Example sentences of "on the [noun sg] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 You know the thing is I feel that when I was tried to get the theatre board and I have contacted various people on the board I have never been listened to .
2 The three years I spent studying took a similar shape to my school years ; on the surface I did well , passing my exams with seemingly not too much trouble .
3 But on the whole I think so far we 've brushed through quite well with him . ’
4 There was no time to get back into the right position , take a breath and gently squeeze the trigger ; it was up and bang , and with my whole body unbalanced and both hands on the gun I fell forward , rolling as I did so to keep the gun out the sand .
5 On the train I looked furtively at the lock on the carriage door and watched the railway embankment carefully as if assessing the effect of falling out onto it at speed .
6 To elaborate a little on the definition I gave earlier , an ‘ edition ’ is any number of books , small or large printed from one setting of type .
7 But the main point on the comparison I think here Chair , is that your homes are not expensive , when compared with similar provision and there 's still some unevenness in terms of funding between your homes and the independent sector .
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