Example sentences of "and on [art] [noun] i " in BNC.

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1 so on a Sunday I used to say right I 'm not gon na take my tablets today because it 's a waste of a tablet if you 're gon na eat like that , and on a Sunday I used to be absolutely exhausted because you take them all the time and they keep you going and then when you stop taking them they 've just , you wind down
2 BELVILLE : I would have it tomorrow , being Monday , for on a Monday seven weeks ago , I planned to carry her off and on a Monday I wrote the letter which prevailed on her so kindly to return to me .
3 And er during the time I was in in Albert Street although I was still very interested in the union and on the committee I think I was president or vice president at the time , there the job for a local organizer come up .
4 Yes , the frustrated mother ca n't be generous and so forth with her child , and on the whole I think the emphasis that people used to put on mothers staying at home was very misguided , because a mother who 's having to sacrifice all her outside interests for the sake of her child is just a frustrated mother , and it 's not good for the also the problem is that you then have fairly energetic women devoting all they have to children , then they over-invest in the child 's own achievements , so in fact you are putting a great psychological burden on the child because it has to grow up fulfilling expectations of an adult , which is not right for a child .
5 Why not stay here tonight and on the morrow I will have someone take you over to Briar Cottage with a wagon ?
6 This time , the person who is ‘ it ’ says ‘ I sent a letter to my friend and on the way I lost it .
7 She says : ‘ People think I 'm brave and on the outside I am brave that 's the message I 've put across since Donald 's funeral .
8 I ran sluggishly and on the line I was caught by the East German Olaf Prenzler , the defending champion , shunted back to fifth place and out of the final .
9 Katherine 's remains were coming on the Saturday and on the Friday I slipped up to the cemetery and saw the grave diggers digging Mary 's grave .
10 It literally happened as quickly as that — on the Monday I decided to finish it and on the Tuesday I packed my bags and left .
11 Both were well loaded to Machynlleth , but the bulk of the passengers at this time of year are headed for Aberystwyth and on the Tuesday I was surprised to see a lightly loaded train consisting of two 156 units go on to Pwllheli while the crowd on Machynlleth had to get into a 153 .
12 I was totally inexperienced , and on the straight I eased and Phil came past like the Inter-City train I had travelled on .
13 A car approached , and on an impulse I thumbed a lift .
14 During a lull my thoughts turned to Ensign Smith and the possibility that he might still be alive , and on an impulse I dialled the Navy Department .
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