Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] on an " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I ca n't imagine any person seriously interested in art in any part of the world not being a subscriber , and I congratulate you on an ever improving publication .
3 When I first left home and lived on my own , I gorged myself on an endless round of late night parties and visits to newly-found friends which lasted until the early hours of the morning .
4 I pride myself on an ability to remember route details , but I do n't think I kept to my line of ascent for more than a third of the way down the first time I did the Hornli Ridge .
5 The problem I must admit the problem that surprised me with overheads is that erm people ca n't write and listen at the same time , or the other thing is , you put something on an overhead th every bit of it gets written down which is why I adapted it so that you did .
6 So next time you 've got something important to say , make sure you print it on an HP LaserJet .
7 Someone to help you keep everything on an even keel for the whole pregnancy …
8 Clare levered the coins off the counter , and carried her cup out into the small enclosure , where she balanced it on an unsteady iron table , her feet cushioned by a carpet of litter .
9 Suspecting that her diarrhoea and wind might be due to Candida infection , she put her on an anti-Candida diet and a course of anti-fungal drugs .
10 All you do , is you mark it on an item if you 're gon na do the television do not do the screens , because every time you turn on up will come your postcode .
11 You make me say things which should remain unsaid , you pressure me on an emotional level which I find difficult to control .
12 Can you advise me on an effective type of draughtproofing that wo n't cost a fortune ?
13 And so it was that on the first Monday after New Year , about midnight , we found ourselves on an icy road in County Cavan heading for the checkpoint , having just driven up from Dun Laoghaire , where we had disembarked from the Holyhead ferry .
14 We based ours on an example of more than 700 .
15 Hashim Ciftci told the Today newspaper that he shot cameraman Nick della Casa and his assistant Charles Maxwell after they hired him to guide them on an expedition to film fighting between the Iraqi army and Kurdish rebels in the mountains of northern Iraq .
16 They put him on an airliner .
17 The Floridante Overture nearly throws him off as he takes the corners with no evidence of concern for his own safety , but the overall effect is thrilling as he leads us on an absorbing and unexpected journey with an orchestra and cast consisting , in the main , of unknown and unpronounceable Hungarians .
18 He put her on an elimination diet , and within two weeks her bowels were functioning normally , for the first time in many years .
19 He put me on an iron tonic which bucked me a little .
20 The shame was too great and he shot himself on an Austrian hillside a few weeks later .
21 It was here that the great receptions and gala balls took place , though it was not the setting for the traditional New Year 's ambassadorial reception as described by Hubner , which was that of the Throne part played by the Empress , since this was her first appearance at such a function and it thus enables us to observe her on an occasion of high formality :
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