Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [pers pn] on " 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 | Although I take her on short trips to the shops , she ca n't cope with going too far from the house . |
| 4 | I fundamentally disagree with his proposition , although I congratulate him on the stand that he has taken for his principles . |
| 5 | Even if I 'd told you that I heard it on the local news , I doubt you 'd have taken my word for it . |
| 6 | Just that I saw him on a train to London a couple of weeks ago . |
| 7 | You were standing by the boat , demanding that I let you on board , and I felt such a raw , aching need lance through me that it shocked me . |
| 8 | Not quite able to turn this down , he insists instead that I telephone him on Saturday morning to confirm . |
| 9 | They know that I killed him on purpose because he took my best animal . ’ |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | It is for that reason that I include it on the shortlist for the Worst Building in the World title . |
| 12 | Erm , I I really do n't want to add anything else , other than the summary , erm , that I gave you on Appendix One , Chairman , but if you move over to Appendix Two for a start , erm , this first of all , relates only to our A T T in and we hope in future to improve this sort of information in the other employee groups . |
| 13 | I du n no what to do with it , so I stick it on my head . |
| 14 | The tent-pole bag was torn , so I put it on one side with the sewing kit . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He would n't take it , so I pressed it on Felix instead . |
| 17 | I got quite a lot of reading done — John managed to persuade one of the nice Italian staff at the British Council Library to let me have two more books than my five allowed , so I had them on her ticket ! |
| 18 | And I get it on my forehead , down here |
| 19 | ‘ I know exactly what you hoped , ’ Alexandra said , ‘ and I like him on his own . |
| 20 | In the next lesson , I asked him to share his six ways with 1 in front , and I wrote them on the blackboard . |
| 21 | and I had it on right and he came in right , and I was going , he was going , a long conversation all about little Harmony and everything and really going onto it , and I went to play it back and it had n't recorded anything . |
| 22 | My sleeping bag 's on the floor , and I shove it on the bed quick . |
| 23 | Special thanks too Gordon for sharing the whole weekend with us , and I ask you on his behalf to pray for the people of Northern Ireland . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | After interviewing Susannah ( this was back in 1980 on the set of The Awakening ) , I had the good fortune to meet and interview John Huston and I challenged him on Susannah 's story . |
| 26 | ‘ I needed the money then , and I spent it on whatever I needed it for . |
| 27 | And I arranged it on that day at the time . |
| 28 | And I left it on the side instead of leaving it in the grill . |
| 29 | And I put it on my ghetto blaster yeah , me and Nicky listened to it yeah , and it comes out wicked . |
| 30 | I get a bucketful of water and I heat it on this little stove and I strip and wash myself all over . ’ |