Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [be] on this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have no doubt that there are many colleagues more expert than I am on this subject already planning their drafts ! |
| 2 | ‘ I know I wo n't keep doing it at this rate but while I 'm on this streak I 'll take full advantage of it . ’ |
| 3 | While we 're on this question , one of the few things that er Theresa did n't say , although perhaps she might have said it when I was n't , I do n't think she did but one of the few things she did n't say is why Freud disapproved of the typical kind of dream book you find in any book shop . |
| 4 | Now while we 're on this point about what exactly am I entitled to , erm we ought to say a word about credit notes cos there are a lot of shops who say well erm you know it is it is n't company policy to , it is n't our policy to offer refunds , but we 're quite happy to offer you a credit note . |
| 5 | While we are on this subject , it may be remarked that even social workers sometimes give credence to one or another of the old wives ' tales which surround pregnancy and childbirth . |
| 6 | Strenuous laybacking for 40 feet or so brings better holds , allowing exhilaratingly steep bridging , and the whole rope will have run out by the time you pull onto the platform at the top , all too soon for the fit , but thankfully for the tired or those leading at their limit , as I was on this occasion . |
| 7 | on top of you , especially Yvonne when she 's on this week . |
| 8 | She had revealed that she was surrounded by the spirits of her four dead children , her parents , and a host of spirit youngsters through whom she operated when she was on This Side . |
| 9 | Is it strange going thousands of miles away to Australia and finding out that you 're as known there as you are on this island ? |
| 10 | Dark as it is on this patch of forgotten ground , I can see the eagerness in his eyes . |
| 11 | If Baldwin is to be trusted , this visit had serious consequences , for it was on this occasion that the abbess placed a monastic veil on Matilda 's head , and when Rufus saw the veil , he went away . |