Example sentences of "[pron] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | obviously cos of what happened at Lucy 's party I , I on that situation but okay then , let's not take James but somebody like that |
| 2 | Now the taxation of the plaintiff 's bill of costs , came before master er and er in his taxation , it seems , and I 'm , I think I 'm right in saying it , it seems that erm there is no substantial dispute as to the particular items in the various bills of costs with which he was concerned , it maybe that if there were a discrepancy , he has , he dealt with it and nothing has been said before me today , er to suggest that the figures appearing in the bill of costs ought to be varied and accordingly I have not er have to consider the detail items in the bill of costs , the only issue I did n't decide is whether master was correct in disallowing interest for the period that he did , er Mr for the plaintiff says that he was wrong er that there was no good reason for disallowing him any interest and that accordingly I on this appeal should erm discharge or reverse that part of taxing order as disallowed interest . |
| 3 | And it 's to you , the readers , that we beg one week 's indulgence as we uncurl our lips , pat ourselves on that back and take you , in the next 46 pages , on a runaway rollercoaster ride through the stuff and nonsense , faces and fads , ecstatic highs and miserable lows that have littered 40 years of doing battle with the monster that is popular culture . |
| 4 | He named another person who , he said , was wearing a T-shirt identical to his on that evening . |
| 5 | Int there er , int there a gravestone or summat on that side |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , he had a habit of propping himself on that stool in front of a picture and it must have gone over with him . |
| 7 | Those who think that Jenny herself is a little dull at times might conclude that Patrick has impaled himself on that point , like one of those Romans whose language he used to teach . |
| 8 | I am sorry , but the Prime Minister — I am sure without any intention — is not right about the way that he expressed himself on that point . |
| 9 | I 'd like to remind him that 's nothing to the idiot he made of himself on All Fools Day last when he found the dead stoat I 'd placed in the pulpit . |
| 10 | 1859 — 1919 : ‘ They [ Joseph 's contemporaries ] tested every man 's views by his actions , by his carriage of himself on all sorts of occasions . |
| 11 | Yeah , he catches himself on all sorts of things . |
| 12 | So in the end it would be Maxim 's name on the pieces of paper , not whatever Sims was calling himself on this trip . |
| 13 | Karadjordje 's attempt to impose himself on this structure by having himself declared ‘ Supreme Leader ’ created tensions which were never resolved during the nine years of his rebel regime . |
| 14 | Thomas Hayes , however , the forensic expert responsible for identifying the tiny piece of Swiss circuit board , was not prepared to commit himself on this point . |
| 15 | Already under a probation order for attacking a songwriter the previous year , he found himself on another assault charge . |
| 16 | there is not a single piece by anyone other than himself on these discs which he is not able to rattle off with the short of nonchalant ease that would probably make even ARgerich or Pollini green with envy . |
| 17 | He was indeed fortunate in his local friends who recognised his ‘ propensity to Botanicks ’ ( Benjamin Franklin , Pennsylvania Gazette , 1742 ) , encouraged expeditions and subscribed ‘ to induce him and enable him wholly to spend his time and exert himself on these employments ’ . |
| 18 | They can say , ‘ I 'm sorry there 's nobody on that number , but I know they 'll be back after such-and-such a time ’ , which is better for all concerned . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , Larry , nobody on this planet would call you earthy . |
| 20 | Nobody on this side of the Council Chamber wants a junket . |
| 21 | Our philosophy differs from theirs on this point . |
| 22 | The only problem was the London Paddington to Liverpool train did n't run from the expected start station , it started from Reading instead of from Paddington , so if you were expecting somebody on that train , well they may not have , may not have been on that one if they er were actually starting from Paddington , otherwise no problems on the buses . |
| 23 | Did Karen say to somebody on that thing did I hear her say , What are you on ? |
| 24 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 25 | We 're trying to do things which on many occasions we 're actually doing things which are done at university with them , in a simplified form , of course , but just to give them this perspective , this view of physics . |
| 26 | This particular club faced across Green Park , which on that evening looked very green and crisp , the trees standing tall and full against the restless sky . |
| 27 | He said only to the degree that when you came , you did not come , i.e. there was orgasm without emission ; a change which on several grounds has much to recommend it . |
| 28 | For new short-term borrowings ( which on several occasions rose above £100 millions ) the BEA were charged bank rate ( or only slightly more ) : this rose from 2 per cent under Labour to 4 per cent in March 1952 , falling slightly in the following years , but rising again and , from February 1955 never falling below the 4 per cent level . |
| 29 | People not directly involved with a particular team can contribute suggestions which on several occasions have proved to be helpful . ’ |
| 30 | Lincoln , which on several occasions was totally exempted from paying , seems to have been one of the worst affected ( 71 ; 77 , pp.272–3 ) . |