Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] i [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a sparrow that I found on the day it was born . |
| 2 | Ward 's voice smashed into my consciousness and I slammed on the brakes . |
| 3 | and go and I tack up the horse and I get on the horse and everything and I do n't mean to say |
| 4 | Gwenellen and I sat on drinking tea while the dining-room was cleared around us . |
| 5 | ‘ Now — ’ he turned to Sophie ‘ — will you hold it , please , and keep up the tension while I put on the plaster ? |
| 6 | There-has n't been a break since I came on board . |
| 7 | ‘ You rest there a while , Mrs Miller , ’ the girl said with unusual boldness , ‘ and I 'll make you a fresh brew of tea before I start on the drawing room . ’ |
| 8 | I like to understand the meanings of words and always refer to a dictionary when I come on a new word . |
| 9 | I shall also ensure that , in future when I land on unlicensed fields , I land as short and slow as possible . |
| 10 | Such stories come creeping into my mind as I sit on set at Arsenio Hall 's Paramount studio , watching Soul II Soul rehearse . |
| 11 | This broad sketch helped me to explore the crayon 's versatility without using the final painting as a trial piece , it also helped keep the whole composition in mind as I concentrated on a specific detail in the finished painting . |
| 12 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 13 | This is a constraint that I imposed on the DEVELOPMENT procedure . |
| 14 | I spend more time on my face and skin than I do on my hair . |
| 15 | The short brown gym tunic with its blue and gold woven girdle that I wore on my first day at Elmwood was a symbol of entry into a new world of lady-like refinement and academic elitism . |
| 16 | At the meeting er , of the Financial Resources Committee that I attended on Wednesday the first thing we discussed was the er the giving so far , up to the end of February from the various provinces and we , by the end of February er , the total was up to thirty thousand pounds less than we required er which could mean that the end of the year it could be a hundred and eighty thousand pounds less than required but er of all the |
| 17 | Er I just ringing through to say that I heard your er broadcast last week in respect of Carnfield Hall and I went on Saturday afternoon a gentleman named Hugh rang you up . |
| 18 | If you get the limited edition of Let's Knife , you too can Singalongaknife with the free karaoke CD : I am a sweet little cat/ and I dance on a flying saucer … |
| 19 | At the last , slightly shorter if I remember , it had been a 3- or a 4-iron for the second shot and I thought back to 1958 and the fourth at Lytham , But this rime the boss and I agreed on the 3-iron . |
| 20 | MacPhail said : ‘ I twisted my knee early in the second half but I stayed on the field . |
| 21 | Now I have considerable respect for the House of Commons ' Environment Committee but I think on this occasion they must have been tired and emotional when they wrote that . |
| 22 | And if I 'm used to the dynamics of a Shure SM58 , some competitor showing me a graph of his mic 's superior frequency range cuts no ice when I jump on stage and have to revise my singing to suit it . |
| 23 | Sometimes the slaps and punches were for real now , and my mother would cry up the stairs in alarm whenever she heard a sudden thump as I fell on the floor or bumped into the furniture . |
| 24 | Unless they 're delegated t to do so within the contract and I rely on you to make sure that whoever is delegated to issue |
| 25 | It was a drizzling spring afternoon and I paused on the steps to button my coat . |
| 26 | ‘ Firstly , I want to play better on our next record than I did on this one ; that always has to be a major goal for me . |
| 27 | " Since we were n't being shown any buffalo , " replied the senator , smiling easily , " we bagged a muntjac that I spotted on the plain — for one of our smaller groups . " |
| 28 | In addition , it will be eligible for up to £3.66 million under the urban crime fund initiative that I announced on 26 November . |
| 29 | I 'm a singer and I have on several occasions sung at male only Burns suppers which means you get wheeled in after the meal is over , and then wheeled out again after that , which does n't worry me at all |
| 30 | Members of the jury , it is clear that there is more here than meets the eye and I call on you to reach the only verdict that matches the evidence ; |