Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] i [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the few noises I made on the path , all I could hear was the very occasional and distant roar of heavy trucks on the road through town . |
| 2 | The few days I spent on that trip will stay in my mind as some of the most pleasant times I have ever spent . |
| 3 | The principal difficulty I have on this aspect of the case is that in Mr. Lester 's submission reference to Parliamentary material as an aid to interpretation of a statutory provision should be allowed only with leave of the court and where the court is satisfied that such a reference is justifiable : ( a ) to confirm the meaning of a provision as conveyed by the text , its object and purpose ; ( b ) to determine a meaning where the provision is ambiguous or obscure ; or ( c ) to determine the meaning where the ordinary meaning is manifestly absurd or unreasonable . |
| 4 | And there are the future situations I sit on the bed here and think about : my utter love for some man ; I know I ca n't do things like love by halves , I know I have love pent up in me , I shall throw myself away , lose my heart and my body and my mind and soul to some cad like G.P. Who 'll betray me . |
| 5 | Not the least of the many surprises I got on returning home was to find that all that had changed . |
| 6 | ( The truth is I do n't want to forgive her , because it will free her from the grappling irons I have on her . |
| 7 | In fact I was born in Manchester and Violet Carson ( alias Ena Sharples ) was the first person I introduced on TV when I was 20 . |
| 8 | Well , one of the first things I did on applying for this job was to announce my intention to end the repellent Billy Bullshit column . |
| 9 | The first thing I noticed on getting into the ground was that the Leeds fans were making most , no , all of the noise in the ground . |
| 10 | Thanks for a great mag , which is the first thing I grab on my trips home , being a subscriber ! |
| 11 | ‘ Then suddenly I just could n't take it any longer — the knowledge that the only effect I had on you was sexual , the only way I could influence you was physically , whereas you loved Jones , as I thought ; your relationship with him was emotional … |
| 12 | The only wheel I found on this trip is still very much in business , grinding corn on two pairs of stones . |
| 13 | ‘ That packet of cherries was the only decoration I had on hand . |
| 14 | Once again it boils down to confidence , and the small test I recommend on page 14 for finding out the colours that make you feel secure , can apply just as well to style . |
| 15 | The same evening I went on shore . |
| 16 | Indeed one of the best comments I remember on this subject came two or three years ago from Mats Wilander , another who struggled to find form on grass courts and might also be one of those happy to see them disappear . |
| 17 | ft was just about the last poem I wrote on my own for the next six months or so ; it is called ‘ Believing Is Seeing ’ , and it was also about a carving , the sculpture illustrating the miracle of Christ healing the blind man : |
| 18 | One of the last cruises I enjoyed on Viking took us south as far as Oban . |
| 19 | Yes , well just a postscript just to show to my earlier comments , I , I think this undertaking about street lighting will be met with some clarity over wide areas of Suffolk which have never seen a street light , er as far as I can recall the last figures I saw on this suggested that if we were to er carry out all the work that er parish is required it would take forty years to er meet the er thing , so perhaps it would be advisable for , for when this promise is acting on the |
| 20 | ‘ I remember the hangover I had the last time I went on the tiles with you , and tomorrow I have to ply squash at nine . |
| 21 | The last time I preached on the New Age before writing this chapter , I asked for a show of hands from those who had heard of it . |
| 22 | The last time I travelled on it there was standing room only . |
| 23 | The last thing I wanted on my mind was my daughter being taken into care . |
| 24 | Checking a positive climb and flicking up the quick-retracting gear I concentrated on the slow process of building speed , getting the flaps in at 130 and maintaining a gentle increase in height with steady acceleration to 170 knots , when the nose can be raised for 3,000 fpm to show on the VSI as she really starts to go . |
| 25 | There 's always the chance , though , that the next time I step on stage , it will be . |
| 26 | The next morning I banged on the wall to attract the Canadian 's attention but there was no answer . |
| 27 | The next morning I sat on the front steps with my head in my hands . |
| 28 | I was drunk as a pig and insisted on stamping on every bloody spider I found on my way back to our chamber . |
| 29 | ‘ You remind me of a medieval fresco I saw on a church in Donegal once . |
| 30 | He 'd got away with it as a result of a little snooping I did on behalf of the concerned insurance company . |