Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] [pron] 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 It is for that reason that I include it on the shortlist for the Worst Building in the World title .
5 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 .
6 My sleeping bag 's on the floor , and I shove it on the bed quick .
7 Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor .
8 And I find myself on the pavement … crowds yelling … men surging towards the entrance , trying to get in , police with truncheons swinging — then my most terrifying experience .
9 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
10 If I take them on the table they wo n't make so much noise then
11 If I see anything on the subject it goes into the file , and eventually I have enough material for a book or an article . ’
12 if I see anything on the table I 'll just pop it in a freezer bag
13 If I call you on the phone I 'll ring twice , put down the receiver , do the same thing again .
14 But I put it on the table because it is a risk .
15 ‘ I 'm extremely sorry , Monsieur de Chavigny , but I have someone on the line who wants to speak to you personally .
16 Unless I put them on the outside wood .
17 No I want another half because I want something on the other one .
18 ‘ Just a moment , ’ she said , ‘ till I find you on the computer . ’
19 At the end of the day I thought it looked very attractive , but whether it will catch the eye of a customer when I display it on the craft stall is another matter .
20 When I rest it on the table it shudders and then sighs .
21 Too quickly , for my mother looked at me as I put them on the table .
22 It 's alright in that light as soon as I put it on the line it looks peculiar !
23 For example , I might decide the angle of light on my desk is not as I require it on the basis of assessing the illumination and the lamp which is the source of it .
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