Example sentences of "[adv] our [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , there 's just one item which m might be added , or perhaps our representatives on this body could take it up some time , and that 's the amount of deposit which is needed by the post office from er , new tenants , I do n't know if they 're called tenants , or licensees whatever , to run rural post offices . |
| 2 | More shells are passing over our heads on their way to blast the enemy positions , than are coming our way . |
| 3 | We knew the only way we could get in and take up our positions on the roof was by arriving early . |
| 4 | Later on , whenever our friends on a visit happened to meet him they would ask : ‘ Is he really a vicar ? ’ |
| 5 | Graham Dodsworth , sales controller for Skipper of Darlington , said : ‘ Things should really take off at the weekend when people have a chance to look round our showrooms on their day off . ’ |
| 6 | Going to school was an adventure ; no 'buses for us , there would be bird nesting in spring , and during the appropriate sea-son hoops would ring along the roads to school , to be hung on our pegs on the cloak-room ready for the race home . |