairly ambitious people , they 're not going to want to be let down on that I do n't think . |
| 10 | Based on that I have to give it to Mel cos he could also bend the ball around the wall to score — I never saw Lorimer do that ( he did nt have to ! ) . |
| 11 | In addition , it is obvious that it can not be relied on until there has been a substantial amount of trading between the same parties . |
| 12 | Surely Oliver and Cobalt would have put the stair lights on if they had gone upstairs ? |
| 13 | Well I think that she was trying to keep him dangling so that she 'd have somebody to fall back on if she did n't land another man . |
| 14 | Well I think that she was trying to keep him dangling so that she had somebody to fall back on if she did n't land another man . |
| 15 | The lawyer told the court the injured party went to hospital where he was told his ear could have been sewn back on if he had brought it with him , but it was not found until the next day . |
| 16 | ‘ I immediately guessed something was wrong — he always put his answering machine on if he did n't want to talk . |
| 17 | ‘ You can put one of these on if you like . |
| 18 | You keep your coat on if you want to . |
| 19 | ‘ Put the kettle on if you want a coffee . ’ |
| 20 | You are welcome to call me at home on if you want to discuss this , but note that I am away between the 3rd-19th April . |
| 21 | Besides , you always knew that there were three or four thousand willing to take your job on if you did n't like it . |
| 22 | It is an option to fall back on if you have to ; it is certainly appropriate for relatives , especially parents , to assist in this way , but it is not sought as the most desirable arrangement in the circumstances and therefore it should not last for too long . |
| 23 | Always cut well on the waste side of your pencilled guidelines , you can always cut a bit more off if need be , but it is more problematic to have to try to glue bits back on if you have overcut . |
| 24 | You can call the smoker 's quitline on if you need advice , info or inspiration . |
| 25 | It was a figure in a mask and a jacksuit with all this gear in pockets all over it , and she had a headset , and one for me , one like I would have had on if I had n't taken off in such a hurry , and she had jets , which no Gnat would have been seen dead with . |
| 26 | " I used to be active in the church but not now , there used to be hell on if I did things in the church . |
| 27 | Erm me basic should be forty-three , but I get fifty-five to sixty plus if he 's I get commission depending on if I work late . |
| 28 | Once the drip was up and the monitor was on I was much less mobile but as I gained confidence I learnt how to put the monitor back on if it stopped working when I moved . |
| 29 | I used to come , and I used to go from there just past the top of there was two biggish houses erm who was it lived in the one some , somebody named and er and then there was er who was something to do at er on and somebody named who was , got a brewery at Dalston and , and they were ladies and proper genteel-type ladies at that . |
| 30 | He switched the radio on and they drifted through the night together , flying over the miles to London . |