Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 2 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 3 | Well , I 'm really wanting to go to Birkdale , so I jumps on the last train out of St Andrews . |
| 4 | Any errors could ruin the fishing , for if I snag on the overhanging branches or the roots , the subsequent pulling to free the tackle , or to break it , will not go unnoticed by the chub . |
| 5 | All was going well until I knelt on the front overlap . |
| 6 | Not until I arrived on the 18th tee 1-down did it suddenly occur to me that I was on the point of losing . |
| 7 | He was a most able officer , and I was able to hand over this part of the work to him with confidence , while I concentrated on the current activities of the department . |
| 8 | Two years since I started on the big glass . |
| 9 | I jogged around with Ben well before I started on the important phase of my warm-up . |
| 10 | Therefore , it was not surprising that when I intervened on the hon. Member for Newham , North-East he was a little coy about referring to his party 's record on unemployment . |
| 11 | Whether , of course , I would have taken this view were I to have had someone in my squadron who turned LMF is open to question , When I reflect on the young aircrew that I helped to train in 1940 at Kinloss , some 10 years younger than myself , I marvel that the conversation stage was the last stint before they were to confront a highly lethal opponent . |
| 12 | Mm , when I looked on the other page there was more . |
| 13 | ‘ When I stood on the first tee in the morning I could hardly see the fairway , ’ said the Atherstone club-mate and friend of Paul Broadhurst , the Ryder Cup player . |
| 14 | But when I concentrated on the postage-stamp-sized photographs bearing his name that had started to appear , I could no longer be certain that he and The Fat Controller were one and the same . |
| 15 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 16 | When I emerged on the other side , our little game of hide-and-seek was over : he had vanished , taking the girl with him . |
| 17 | It was only as I rapped on the open door of his office that I realized the plan was upside down . |
| 18 | As I said on the second reading , I do believe that some areas will need to have larger authorities because of their size , or indeed their particular problems , geographical and otherwise . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's very important for me to have the same people around me as I did on the first album … it 's a community thing , it means I can keep the same vibe as I had before , ’ he says . |
| 20 | In this notebook , recording my random thoughts day after day as I work on the big glass , I can keep my distance from the big glass . |
| 21 | ( Before I went to work in the morning I would take a bucket of water and a scrubbing brush and deal with the black-and-white chequered marble shop doorstep — in my memory it is a glittering affair , although cold on frosty mornings — because at that time of the day the rising sun often shone full down the High Street where we lived and on me , as I knelt on the cobbled pavement plying my scrubbing-brush . ) |
| 22 | It was once full of treasures , but all I could think about as I stood on the battlemented roof , looking out over the Aegean , was that a disciple of Christ 's had sat in his cell in a little monastery half-way up the hill recording the extraordinary revelations he had been vouchsafed . |
| 23 | As I stood on the tufted grass , surrounded by natural beauty , I felt as if I 'd come to another world |