Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] on [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one end of the town was a bank where we went on our first day to change some money . |
| 2 | Better than I had on my twenty-first . ’ |
| 3 | It 's the people , I mean the people in this room know a great deal more people than I do on my own for example . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , Mr Fairfax , as you can see , we 've already made more progress than you managed on your own . ’ |
| 5 | Well , Bryony wants to sit in her own chair today , so you sit on your own chair . |
| 6 | just as when reading a favourite novel , we create the people and places described as we see them , so we draw on our own images and imagination to enrich our inner world , rather than accepting an unknown intruder — the voice on the tape . |
| 7 | It seems that official confirmation may not have been forthcoming , for the German O.K.W. records noted only a single Hurricane shot down during this day , while Müncheberg 's claim was apparently classed as a ‘ probable ’ , although it remained on his personal list of successes . |
| 8 | If I got on me high horse every time somebody hinted that I was n't like Betty Grable , I would have ridden to hell long before this . ’ |
| 9 | My mother also had it and when I had previously attempted to diet and had successfully lost weight there was little improvement , if any , to the appearance of my ugly dimpled thighs , that is until I went on my low fat diet . |
| 10 | Cos I call on them everyday , I can pick the tools up and deliver them the next day . |
| 11 | If she lives on her own and poor health has robbed her of a normal social life , it is to be expected that her loneliness may have created such a build-up of unexpressed thoughts , feelings and opinions that she may need to talk herself to a standstill before she is ready to converse with you , and interest herself in anything you have to say . |
| 12 | He had the look of a man with a nasty temper if you got on his wrong side . |
| 13 | What is likely to happen if you stay on your current path ? |
| 14 | And when I er went to go on me own er I still wanted to keep in the union and I went down the Locksmiths ' union , which was in the market place , and they said they er we could n't , we could n't have you in the union if you go on your own erm there 's another denomination or something , was something that you 'd have to join or something like that and be on your own . |
| 15 | Cos if that , if you go on your own that 's fine , but if I 'm going we 've got to get a sitter . |
| 16 | ‘ It would be more helpful , Robert , if you concentrated on something relevant . ’ |
| 17 | There are other methods of storing food such as preserving , drying , or bottling , but these are of limited value if you live on your own , since , even if you entertain a lot , you would probably waste a lot of preserves or bottled food , as their condition quickly deteriorates once the jar or bottle is opened . |
| 18 | I mean if , if you live on your own you ca n't even peel a potato |
| 19 | The relativism of values seems so sensible and convincing until we reflect on what this implies , namely that what we feel passionately about with regard to truth or justice or purpose of life has no justification apart from the fact that we happen to think like this . |
| 20 | Sandwiched between the sufferers and the directors or managers of the institution in which they work ( or overwhelmed by the pressures of survival if they work on their own ) they may expect or be expected to carry and solve the burdens of both . |
| 21 | They will neither win friends nor influence people if they continue on their present course . |
| 22 | Well I would , I should go up there and have a word with Carole and Brian cos they sit on their own all christmas virtually ! |
| 23 | She took little notice until it reappeared on her own side , and drew up alongside her . |
| 24 | I knew that some of his friends were into drugs , but I did n't know Ryan was until he collapsed on me one day . |
| 25 | Unless he knocked on your front door and you did n't hear . |
| 26 | Because I cheated on them both . ’ |
| 27 | I only do mine once a week , because I live on me own . |
| 28 | They 're gon na be late now because we insisted on them all coming . |
| 29 | Actually they do work well , I mean there is , there is one scenario where it does work well , if you 're elderly , and you 're in good health , then annuities are , are pretty good value because they look on their actuarial charts , if you 're an eighty eight year old , and er make an assessment and say well , for every ten thousand you give us , we 'll give thirteen thousand a year . |
| 30 | If so , it will be a gamble , because he flopped on his only previous international appearance in Saudi Arabia . |