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Examples
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I was jonny mcPOW! onthespot for everything, I was everywhere .... or was I tied up?
RNC Mailer Hits Obama: "It Used To Be Easy To Recognize Patriotism" 2009
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It says 100,000 people a year are arrested for taking drugs or low-level thuggery, then escape with onthespot fines.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Litter police are employed by councils under environmental laws passed three years ago that allow officials to hand out onthespot fines to those who drop litter or break wheelie bin regulations.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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The costeffective and convenient testing enabled by the SNP Dr device will allow doctors to assess patients in the GP surgery and prescribe optimal dosages and treatments onthespot - without a lengthy and costly laboratory analysis.
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Ministers issued guidelines which recommended that onthespot fines should run from £75 to
Home | Mail Online 2008
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Ministers issued guidelines which recommended that onthespot fines should run from £75 to
Home | Mail Online 2008
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Due to mechanical difficulties there will be a brief musical interlude until contact is resumed with our portable transmitter bringing you an onthespot account of the unusual grass .... "
Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940
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