Example sentences of "on [adj] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I had not in those days looked at the real aspects of the drink question — had not seen the responsibility that rests on each one to be guiltless in regard to that which is sapping our country of some of its brightest intellects , and killing numbers of her sons possessed of generous impulsive natures .
2 Of course , his lordship and his colleagues were concerned to brief each other as accurately as possible on each one of the expected participants ; but overwhelmingly , their concerns centred on a single figure — that of M. Dupont , the French gentleman — and on his likely sympathies and antipathies .
3 If you like , it 's the close up , the zoom lens is on each one of us all the time , and that 's how he sees us .
4 There were rows of beds , covered with scarlet blankets and on each one at the pillow end was a large , white , upturned chamber pot .
5 There are two ways of arranging the designs , either working on each one at the same time , or completing one before moving on to the other .
6 We can pick out a vehicle from a line of vehicles and check the speed on that which at the moment we can not do .
7 well well keep working on that what about erm the length of this piece
8 They must have worked on that one at Liverpool .
9 Very simple throw in and er I thought Milwall just were n't geared up on that one at all .
10 There 's nothing on that one on four .
11 I dined out on that one for quite a while , but have not had occasion to be offered cream coronets of late .
12 and equally responsible on that one for eleven pounds , five P
13 you 'd have to negotiate on that one with Mr and Mr .
14 ‘ Take it on that one over there . ’
15 I used the Hadley an awful lot and defence of the Highway Department I have no complaint on that whatsoever about the street lighting , I think it 's very good , thank you , right .
16 No because you di , you made two , you made two mi , what you did on this one over here you moved into a space first and then jumped .
17 Buyers are currently working on this one with suppliers and will need to get the mix of flavours to suit as many customers as possible .
18 Try several on this one to one basis .
19 And erm this one is slowly closing on that one , this one is catching up on this one at quite a rate of knots .
20 Okay I thank I think tell me e tell me what where you 'd put capitals on this one about the cricket .
21 On average one in three words of the utterance was incorrect .
22 Oh yeah I mean you take now the erm , you could say nineteen twenty six bloke , I remember an old union bloke , he was on the railway and er , when they cleaned the fire out , cos he used to get all the out , and er these here firemen on cool it with a that 's when they first started to nationalize the docks and he said well , they er , he said waste that he said when nationalization come in , well there was a lot more wasted then after that .
23 And erm we had him on two lots of antibiotics before he even had an anaesthetic to get the inflammation down and I do n't want it to get worse !
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