Example sentences of "on [pron] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My boss is on my tail the whole time ! |
| 2 | I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all . |
| 3 | it got on my wick the bitchiness of it all , did n't you , I could n't , I could n't do with it Joy I do n't think |
| 4 | Had I not gone to Normandy just over forty years ago wearing on my shoulder the same emblem , that mythical beast , the Wyvern of Wessex , half dragon , half eagle , that had fluttered over the heads of the English at both those battles ? |
| 5 | But things turned out as they were bound to do and not as I expected ; there was a typically whole gastrula on my dish the next morning , differing only by its small size from a normal one ; and this small but whole gastrula developed into a whole and typical larva … |
| 6 | However , I insisted that we should get him to hospital and soon after dawn we arrived at Prome , where after considerable appeal and importunity on my part the patient was admitted to hospital . |
| 7 | Note : Through an omission on my part the editors did not receive these notes for inclusion in the last Journal . |
| 8 | At home , I mooched about in a pair of basketball boots mended with a bicycle repair kit , eating ketchup on bread , and staring at a wart on my finger the size and texture of a tiny cauliflower . |
| 9 | He had his hand on my neck the whole time and kept saying I would get it . |
| 10 | George Langley said in a fervent tone , ‘ You were wasted on my brother the other night , Miss Abbott . |
| 11 | By the way I 've got them on my car the work . |
| 12 | On my left the ground drops away through uncertain undergrowth into back gardens and a view of rooftops . |
| 13 | The European Court decided that on its wording the Directive was not limited to transfers that involve undertakings of a commercial nature , but applied also to transfers involving non-commercial ventures and was capable of applying to employees in that context also . |
| 14 | Most students assume that ( ii ) is a question as to the liability of C. Clearly on its wording the question is the same as in ( i ) , namely , as to the liability of A. |
| 15 | In an experiment , Tinbergen allowed wasps to become accustomed to a circle of pine cones around its nest entrance ; he then moved the circle while the wasp was away , and on its return the wasp sought the entrance of its nest in the circle of pine cones as before . |
| 16 | Such a view begins to turn on its head the old assumption that individualism is the sine qua non of progressive education . |
| 17 | Entertainment seems historically rather than essentially debased , and what emerges is a recognition of the historical possibility of popular entertainment as an autonomous art which might turn on its head the seriousness of official , rational discourse . |
| 18 | She refers , in particular , to radical feminists who turn on its head the criticism that women are more emotional than men , and claim that not only are women more emotional , but that this is their strength , and that in comparison , men are enfeebled , deadened and impoverished creatures . |
| 19 | Thus it was that the idea of pictures as mere contributions to the decor was happily turned on its head the minute this visitor entered the darkened room and was greeted by a series of large colour photos of what could be described as ‘ Still-life with Penis ’ . |
| 20 | A volunteers ' battalion , raised in June 1915 by the Mayor of Wandsworth , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald Downay , was entitled The 13th ( Volunteer ) Battalion and had on its badge the arms of Wandsworth in place of those of Guildford . |
| 21 | I 've talked about miocenia gravis ; there is it 's rarer cousin , the syndrome , which sometimes associates with carcinoma of the lung , and we have shown that this too is an auto-immune disease in which the lung cancer seems to precipitate the immune system into making an antibody against it , the tumour , and the because the tumour has on its surface the same thing as the nerve terminal , the antibody also binds to the nerve terminal and causes trouble there . |
| 22 | One at least had on its title the small ‘ last copy ’ stamp . |
| 23 | On its way the car smashed into another one , and Mr Anderson suffered whiplash injuries to his neck . |
| 24 | On 28 April 1992 a whisky reception was held to launch on its way the Library 's travelling exhibition on the poet Hugh MacDiarmid , whose centenary is celebrated this year . |
| 25 | The moment it turns on its back the silvery belly is obvious . |
| 26 | On its behalf the Medical Inspector of Schools for Lambeth , Dr Alfred Eichholz , undertook studies of children in a sample of London schools . |
| 27 | The scowl of irritation on his face was more marked than usual , and the moment he replaced the cup on its saucer the congaie , who had been hovering behind the screen door , hurried out to remove his breakfast tray . |
| 28 | A high-domed cupola of glass and wrought-iron crowned its roof , and from a flagstaff on its summit the French tricolour fluttered in the faint evening breeze as Chuck and Joseph Sherman arrived . |
| 29 | On its completion the boom had collapsed and a Labour government had published their outline proposals for the community land legislation . |
| 30 | By his order dated 5 August 1991 the judge directed that she recover on her counterclaim the sum of £24,751.59 together with interest for unlawful eviction , general damages and consequential loss . |