Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I speak with Michael Odell inside ten minutes , or I raise him on the open line , ’ said Quinn carefully . |
| 2 | After breakfast at the palace all the inmates are thrown out , whatever the weather , and the only place he can take his child is outside : " Usually I take my little boy at weekends to the fair at Whitley Bay , or I take him on the metro and we sit at the front — he loves trains . |
| 3 | I fundamentally disagree with his proposition , although I congratulate him on the stand that he has taken for his principles . |
| 4 | Even if I 'd told you that I heard it on the local news , I doubt you 'd have taken my word for it . |
| 5 | Does Mike have some er Georgian Hotel , look at that Christmas jokes , Daddy , Eddie 's broken my new dog how did he do that I hit him on the head with it Why is Father Christmas unemployed ? |
| 6 | It is for that reason that I include it on the shortlist for the Worst Building in the World title . |
| 7 | Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it . |
| 8 | In the next lesson , I asked him to share his six ways with 1 in front , and I wrote them on the blackboard . |
| 9 | My sleeping bag 's on the floor , and I shove it on the bed quick . |
| 10 | I had a flat tape recorder with a directional mic and I stuck it on the table and above me was a speaker through which all this muzak was coming out . |
| 11 | And I left it on the side instead of leaving it in the grill . |
| 12 | I shall tell you , instead , of the time Gerda and I saw you on the stage in Vienna . ’ |
| 13 | Under Lily Laverock 's auspices , she came to Vancouver on an annual concert tour , and when Marjorie Agnew and I approached her on the matter she was delighted to become a sponsor . |
| 14 | I mean we 've got , four , four , four cars in our house , the gran lives in the granny annexe inside , god knows how the fucking hell she got a parking space , somehow she did , mum 's got her 's in there , my old mans parked his opposite , we 've got a big double drive as well , my old man parks his on the right and I park mine on the fucking left , its like a parking lot out there in the mornings , and if when he says |
| 15 | and I sat them on the floor |
| 16 | No , not at the min not at the min I have n't erm , there was one shoved through just this morning and I was on the phone I just picked it up and I shoved it on the |
| 17 | My mother was at work and I called her on the telephone . |
| 18 | I took the milk , and I poured it on the floor where the slate is hollowed , because once I saw the lake in moonlight and it was white . |
| 19 | I knew roughly what I was looking for and I found it on the floor under a seat frame from which the seat had been removed . |
| 20 | If I contacted him on the same number that I contacted you |
| 21 | If I take them on the table they wo n't make so much noise then |
| 22 | If I kicked him on the shin I bet he 'd limp away and not even glance to see who 'd done it . |
| 23 | I think these 'd probably be better if I did them on the one you suggested for |
| 24 | If I call you on the phone I 'll ring twice , put down the receiver , do the same thing again . |
| 25 | The vermouth was dark red , and I wondered what my mother would do if I poured it on the mushroom-coloured carpet — very slowly . |
| 26 | I did n't realise how clear her speech was until I heard it on the tape . |
| 27 | but I saw him on the television last week , breakfast T V , not last week , week before , just before I got into work , and this woman on the television asking this stupid question , she said why do n't you put any opposition up in Parliament , and he hit the roof , but what the television did , they did n't switch off when he played bloody hell with 'em , excuse my French er President , but this is how it went , he could n't give a damn about you bloody lot , he kept the television on , it just showed his frustration . |
| 28 | But I left you on the couch . |
| 29 | But I put it on the table because it is a risk . |
| 30 | But I told you on the phone did n't I , it rained and |