Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | exactly where I stand on this ! |
| 2 | I it 's just that I remember on Monday morning hearing on the radio that it was being talked about that afternoon and of course immediately forgot to go and get a copy of the next day 's Guardian and read about it and all the other |
| 3 | ‘ I had to leave , ’ he said heavily , ‘ because my conscience dictated that I inform on the Nazis . ’ |
| 4 | Thus an instantaneous influence propagates from A to B whose effect depends radically upon exactly what it is that I measure on A. |
| 5 | ‘ The other vital thing for me is that I keep on learning . |
| 6 | All night ticket collectors came with torches , and they were followed by police who demanded that I put on proper trousers . |
| 7 | I could smell the citronella that I put on my skin to ward off the mosquitoes and feel the breeze beginning to rise from the river . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd like to substitute Paul Littlejohn for myself in the power of attorney that I hold on your behalf , Elinor . |
| 9 | ‘ I shall also be reviewing the way we get independent advice , so that the public will be able to see absolutely clearly that I act on the best possible evidence , without fear or favour . ’ |
| 10 | Erm , I pressed yes for having liking my own body , and I do , erm but I also like the slight improvements that I make on it like erm my hair |
| 11 | ‘ Sometimes I 'm so frustrated that I sit on a rock and shout my head off . |
| 12 | There are times when I go down to the beach at The Pit and I 'm the only surfer down there and I 'm so frustrated with it all that I sit on a rock and shout my head off . |
| 13 | I , I used to drive Sheena , but I can safely say that I live on the A seventy seven , aggression is equally as bad as drinking driving , because you see it happening on that road every day , aggression they cut out they cut in , you do n't know where their coming from , er at least a drunken driver tries to go straight and make 's the mistake |
| 14 | Er at present I get sixty one pound a week old age pension , I 've a works pension of about twenty some pound a week , so that I live on eighty pound a week . |
| 15 | It 's a setup with a lot of punch , it 's reliable and I feel confident with it — anything that I do on the album I can do live . |
| 16 | I pass on an interesting snippet that I read on a computer news net . |
| 17 | It would probably add to the complications in my life but it would probably lessen the hours that I have on my own , though God knows , I do n't do too badly . |
| 18 | Erm , I ought to know this , but it 's not the sort of thing that I have on my fingertips . |
| 19 | Tom then hit his tee-shot in a fury and he struck it further than I go on holidays . |
| 20 | I have said a good deal more on Government Back Benches than I have on Opposition Back Benches and very often it has been what has been done on Government Back Benches that has saved even Labour Governments from some of their follies . |
| 21 | I spend more time on my face and skin than I do on my hair . |
| 22 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 23 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 24 | It 's the people , I mean the people in this room know a great deal more people than I do on my own for example . |
| 25 | Someone once said he 'd have known me anywhere by the voice but he 'd have passed me by in the street on account I look much better in person than I do on the telly . |
| 26 | Now to me I sound a lot different than I do on tape . |
| 27 | When I took it off afterwards , my hair was a mess , so I put on a turban or tied in back with a band , which is what I do every day . |
| 28 | I was naked , so I put on sunglasses and a Led Zeppelin record and I did a little Zeppelin dance . ’ |
| 29 | I was warm and sleepy but my master kept haranguing me : compliance seemed the easiest way out so I put on my boots , grabbed my cloak and accompanied him down to the Templar chapel . |
| 30 | I do n't drink and do n't go out much so I manage on the money . |