Example sentences of "i [vb past] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked on that occasion for considerably more information . |
| 2 | I lost it in 1963 on the A30 west of Salisbury when I skidded on some diesel oil and rolled over and over . |
| 3 | Many Frenchmen whom I met on several occasions at the Training Centre at Achnacarry and on the South Coast of England had also gone , either killed or wounded . |
| 4 | Later , when I consulted on another matter a British doctor who has been in Kampala some thirty years , he stated that he ‘ never advises patients to take mefloquine . |
| 5 | Of course I failed on all counts and so I was ignored most of the time — passed over . |
| 6 | I soon felt hungry and thirsty , and my first food was fruit which I found on some trees near a river . |
| 7 | The only wheel I found on this trip is still very much in business , grinding corn on two pairs of stones . |
| 8 | The R/T was bad and I thought he said ‘ below you ’ so I concentrated on that section of the sky almost exclusively , leaving it to Dick to watch above us . |
| 9 | Yet if I concentrated on each footstep , I should soon be safely home . |
| 10 | I was also gratified by the immense good will and friendship towards Britain which I encountered on all sides . |
| 11 | I taught on all makes of machine and have also worked in stores and at exhibitions , selling knitting and sewing machines . |
| 12 | I touched on those points yesterday when I appeared before the Treasury Select Committee . |
| 13 | And erm , the other aspect , the last aspect that gave us er anxiety was something I touched on this morning when I joined in at the end of the Selby discussion . |
| 14 | Yes , it 's just a plaque and erm but The thing that erm I enjoyed on that occasion was meeting the other conservationists who 'd been called up . |
| 15 | Soon after this I embarked on another essay , under what stimulus I do not now remember ; but I had formed the habit , not of revising or tinkering with an unsatisfactory piece , but of writing something else instead . |
| 16 | The few days I spent on that trip will stay in my mind as some of the most pleasant times I have ever spent . |
| 17 | I landed on those ones . |
| 18 | I pulled on some socks and shoes and ran to the iron door . |
| 19 | To my way of thinking you had seen too much of my secretary , I decided on that instant that to take you out of his vicinity was an excellent idea . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I needed this piece and as I was looking around I saw exactly what I needed on this motor bike so I took it and now these guys want to kill me . ’ |
| 21 | My most recent teaching before I started on this book was in Vancouver with a class of mixed ages — ten to thirteen years , I guess . |
| 22 | As a matter of fact , I started on this paper as a graduate trainee myself . |
| 23 | If I died on this hillside , I would not even know where or when the hillside was . |
| 24 | When I insisted on more information Wendy gave me the address of a flat in Copenhagen where they 'd stayed — the three girls , this Svend and two other boys . |
| 25 | Yes , I went on that voyage as cook , and the beauty of it was the boat was called the Happy Days ! |
| 26 | Erm yes erm well at the ti at first I could only move my head , but when I went on that holiday , St Giles had been working on me with nerve machines and muscle machines |
| 27 | I went on that morning to sell this union the benefits we provide . |
| 28 | A private internal affair needed resolving , and I went on that review group , I was prepared to do all that I could to resolve it . |
| 29 | Shame I won on that lottery Gary ! |
| 30 | I witnessed on several occasions horribly embarrassing disagreements between Harold Wilson and Marcia Williams , but it was clear that his loyalty to her would not be disturbed by any difference of opinion or any show of temper . |