Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remember the cover story I did on The Clash in 1977 , the thing that became ‘ Capital Radio ’ . |
| 2 | Right , MyMouse is remmed out cos I do n't want I do n't erm I , I choose when I start , which mouse driver I start on one , one of the mouse port and one of the serial erm times . |
| 3 | The principal difficulty I have on this aspect of the case is that in Mr. Lester 's submission reference to Parliamentary material as an aid to interpretation of a statutory provision should be allowed only with leave of the court and where the court is satisfied that such a reference is justifiable : ( a ) to confirm the meaning of a provision as conveyed by the text , its object and purpose ; ( b ) to determine a meaning where the provision is ambiguous or obscure ; or ( c ) to determine the meaning where the ordinary meaning is manifestly absurd or unreasonable . |
| 4 | it 's just some noise I heard on the tape . |
| 5 | Commonly called yellow fumitory , it comes up like mustard and cress at the foot of every shady wall in the garden and I used to wrench it out with the ruthlessness I used on sycamore seedlings until I discovered it on sale in a nursery for well over £1 a plant . |
| 6 | God I were in the market and I thought I 'd better take a bit more wrapping paper and I and I had it I said that 's ten and of course I get on the and I did n't know |
| 7 | Well that course I went on you know , there was er , there were , there were , there 'd be about twelve in the class and there were two young women in the class |
| 8 | Of course I failed on all counts and so I was ignored most of the time — passed over . |
| 9 | He 'd got away with it as a result of a little snooping I did on behalf of the concerned insurance company . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been brushing up on my Italian , ’ Molly 's father went on , ‘ with the aid of an extremely sexy-sounding signorina I got on a tape from the Fulham Public Library . |
| 11 | ‘ Cristo , when I think of the money I spent on detectives … ’ |
| 12 | The only wheel I found on this trip is still very much in business , grinding corn on two pairs of stones . |
| 13 | All the electric I got on slot . |
| 14 | ‘ Only from the business card I found on my desk , ’ the other replied , his English excellent . |
| 15 | And it could turn out that the car I left on the Foulness road was stolen from a car park in Colchester or somewhere . |
| 16 | Checking a positive climb and flicking up the quick-retracting gear I concentrated on the slow process of building speed , getting the flaps in at 130 and maintaining a gentle increase in height with steady acceleration to 170 knots , when the nose can be raised for 3,000 fpm to show on the VSI as she really starts to go . |
| 17 | ‘ Then suddenly I just could n't take it any longer — the knowledge that the only effect I had on you was sexual , the only way I could influence you was physically , whereas you loved Jones , as I thought ; your relationship with him was emotional … |
| 18 | Does it always bother you when a man comes within touching distance , or is it just the effect I have on you that makes you flinch away ? ’ |
| 19 | The proteins move in the electric current at a speed which depends on their electric charge and molecular weights , and within a few hours they have become distributed along the length of the gel — the procedure is called gel electrophoresis . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's the same side which finished on a high by winning the Divisional Premiership final at Old Trafford last May , apart from Aussie second row Paul Carr . |
| 21 | Now in that room at Fontainebleau so many years ago , I studied Francis but my eyes were drawn to that bloody ring which sparkled on the fourth finger of his left hand . |
| 22 | Although the strike itself went off peacefully , according to the police it was the cause of violence which began on Nov. 3 at a mine in Welkom in the Orange Free State and which had led to the killing of at least 84 miners by Nov. 11 . |
| 23 | The most serious trouble occurred in the southern city of Hyderabad , capital of Andhra Pradesh , where as many as 200 people died in a week of violence which started on Dec. 7 . |
| 24 | So far there is no sign of the savage 140mph jetstream wind which descends on Everest in December . |
| 25 | A MUSIC club which puts on classical music concerts is facing an uncertain future due to the withdrawal of its grant from Braintree District Council . |
| 26 | A club which exists on a shoestring budget could have elected to play Rangers on a neutral ground , and made at least four times the amount of money Arbroath will get from next month 's Cup tie . |
| 27 | This is the local Sprinter class rail car er diesel rail car which runs on our local railway network . |
| 28 | Typically , such a plant 's behaviour can be described by a differential equation which depends on coefficients . |
| 29 | Two judges found the evidence of a contract too thin to grant an injunction on " balance of convenience " principles ; the third , Lord Justice Kerr , said that in principle an injunction should not be granted to stop a programme which depended on topicality and timing . |
| 30 | RESERVED seating and a smoking ban on all trains are new developments for the Foxfield Steam Railway 's ‘ Santa Special ’ programme which starts on November 28th . |