Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Even if I 'd told you that I heard it on the local news , I doubt you 'd have taken my word for it . |
2 | Just that I saw him on a train to London a couple of weeks ago . |
3 | 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 ? |
4 | IT was on a very wet Saturday afternoon that I found myself on the top of the North Downs observing whiffs of smoke emerging from a boiler which to all intents and purposes was standing among a mountain of waste metal in a field almost miles from anywhere . |
5 | and I got one on the C's . |
6 | In the next lesson , I asked him to share his six ways with 1 in front , and I wrote them on the blackboard . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | And I left it on the side instead of leaving it in the grill . |
9 | I shall tell you , instead , of the time Gerda and I saw you on the stage in Vienna . ’ |
10 | 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 . |
11 | and I sat them on the floor |
12 | 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 |
13 | I 've already completed mine : my son and I disturbed one on the main path leading up to The Merrick , in Galloway , and ranger Fred Gordon and I saw a very angry one on the path in Glen Cairn in the Cairngorms . |
14 | My mother was at work and I called her on the telephone . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | If I contacted him on the same number that I contacted you |
19 | If I had it on a solid floor , but it 's got ta go , do n't forget it 's on a a wooden floor . |
20 | If I kicked him on the shin I bet he 'd limp away and not even glance to see who 'd done it . |
21 | But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . ) |
22 | I think these 'd probably be better if I did them on the one you suggested for |
23 | The vermouth was dark red , and I wondered what my mother would do if I poured it on the mushroom-coloured carpet — very slowly . |
24 | I did n't realise how clear her speech was until I heard it on the tape . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | That used to be a completely different tune ; I had the lyrics , but I played it on an open tuned National , then when I got the Strat and plugged it into an old Fender Vibrolux amp , it became what it became on record . |
27 | But I left you on the couch . |
28 | " I could n't possibly afford the flat if I were renting it now , but I got it on a long lease just after the war , when rents were much less than they are today , " she said . |
29 | But I told you on the phone did n't I , it rained and |
30 | ‘ Sorry , Mrs Scamp , but I found 'em on the floor in the back of the cab . ’ |