Example sentences of "on [pos pn] [noun pl] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a bath , then had to wait to see this officer in charge , and because they read on my notes that I 'd barricaded , I was put on this wing like C1 . |
| 2 | I mused on Toby 's story as I walked towards the clubhouse and so intent was I on my thoughts that I nearly knocked over Sally Drayton as I passed the PGA hut . |
| 3 | And a fight on my hands that you never experienced . ’ |
| 4 | To be fair , the government of Hong Kong has such pressing social problems on its hands that it can spare little time either for passing or , equally important , enforcing conservation laws . |
| 5 | Back in the bedroom , he handed her the discarded nightshirt , his face carefully blank as Leonora scrambled into it , so unsteady on her feet that it was a relief to get back beneath the covers . |
| 6 | The kings ( or rather , queens ) of slave-owners are the Amazon ants , who are splendid at killing and enslaving other ants but have grown so dependent on their slaves that they can not dig their own nests , care for their young or even get their own food . |
| 7 | And the Magistrate , watching like a stoat , could see by the alarm on their faces that they were assigning this treatment to Dr McNab for no other reason than that he had happened to mention it . |
| 8 | MANCHESTER UNITED served notice on their rivals that they are on course for the Championship with a magnificent 5-0 slaughter of Coventry at Old Trafford yesterday . |
| 9 | Julian , although knowing through putting them on his arms that they were of different lengths , said they were ‘ the same ’ . |
| 10 | Well , Mercer 's father had exactly the same rinds of dead flesh on his hands that we saw in the Delta . |
| 11 | I reckon he has got a law case on his hands that he thinks he might lose . |
| 12 | Then a British colleague at the Zoological station for this and next academic year lent me another four , and I found a couple on our shelves that I had not read before , so was well away . |
| 13 | I would suggest to the committee on page sixteen on our recommendations that we do make the point about Avarag and NovaSports , just in terms of consistency , and I would expect you to want to continue to do that . |
| 14 | After all , if those two boys had died , it would have been on our consciences that we saw them get into difficulty and did nothing . |
| 15 | There was not a herb or flowering plant of any sort to be met on our walks that he did not know , and hardly one that was not invaluable as a remedy for some complaint . |
| 16 | It says right here on your records that you might be thinking of wimping out on us . |
| 17 | It is most curious to see that you have so much time on your hands that you are able to simply wander about this house bothering others with gratuitous comments . ’ |